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GPS for "the back arse of nowhere"

  • 17-09-2009 04:47PM
    #1
    golfman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm generally fine in citys as there are street maps inside normal maps, however, when it comes to little country roads in the back arse of nowhere, somewhere that I'm going to be travelling a lot in the near future, I'm pretty useless.

    Is there a particular GPS that seems to outperform the others in this area?

    Many thanks


Comments

  • #2
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    No, a GPS either knows your location or it doesn't...

    ...however, to answer the question that you didn't ask a device that has Navteq maps on it currently has better coverage of Irish back roads than one that has Teleatlas maps on it...

    ...and to answer your next question Navteq maps can be found on Garmin devices and Teleatlas ones on TomTom at the moment. Both map types will also be found on other manufacturers devices as well though.


  • #3
    mrmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,967 ✭✭✭mrmac


    If you're going to be visiting the same, remote, places frequently, you can enter that location into the sat nav, as a favourite. This will save you having to keep entering the same place over and over. Both Garmin & TomTom can do this.

    There really is very little between both companies maps tbh. You'd be far better off going into a stockist and playing with both units, and check a particular back road on each unit.

    If I had to choose, then I'd pick a Garmin by a wisker.
    :)


  • #4
    golfman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭golfman


    robinph wrote: »
    No, a GPS either knows your location or it doesn't...

    ...however, to answer the question that you didn't ask a device that has Navteq maps on it currently has better coverage of Irish back roads than one that has Teleatlas maps on it...

    ...and to answer your next question Navteq maps can be found on Garmin devices and Teleatlas ones on TomTom at the moment. Both map types will also be found on other manufacturers devices as well though.

    You hit the nail on the head, that's exactly what I was asking! Garmin it is so....


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