Is this meant for walking trails and stuff, or is it mainly for car usage? I don't want it to lead me into a highway or something. I am also not sure whether it will specific streets and stuff clearly, or only a world map like in the picture.
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This is a trail GPS, not an automotive one. Look at the Nuvi series of Garmin GPS's if you want an automotive unit.
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Its a portable gps device you can use it anywhere in any type of vehicle or even in pedestrian mode if you want. That's the beauty of a portable device you can use it multi-vehicles.
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Yes, arrow will show you the way. It wont show you a map, but I always carry a topo map as a back up to see the terrain features. . You wont go wrong with this little gps. If you have the money to buy a very expensive one with map features, like the one I have, go ahead and get it. But I got this for my f a ther in law who is a simpleton. He loves it
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It will give you some indications of how you vary from the path, but it does not show a path. At least it hasn't the way I have used it. I think you need a charting type of GPS for that.
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It shows that at major freeway interchanges only, when seeing complex exits are relevant, in my experience. I like this gps btw. :)
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The MapSourse software that I bought does not give me enough detail to oinpoint trails , houses, etc. What do you think about your new buy?
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I don't recommend this model personally. It can't find the ways . when you drive on highway it will automatic sent you to some rural ways. and specially when you miss the way this gps pointed out on highway , the navigation will force you turn right or turn left which in real world is a straight line . piss you off uh? further more when you typed in the address from business card , the machine would jump in different name automatic ,and if you turn in researching mode .it will really reseaching .........and reseaching...........till you give up. if you wanna buy ,remember using google map first, try to write down some important addresses, and then use the nivigation .DO NOT RECOMMEND TO UNKNOWN PLACE BY USING THIS ONE.
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I believe mine came with simple North America Road maps, no trails. Also you can buy them online or find some over the internet. There is a site that will prepare specific maps based on your needs and are free.
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I don't think it would do well as a GPS for your car; however, I don't know why it would serve as a good GPS for the rest of the activities you mentioned. The great thing about it is the route creation feature. For example, if I want to do a 40 mile ride and am not familiar with the area, it allows me to ask it to produce a loop for a 40 mile ride from my current location. It will offer three alternative routes providing some information (e.g., distance and elevation), each around 40 miles. I then select one and hit start. Once I'm on the road on my bike, it gives me turn by turn instructions. I don't think it would do well as a GPS for your car; however, I don't know why it would serve as a good GPS for the rest of the activities you mentioned. The great thing about it is the route creation feature. For example, if I want to do a 40 mile ride and am not familiar with the area, it allows me to ask it to produce a loop for a 40 mile ride from my current location. It will offer three alternative routes providing some information (e.g., distance and elevation), each around 40 miles. I then select one and hit start. Once I'm on the road on my bike, it gives me turn by turn instructions.
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They "show" on the included map but they are not "navigable" if you want to plan a route from point "A" to "B". You can purchase maps that will provide navigable roads. So the answer is "it depends on the maps installed on the device" and just because you can see it doesn't mean you can actually use it (at least not use it for navigation).
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It uses the gps signal for speed and location of your car. You cannot get directions from it.
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I used it traveling from Germany to France just last december. Coming back to Germany i realized some major roads where outdated, it was as easy as hooking up the tomtom to my mac, create a username on the lifetime update for my unit and there, updated maps for free!!! Beware that they are quite heavy updates, so depending on your connection speed it may take a while.
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I got the maps,traffic option and there is a car charger with the traffic option. There is s computer cable for the lifetime map update.
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Thank you. Sounds good. Now I want to find it in combo with the NuMaps Lifetime. Nuvi combo have the NuMaps Lifetime for $50 extra, but I can't find this with a combo yet.----------------Garmin said the one with lifetime update for maps (3790LMT) would be out in September, keep checking their website. Said the cost was $499.99. I hate to spend that money, but am getting the voice activated one for safety reasons. Said it was shipped to Best Buy, but I can find it only in Canada...
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I'm not sure. I mean, wherever I was, I was able to zoom out and see a map, but not the best map I guess. I used it in the middle of nowhere in Oregon though. It always got me where I needed to go, it just didn't always tell me where exactly I was, if that makes sense. I.e., it directed me from point A to point B, but if I wanted to know what town I was in, or on what road, that information wasn't always on the screen. Hope that helps!
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Thanks, Valdvogel...you gave me just the info I needed. Of course, the first inclination is to purchase an expensive NUVI, but it's good to know that an earlier hand-held works even better! We already have a GPS (Staples brand) that works great for road directions, but it uses wrong coordinates for geo-caching. It's just too difficult to"translate" the coordinates for every cache! Thanks again!
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This unit was for my husband. He has used it for one thousand mile trip. He reports that the unit does show power line roads. He doesn't recall seeing forest service roads but he wasn't looking for them. Paved/named city streets do show on the screen printout but are not voiced. The first day of use the unit locked in a loop and stopped working. He let the battery run down totally and re-booted. After that it worked fine. Hope this helps. Constance Freed