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nickmon
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 Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject: Which GPS system shows current car speed on screen? |
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| Does anyone know if any GPS system (other than TomTom!) that will show the current car speed on the display screen as you drive? |
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Yes the mio units the raodangelnavigator
Not sure on the garmin,They will show speed but some only when not navigating.
The navcam will show speed too.
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Many of the Garmin units will show it in big numbers on the trip computer screen. When you come to a turn, a pop-up picture of the intersection appears.
You can see the manuals with screenshots on Garmin's website.
Some Garmin units allow you to customise the map page to show the speed too.
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Mio C510E (which I have) and probably the other recent Mio's.
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The Navman N series (at least my N40i) displays road speed and very accurately too!
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| steviebilbo wrote: | The Navman N series (at least my N40i) displays road speed and very accurately too!
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How do you know it's very accurate?
I'm asking because I am having ongoing problems with a garage regarding my vehicles speed and its limiter.
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Skippy
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| classy56 wrote: | | How do you know it's very accurate? I'm asking because I am having ongoing problems with a garage regarding my vehicles speed and its limiter. |
There was a fairly long discussion of this in this thread.
To summarise: Most GPS manufacturers claim an accuracy of .1 mph on flat ground at constant speed and direction with a good GPS fix. The sat nav system displays the speed it gets from the GPS so it is usually very accurate.
If there is a dispute with your garage then take them for a (white knuckle?) ride and show them the speed on the GPS.
Alternatively, you can print out the GPS chipset specifications (probably a SiRF chipset?) and they state how accurate the speed is.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:55 am Post subject: Re: Which GPS system shows current car speed on screen? |
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| nickmon wrote: | | Does anyone know if any GPS system (other than TomTom!) that will show the current car speed on the display screen as you drive? |
My Garmin 60CSX does that and records your journey/track with relevant speeds [every few seconds] and all that can be transferred to the PC! |
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| classy56 wrote: | | I'm asking because I am having ongoing problems with a garage regarding my vehicles speed and its limiter. |
You could try loading a third party application to the 710 which gives it the capability to datalog.
The while in the suspect vehicle datalog a trip when at max speed (a couple of minutes should be all you need). Then use the data to produce a printed report of Lat/ Long and Speed. You will soon see if the vehicle is not speed limitting correctly, and give the mechanic the print out to prove it. Have a look at THIS - as allways with third party applications make sure you back up your device BEFORE loading or trying this.
I use the logger on my 910 quite often, the data oututs can be manipulated into other forms of GPS related traces using GPSBABLE - Mike |
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The NAVMAN PiN 570 also shows the speed that you are doing on the screen.
It has the option of Time to distance, Distance Travelled, Speed and other ones. |
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