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Ive also been thinking of selling my Garmin Streetpilot III deluxe. The maps are pretty good, Id say about 98%, in Canada. The newest construction isnt there as the maps are 18 months old or so.
Its bigger then Nimesh's PDA forsure. I even have the RAM mount for it that was a terrific set up in my old S2000.
Here is a pic of an identical set up to mine; youll notice the V1, this is not my car but the unit and the mount are IDENTICAL.
The plusses - Streetpilot III is cheaper than the newer Garmins. The maps are *almost* the same, you can probably get a ripped version of the most recent map if youre tricky (I have the next most recent map loaded). The interface is great. Its durable as hell. Voice is great. Tons of memory for placemarks and routes. The screen is very bright.
The downsides - its bigger than what has been coming out. Its not WAAS, which means its a little slower. It does not have a touch screen.
Works great - but doesnt fit in the NSX at all - Im using it only in the minivan these days. If you want to check the maps - I can probably get the software to you to decide if its good for your purpose or not.
Its already an older unit, but still the only "unlocked" unit with a larger , colour screen display.
I have the freedom to upload any MapSource map through my pc to it. The later models come pre-loaded which is not to my liking. I like to load different maps for different areas as i can get the most detailed POI's for any region.
From PC to GPS and loading maps, i haven't found anything better. I find Garmin to have the most detailed maps as opposed to Pioneer, Alpine , Magellan. New releases are the 3D and 4D maps, but i prefer detail over dimension. On a Garmin forum, I spoke to a guy and he told me that MapSource for any Garmin has the most POI's (points of interest) over any of its competitors.
But others are catching up like Tom Tom
I like the display and the portability factor as I can take it from vehicle to vehicle.
The touch screen options are great and the ease of use is there as well.
You can just about find anything, program anything , on the fly. You can go "off route" and it does a calculation really fast to put you back on track.
On a downside, in months past, multiple 2610 users , or SteetPilots users could share maps. Simply email as at attachment, then from pc , send it to your gps unit. Not so easily anymore. Garmin's gone from an .mps to now .gdb format which poses a slightly more complicated routing and mapping. Be forewarned, someone using different MapSource version, or different release cannot interchange maps with you. I learned this the hard way at this years salamander run. I spent weeks trying to understand why. Finally found the answer with no help from Garmin.
Everything has to be identical. Basically a route created using MapSource on someone's computer has to be identical in s/w ver. release and in updates for it to be interchangeable.
I still highly recommend it. I'm not a fan of units with pre-loaded maps as i have not heard from anyone how they can load specific maps to it. Being in Canada, we are traditionally on the last end in receiving good stuff. What will be on upcoming in about a year or two, are traffic congestion alerts and automatic re-routing. Definitely on my next unit. Garmin's currently testing this in Los Angeles. The unit uses a module that has an fm trasmitter. It gathers traffic updates from xm radio and other FM broadcasts to take into traffic congestion and re-routes you to a less congested route.
), all of NA can reside on an SD card.
