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irishbrian
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 Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:06 pm Post subject: need a gps unit that i can use in poland.. |
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newbie here so any help is appreciated!
as an irishman married to a polish woman and now living in poland ive had enough of women giving directions.. nationality makes no difference!!
id like a gps unit like the garmin quest etc etc that i can use in the car and yet take with me for exploring this countrys great scenery.. except i find that there seems to be no maps for this part of the world at street level.. its maps of western europe i see mentioned mostly...
so folks can you recommend me a unit.. id rather not go down the pda route i want to be able to carry this in nature ..
thanks...... for any help.. |
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Tim Buxton
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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If you want a Quest or similar, this might be of some use to you.
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| Tim Buxton wrote: | | If you want a Quest or similar, this might be of some use to you. |
Does it do turn by turn autorouting or does it just display a moving map? You really need autorouting or else it's a bit of a waste of time. I don't read Polish so I can't figure it out.
Navteq (who make the Garmin City Select maps) are busy mapping Eastern Europe but it might be a year or two before there is any sort of coverage and then it will start out as major roads only. 
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irishbrian
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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guys thx.... ill let the wife work out the exact polish language of it but it looks like they do indeed make a map for the garmin range...
and this makes me laugh... ive been on the international garmin site and not a word about these eastern europe maps.. ill look into it more guys and it looks good from what i saw on that site.... |
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Tim Buxton
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That link came from the Garmin website. Click Cartography under Products, then choose 'Third Party Mapsource Developers'.
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Wlodek
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:53 pm Post subject: Re: need a gps unit that i can use in poland.. |
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| irishbrian wrote: | ... nationality makes no difference!!
.. id rather not go down the pda route i want to be able to carry this in nature ..
thanks...... for any help.. |
Well, bravo for the internationalist statement.
As a Polish-British dual national (does this make me European squared now?) I have looked into mapping in Poland. There are a few companies there who do mapping software and I drove around there this Christmas with my (unfortunately mute) Garmin Vista loaded with a very decent map of Poland made by eMapa (www.emapa.pl) with a laptop module which loads maps into Garmin units. The cheapo version I bought does not do routing, but they do the software at all levels.
I am sure you will find a voice equipped Garmin unit compatible with Mapsource files, which most of these mapping products are compatible with. Otherwise it is the dreaded PDA route, but worry not, there are now ruggerised PDAs, which will be as hardy as a Garmin and will additionally balance your chequebook and do your email (unlike the Garmins).
Ask your good lady to read what they say on the website, but find some better explanation for the purchase, I'd suggest.
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irishbrian
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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thx for the extra info Wlodek!!
and dont mind me heh heh.. polish women are the best!! yes id really set my sights on the garmin quest and now that i see they do a map for it... in garmin.pl im gonna look into it more..
as poland moves evermore into europe now it will be a lot easier to purchase things of this nature... the tourist industry etc etc...
will leave more info here when i find it all out.... |
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