RE: [ST] Garmin GPS V plus

[Cunningham Andrew <Andrew.Cunningham@xxxxxxxx>]

Jonaz,

I work in the transport industry and I can tell you that Vagverket is
working on producing (I believe it's almost finished) a national roads
database covering the whole of Sweden in considerable detail.  In addition
Sweden is the only country to have fully operational nationwide coverage for
RDS-TMC which is used by vehicle navigation systems.  So you should be able
to get decent coverage.

Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On 
> Behalf Of Jonaz
> Kumlander
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:54 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ST] Garmin GPS V plus
> 
> 
> Okies!
> 
> Thanks! The map thing was a drawback I that about. Europe and 
> specially
> northen europe, hence Sweden, seems not to be covered at a 
> great detail.
> I want a GPS handheld system that have the turn-by-turn 
> navigation and I
> haven't seen anyone else as nice as the GPS V.
> 
> I just emailed Garmin and requested information about 
> Northern Europe so
> I'll get back with that when I get it.
> 
> Has anyone tried buying a GPS for a handheld device such as IPAQ or
> Handspring? And is there any software for thoose with turn-by-turn
> navigation?
> 
> .z
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Hancock [mailto:hancocklcdr@xxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: den 15 januari 2002 13:38
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ST] Garmin GPS V plus
> 
> 
> I have one. The turn by turn Nav is nice, but there are drawbacks. As
> far as I know, it only works currently with the included 
> software. That
> software does not seem to be as detailed as the US Roads and Rec
> software is for outlying areas. It concentrates on urban 
> areas. As such,
> it is great for cities, but not so great for areas like Deals Gap. I
> don't think they did much in the way of updating the 
> coverage. There are
> several roads in my area built in the last five years that 
> are still not
> covered. This also causes problems, as the Navigation tries to take me
> out of the way. All in all, I like it better than the III 
> plus, which I
> had previously, but it still has some serious limitations. That being
> said, you can still use the previous software for maps, you just don't
> get the new Nav feature.  
> 
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