TP2 + Garmin XT

[Counterfeit]

Originally Posted by YnYng

its about 1gb total. the map is like 980 mgs i think. You can delete the extra languages once installing though to get another 40 mgs or so back.

Thanks..looks like i may wait until i find a good deal on a 16gb microsdhc instead of my puny 2gber!

[teradog]

Originally Posted by Counterfeit

Guess its better to bump then create new threads on old subjects ha. im thinking about getting garmin xt now...how much space will the maps take up? continental usa.

Originally Posted by Counterfeit

Thanks..looks like i may wait until i find a good deal on a 16gb microsdhc instead of my puny 2gber!

XT comes with US basemap included. Contains: Freeway, Highways, big stuff. If you want detailed maps (cities), and yes, you do...

You need to buy the CD... and you know the capacity of a CD. But, you only need to download the areas you want. If you are an inner city guy, total space is the metro area, a few megs... most just download their state to their ppc... live in Cali or R.I? .... if you divide 1 gig by 50 states... & you only download 1 state... well you do the math. You probably don't need a new SD card... There are downloads all over for this for free, but that determines what & who you are and your personal integrity.. I've spent a LOT of money on GPS's & software with Garmin over the years, my last one dropped & bust the screen right after I got it, had the CD and everything... they wouldn't do anything.... a few hundred down the drain... will let you guess what I did..

People need to quit dreaming about bigger SD cards imo.. Yea, they've got 32Gb, 8 now under $20 if you look hard, and 4 gigs for nothing. NoNE of that matters... best bang 4 buck right now=8g C6

MOST IMPORTANT! Get a class 6 SD card. Anything over 2Gb is rated by class, if you can't either see it or the seller doesn't advertise it.. guess what? it's a class 2 (C2). C6=6Mb/s, C4=4Mb/s, C2=2 Mb/s, so yes a C6 is 3 times as fast! All your maps and program is on the SD card for XT.

[willysp]

I think Garmin XT is the best GPS package for use in phones - and in short, casual situations where you don't have phone coverage.

I would NEVER depend on XT in my phone for longer periods out of phone range, where getting lost would be more serious. Phones are fragile, etc, etc. In those situations, I always use a handheld Garmin unit, and take a lot of rechargeable AA batteries.

[kaos]

you guys are nuts. garmin xt works where you don't have data or signal.. lol those who know my name know half the update packs for maps out are up-loaded by me. i use garmin xt m-f on my phone 8hrs plus. half the places i got signal is bare to none in the backwoods of ny. garmin xt works fine no issues at all.


p.s aprils release for noth america is 1.22gb file size.

[willysp]

Originally Posted by kaos

you guys are nuts. garmin xt works where you don't have data or signal.. lol those who know my name know half the update packs for maps out are up-loaded by me. i use garmin xt m-f on my phone 8hrs plus. half the places i got signal is bare to none in the backwoods of ny. garmin xt works fine no issues at all.


p.s aprils release for noth america is 1.22gb file size.

Not sure if I'm one of the "nuts" you refering to.

But if so, my comment above was not directed at the suitability of the XT SW for hiking, etc - yes, it's just fine for that. My comment was directed at the suitability of a relatively fragile phone with a very fragile screen for rugged use where you are truly relying on GPS to get home.

Peace.

[gorelow]

when you go on sites to find the best price how do you know which release it is amazon has it for 2006 unless im looking wrong

[willysp]

Originally Posted by gorelow

when you go on sites to find the best price how do you know which release it is amazon has it for 2006 unless im looking wrong

Please use normal English punctuation - Periods, Capital Letters, etc. You'll have a MUCH better chance of intelligent responses that way. At a glance, I do not know what you are trying to say - sorry.

2006 - huh?

[gorelow]

when i go on sites to find the best price, how do you know which year release it is? when i looked at amazon it showed a release date of 2006. does anyone know the best site to get the most updated april release?

[kaos]

Originally Posted by willysp

Not sure if I'm one of the "nuts" you refering to.

But if so, my comment above was not directed at the suitability of the XT SW for hiking, etc - yes, it's just fine for that. My comment was directed at the suitability of a relatively fragile phone with a very fragile screen for rugged use where you are truly relying on GPS to get home.

Peace.

i use mine all day in a car holder on my windshield. no problem at all. as for fragile if you smash it maybe. ive dropped mine a few times still works fine. no scratches or dings. all in how you treat it.

[veedubguru]

Originally Posted by chong67

Garmin is OK but here is the problem ...

Say you are in City A now. But you want to plan a route on City B to City C but you cant do it because you are not physically in City B and C!

Isnt that wonderful?

Sure you can! It's easy and I do it all the time.

First: Enter destination info for City C and hit GO
Second: Enter destination info for City B, but instead of hitting go, hit options and "Add as via to current route"

BAM! It takes you to City B, then on to City C!

And for the lag everyone says they have, I got rid of it by switching to an 8GB Class 4. Most of the cheap cards are Class 2 and will lag like crazy. I know the class ratings are for write speed, but a cheap card will read slow. And usually write speeds are relative to read speeds on these cards. Just buy 1 higher end 2GB card (Class 4 or better) and put just Garmin on to test it. I promise you the lag will go away.

As for Igo, I've had strange issues with it: (It IS more feature rich though, that's why I still use it... just not if I'm in a hurry to enter destination and go)

1. It won't switch from portrait to landscape without exiting the program and restarting.
2. It occasionally looses satellite lock. Garmin doesn't seem to have this problem.