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Best sat nav for Ireland

  • 16-10-2011 9:30am
    #1
    dozydelilah
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭


    Hi can anyone recommend the best satnav for Ireland? One that will take our Irish addresses ?? I find any of them are grand for town addresses with numbered houses but are not great for rural addresses??

    Thanks


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  • #2
    mad muffin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    That's the problem with Ireland. No post codes out side of Dublin, many small towns with the same names and a lot of places don't even have house numbers.


  • #3
    gbee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,388 ✭✭✭gbee


    Garmin with Loc8Code is great. I'm sure others will run it too.

    Loc8Code is generated by the destination by going to the location address via their website and generating a Loc8Code [basically lat/long] and it is then stored as that person's address ~ if the system goes national as a post code this means a person's address is accurate to about the width of a country laneway and even more accurate in cities.

    The Sat Navs that I've tried are notorious for not knowing localities in the country ~ yet will display their names as one drives through or arrives at them.


  • #4
    mad muffin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    gbee wrote: »
    Garmin with Loc8Code is great. I'm sure others will run it too.

    Loc8Code is generated by the destination by going to the location address via their website and generating a Loc8Code [basically lat/long] and it is then stored as that person's address ~ if the system goes national as a post code this means a person's address is accurate to about the width of a country laneway and even more accurate in cities.

    The Sat Navs that I've tried are notorious for not knowing localities in the country ~ yet will display their names as one drives through or arrives at them.

    Garmin isn't in the app store though.


  • #5
    jdee99
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭jdee99


    Garmin Base Camp is though h__p://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/garmin-basecamp/id411052274?mt=12 use it to route plan on a Mac

    Rgds

    JD


  • #6
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Navfree is fairly good but not sure how it'll hold up against rural places.
    Worth a shot anyway since it's free.


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  • #7
    kjl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭kjl


    I use TomTom W.Europe, never lets me down, has the ability to put in address plus google search.


  • #8
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    There's another free satnav now - Skobbler.
    I just downloaded it today, looks slick but haven't tried it out yet.


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