Best Sat Nav Which I Can Take Out of The Car for Use on Foot

Simmo11 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2009 Posts: 2

Hi,
Could anyone recommend the best sat nav system that I can use in my car, then take out for use in towns and in the country?
Cheers

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject:

If you want to use it for walking ACROSS country, none of the sat-navs intended for car use are that great.
They all tend to have road maps only and the system will attempt to "snap" you onto the nearest road when you go wandering off them.

THIS TOPIC from a couple of weeks ago recommends one good for general use and geotagging.

THIS ONE might be of use too, and if you want to load OS mapping have a look at THIS ONE.

Border_Collie · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:21 pm Post subject:

Leigh_at_ch9 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 29, 2009 Posts: 18

Oops. Please ignore this.

Posted same msg twice

Leigh

Leigh_at_ch9 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 29, 2009 Posts: 18

Simmo

I've just gone through the same process and I must say I agree with Andy. A device which is great for satnav and offroad use seems to be a rare beast indeed, if it even exists (you could poss look at a Road Angel on the Memory-Map site)

If u check out the last link in Andy's reply, that was me. I'll update u in case you're interested in going down that route. My Vodafone VPx / GPSlim combo is a great setup for not much money. It's classed as a phone, but it's a huge one with a screen the size of some satnavs. I run McGuider for satnav, and Memory-Map for offroad. Granted, Memory-Map is not cheap but I already had it for laptop use and it's cheaper than most of the OS mapping from the likes of Garmin / Satmap etc. Both apps run great on the VPx. Battery life can be a pain but if you make sure it's fully charged before venturing out and switch it off when you don't need it, the battery will last for an all-day walk easily, so not bad. I just need a car power cable for mine now (which I can't find at the moment) and it'll be superb. Without the 2 apps the PDA (or phone if u prefer) and GPSlim cost me around 80 quid in total.

Leigh

MaDProFF · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2006 Posts: 26

Hi

I recently bought an HTC Pro 2 and co pilot 7, that has a walk mode that pin points where you are, and not snap to nearest road.

it seems to work well, though ofc only as good as the map it is reading.

The battery lasts quite a while as well, even longer if you set up the phone correctly to suit, and use the night map.

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