Best sat nav for newbie in NI ?

[PaulBoy]

My brother in law has asked me the above question but it is not as straight forward as it sounds - first of all he lives in Northern Ireland and travels around there and the South as well as the odd trip to Scotland
When I visited recently he was impressed with my Ipaq / TT5 setup but he could see the mapping in Ireland / NI is rubbish
He is not really interested in a PDA / GPS setup as he wouldnt get much use out of the PDA so could anyone recommend an "all in one" solution other than TT Go (as I presume the maps of Ireland / NI would be equally dire?)
TIA ... Paul ;)

[rossb]

Most units seem to use maps made by either navteq.com or teleatlas.com

The tomtom uses teleatlas maps. I think you should contact both companies and ask about their NI coverage.

Once you know who has the most detailed maps, post back here and we can suggest an appropriate unit.

[PaulBoy]

rossb - thanks for your reply - as i said in my post I have TomTom v5 and coverage is poor in NI & non existant in ROI so based on what you said the B in L should be looking at a navteq based system - I spoke with him recently and he is keen to stick with an all in one system rather than separate PDA & GPS - what would you suggest I point him towards (price is not a huge issue but my sister would probably kill him if he spent more than £500 :D
Paul

[rossb]

I would suggest you contact navteq.com and confirm the northern Ireland coverage. I would say coverage could be so bad, it is not worth having a sat nav at all

I have just had a look on my Navteq based garmin c320. Dublin and Belfast are covered to street level. Southern ireland seems to be covered to N and R road level, but is sadly no better than that.

I know mapsource version 8 is coming out shortly(I am V7). Check with naveteq on their coverage. You may have to wait for a later version.

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