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Originally Posted by Ken in Regina
My preferred navigation unit is still my 5-year-old Garmin iQue 3600. It's a combined Palm PDA with integrated GPS. The GPS technology is first-generation but it's still more than good enough for my purposes and I'm unwilling to give up the excellent integration between the GPS functions and the Palm functions (eg. all waypoints are stored in the Palm address book which is a big advantage for me).
Yes. Even Toronto with quite a few highrise would not present that sort of challenge to older gps
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I have GPS receivers with much newer technology so I know exactly how much difference it makes (lots!). But I'm willing to live with the difference because it really doesn't affect how well it works .. only how quickly it gets a fix.
My GlobalSat BT GPS Receiver BT-328 was first tested indoor with two nearest windows (one 10 ft and one 20 ft away) . It got lock on anyway. One time I wrote to alt.satellite NG that my sirfIII was operational even in my basement for a shortime. People were laughing that I needed a gps for navigating around in my basement.
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If you use the magnetic mount to mount the receiver on the outside of the vehicle you won't notice much difference in how well it works, versus newer technology. I have an external magnet mount antenna for my iQue 3600. When it's mounted on the roof of my vehicle it works almost as well as the newer technology receivers in all situations.
I had antenne to my older gps same way. It is going to be very challenging for driving in NYC though for those older gps
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Dealing with Garmin is like dealing with many companies these days; you get some good folks and you get some who aren't so good. Many of us have just gotten in the habit of expecting to make two or three calls on any issue .. just keep calling until we get someone who knows what's going on. Fortunately it's a toll-free number.
I have a question. Assuming I get the map update and when my gps 18 dies say after 1 yr , can I get another more updated hardware (like gps 10 or gps 10x) .
So the hardware side of the Garmin solution may not exactly in deadend?? Hopefully they will have something more comparable to the newer Holex or Globalsat. I was pleasantly surprised that at least now I can use my gps 18 in non-Garmin software which was a big NO NO.
I recall they always talk (in the NG) about two unlock code I could never comprehend as non Garmin gps do not need those crap.
Daniel