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(More customer reviews)I've been using a Garmin E-Trex for some driving navigation (not it's main purpose) for some time. Having wanted something better for driving, I saw this as an inexpensive solution to use my laptop and have large screen GPS navigation. In short, the active navigation direction (including voice) work pretty well, the large display (my laptop) is great, but the database and route management tools lack.
Having only used this H/W & S/W (the included Street Atlas) for a few days, I'm sure I haven't figured it all out. Still, I quickly found that the database only knows about one of the several Home Depot stores in my area. I looked for the hotel I'll be staying at on an upcoming trip, and it is not in the database. A two year old street in a newer nearby residential street is not present. In each of these cases, my Garmin MapSource s/w had these elements, and the level of detail and accuracy are better, too. I've found work arounds by creating waypoints where I know things I'll be going to are located (Delorme won't let me move an existing waypoint that I've created, so if it's not right, delete and recreate). I'll probably use it for such things as our RV traveling, but when I want to find the nearest hardware store... well most anything, I'll pull out my little E-Trex.
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The Earthmate LT-20 GPS System is a powerful, portable tool for in-vehicle GPS tracking. This WAAS-enabled receiver has DeLorme's proprietary Kalman filter for superior accuracy and fast acquisition. The 12 channel, low power chipset provides improved GPS tracking in weak signal conditions, plus a cold start time of less than 45 seconds.
