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Commander Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject: Street Level maps for USA |
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Not sure if this is really the right forum, feel free to move if somewhere else is more appropriate.
I will be visiting California this summer and driving in San Francisco, Yosemite, Los Angeles and points in between. I would appreciate some advise as to which maps to use. I already have a BT GPS, iPAQ 2210 and Tom Tom 3 for UK, which all work very well.
I have been looking at OnCourse 5 which seems to have good reviewsr, it also seems to be very reasonably priced, even with shipping from USA.
http://www.oncoursenavigator.com/item.aspx?itemid=5001
Thanks in advance
Peter
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Commander Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Lutz, I had missed that. wow a lot of data there, most helpful.
I would also appreciate any comments from people who have actually used some of the applications.
Peter
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peterc10 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Aug 21, 2005 Posts: 1761 Location: Kent, England
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject: Re: Street Level maps for USA |
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Commander wrote: |
I will be visiting California this summer and driving in San Francisco, |
Off tpoic I know but my advice would be not to drive in SF. Unlike most other US cities the public transport system is excellent and will enble you to see all the sights - of course one of those sights is the public transport system itself. In addition parking is horrendous with most city hotels charging in excess of $20 a night.
We stayed in the city for 5 days last year and did not need the car at all - instead we got a pass for the public system - trams, trains, buses and, most fun of all, the cable cars. We then picked up the hire car for the rest of our time touring in California.
I would recomend you save the cost of hire whilst you are in SF. _________________ Peter
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Commander Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:53 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the advice Peter, our intention is to pick up the hire car on our penultimate day in SF for trip to Muir Woods & Napa valley, then down to LA. My post did perhaps make it look like we would be driving around SF.
Did you use GPS & any street level maps? Would love to hear from someone who had.
Peter
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:50 am Post subject: |
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maps are not so much of an issue as GPS signal quality. SF has lots of high riseers and multi level highways. A SiRF III GPS certainly comes in handy. _________________ Lutz
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peterc10 Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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Peter
I have sent you a PM. _________________ Peter
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Mullet Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: Street Level maps for USA |
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peterc10 wrote: | Commander wrote: |
I will be visiting California this summer and driving in San Francisco, |
Off tpoic I know but my advice would be not to drive in SF. Unlike most other US cities the public transport system is excellent and will enble you to see all the sights - of course one of those sights is the public transport system itself. In addition parking is horrendous with most city hotels charging in excess of $20 a night.
I would recomend you save the cost of hire whilst you are in SF. |
Second that from experience. Straight from airport, Jet lag, strange car, wrong side of road, agressive traffic, rush hour (never ends), paper map then $21 per night to park in my Hotel! Not a great way to start a holiday. |
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DaveH997 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Bedford, UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:41 am Post subject: GPS in the USA |
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Hi Peter
I travel regularly to the US and have done for many years as my wife is American.
I bought the USA SD card for my TT GO last year and it was fantastic. Arriving late pm, jet lagged in Seattle, driving the hire car from the airport, one very important thing not to worry about (ie where I'm going)!
It helps if you're already familiar with the voice/display combination so that the occasional misleading direction (eg turn left rather than bear left) can be interpreted correctly.
I've also used it on a trip to Boston, Mass and Maine. I agree with the comments about good sat reception. Boston's road tunnels meant that it was useful to have reviewed the route and highway numbers before setting out as several miles of no satellite reception were possible.
In conclusion, i was amazed by the coverage of the 'peculiar' and incomplete looking US addresses, the TT map had them all. Remember with satnav you are never lost, though sometimes you are not where you want to be :D |
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