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trevovski1 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jun 11, 2005 Posts: 1
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject: Central/South America |
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I will be traveling all ver central and south America in coming months and would like a suitbale GPS handheld unit. From what I have read most seem geared towards the northern hemisphere. Is this just a marketing thing or will they really only work north of the equator...this makes sense with regards sat allignment etc.
Any advise?
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: 02/11/2002 22:41:59 Posts: 11878 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:36 am Post subject: |
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The G in GPS stands for Global...
The reality is though that there are no street navigation programs available for Latin/South America (at least none that I know of) so you will have to live with topographis programs and scanned paper maps.
I believe there's some open source mapping going on in Brasil, but that's for Garmin devices, not for Pocket PCs. _________________ Lutz
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DavidHobbs Regular Visitor
Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 181 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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I was wondering about this too thinking that I will be in Ecuador in the near future. I've had trouble locating something that would suit my needs down there. |
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retired_poppi Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jun 30, 2008 Posts: 1
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject: Any new maps? |
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This discussion of GPS usage in South America took place in 2005. Is there any new information now that it is 2008?
I am specifically interested in Ecuador. |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:46 am Post subject: |
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iGO seem to come out with a few South America maps. Not Ecuador though. _________________ Lutz
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