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Does anyone know of a GPS that does a good job at routing on city streets and also works with topo maps?
Currently I use a small GPS receiver connected to a Sony Vaio laptop that I run both Microsoft Streets and Trips and the National Geographic TOPO! maps on. I can do trip planning with Streets and Trips, which has pretty good routing functionality and does real time tracking with the GPS. For off road use, I run the TOPO! maps and, again, do real time tracking with the GPS.
I use both functions fairly frequently and would like to find a dedicated GPS that incorporates both. So far, everything I've looked at seems to either do city street naviation or works with the manufacturer's topo maps, but not both. I'm wondering if anyone has found a GPS that does both well.
The Lowrance GlobalMap Baja 540C, for example, seems to do a good job with topo maps and does display city maps, but it doesn't appear to do routing on city streets. The iWay 600C, on the other hand, appears to do routing on city streets but doesn't appear to do anything with topo maps.
Any inputs?
Currently I use a small GPS receiver connected to a Sony Vaio laptop that I run both Microsoft Streets and Trips and the National Geographic TOPO! maps on. I can do trip planning with Streets and Trips, which has pretty good routing functionality and does real time tracking with the GPS. For off road use, I run the TOPO! maps and, again, do real time tracking with the GPS.
I use both functions fairly frequently and would like to find a dedicated GPS that incorporates both. So far, everything I've looked at seems to either do city street naviation or works with the manufacturer's topo maps, but not both. I'm wondering if anyone has found a GPS that does both well.
The Lowrance GlobalMap Baja 540C, for example, seems to do a good job with topo maps and does display city maps, but it doesn't appear to do routing on city streets. The iWay 600C, on the other hand, appears to do routing on city streets but doesn't appear to do anything with topo maps.
Any inputs?