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| trooper Member Since: 11 Mar 2014 Location: west sussex Posts: 102   
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Hi gabe3105
By using the Ordinance Survey mapping load on the GPSMAP 276Cx and provided the green lane is recognised as such, you can. Alternatively, and in opinion better, would be to pre plan your green lane route, using Garmin,s Basecamp then down loading this to your GPS, and using normal road mapping, City Navigator. |
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5th Feb 2017 5:18pm |
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| gabe3105 Member Since: 25 May 2015 Location: Grimsby Posts: 237
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Thanks
I'll download Basecamp and have a little play using greenlane coordinates taken from LRM |
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5th Feb 2017 6:47pm |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3754
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The TomTom I currently have I have no problems with?
Wife uses the old one we replaced it with and has been fine also? Map updates no problem just have the TomTom software installed on my laptop, plug it in and away it goes. It can take an hour or so sometimes but don't do it that often and no hardship if just plugged in. Funny as a lot of praise for Garmin and I did try one before this TomTom and hated it... Just didn't seem to work well although it had nice 3D pictures... Funny as I use a Garmin GPS on my push bike and that's ace. I'm happy with the TomTom and for £150 its been great much better than the Mercedes Sat nav I had built in (around £1500) and my dads previous Range Rover built in unit... I guess they have all come on a bit now ours must be 18 months to 2 years old but happy with it |
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5th Feb 2017 6:57pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5038 
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We had three Tom toms, what with poor routing, rubbish hardware, limited satellite locks etc we won't have another. I know a few people to have experience the same Mike
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5th Feb 2017 9:04pm |
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| keef9t Member Since: 13 Mar 2016 Location: manchester Posts: 171 
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Thanks for the input, some interesting info. I find myself leaning towards a Garmin based unit. Am I right in thinking Avtex and Snooper units are Garmin that have been tweeked .
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6th Feb 2017 10:24pm |
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| nosnibod Member Since: 15 Aug 2007 Location: West Midlands Posts: 370 
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I have a Garmin Camper 760 - which is fine but filled a large part of the windscreen being quite a large 7" unit. I have recently started using apps on my 5" Android phone - a Sony Z3 - instead. It does have a number of nice advantages over a dedicated satnav apart from not filling the windscreen... So far it has been the best use of my smartphone so far and probably justifies the cost just using it as a as a top-notch satnav...
- You can use Google maps for navigation in offline mode (just download the maps beforehand - very easy) and you can create pre-defined routes and save them as shortcuts on the home screen - so you can research a route beforehand using things like satellite view and street view and then save it for later use. Great for small campsites, the best way to approach entrances or making sure you follow Caravan Club or Camping and Caravan club directions. It is also great for looking at motorway services to find out where the caravan parking is located. - You can also use Google maps on Android phones in car mode - called Android Auto. That now works in standalone mode without needing a dedicated head unit in the vehicle. Android Auto gives you very easy control of Google maps, phone, music, audiobooks complete with voice control. - I also paid the £49 and have Copilot Caravan installed as well which understands weigh limits and bridge heights. I don't use it much but I have also downloaded and installed the various POI files you can get for all sorts of camp sites. Seems fairly good but I've found that I prefer Google maps instead especially with the Android Auto integration making it a fully hands-free setup. Oh and the nice thing; you are not tied to anything. You can use Google maps, Waze, Copilot or whatever you like to work out a route and even compare one against the other to make sure. Dave Green Goddess - 1998 Defender 110 300tdi |
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8th Feb 2017 10:42pm |
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