[Northkeep] Advice needed

[ld.blackmoon]

greetings

something else to think about as well.
word through the security / police contacts is that the nav equipment is a 
high demand item with thieves ,
.......... do not leave them out and visible if your not in the 
vehicle...........
vehicles have been broken into because the windshield  mount was still up 
,even though they couldn't see the unit , they figured there was one 
available easily, beneath the seat, or in glove box / console.

Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun
Arthur
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jean Paul de Sens" <jeanpauldesens at gmail.com>
To: "The Barony of Northkeep" <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Advice needed


> Facon, the short answer is (IMO) that they are all pretty good.  We own a
> TomTom, and Gilyan got a Garmin from her work.  As long as you are
> consistant about updating the maps on a regular basis they'll usually
> perform the same.  Tom Tom's got a better selection of voices IMO, but the
> Garmin has better power behavior (it turns on automatically when we start
> the vehicle, while the TomTom doesn't).  Both can connect Bluetooth to 
> your
> phone to be used as a hands-free, and both can be purchased with Traffic
> advisory services that will alert you to hold ups in the traffic on your
> route.  The TomTom tends to overestimate the time it takes to get a
> location, while the Garmin get's is pretty spot on.  I suspect that that
> Garmin has better speed limit data on it's map than the TomTom.
>
> The only factor I can give that differs really between the vendors is 
> where
> they get their map data.  Garmin get's it's data from Navteq, while Tom 
> Tom
> get's it from Tele-Atlas.  Gilyan works for Navteq, so if you find 
> something
> wrong on a map, you can tell her, and she can get it fixed.  That's
> definitely a perq, but it won't become useful for 6 months to a year for 
> the
> data to work it's way through the system.
>
> JP
>
> Qui mieux fait, mieux vault.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:48 PM, <facon at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Greetings Northkeep,
>>
>> I am sorry for the somewhat modern topic, but as Kiegan and I have been
>> traveling MUCH more of late for obvious reasons, and that it wont be 
>> ending
>> anytime soon.  I have decided that I am in need of a good nav system for 
>> my
>> car.  As I know many of your travel quite a bit and assume many of you
>> probably already have nav systems, I was wanting some advice on the best
>> system for the money, any advice you can offer would be greatly 
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Yours in Service,
>>
>> Facon
>>
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