GPS Tracklog

Garmin international topo maps

Rich Owings — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:54:33 +0000

A lot of new topo map products have shown up on Garmin’s website. Some of these may have been available for awhile, but most appear to be new. I’ll also note that they seem to be different than the offerings from Garmin’s long running third-party MapSource developer program. In addition to the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and Australia, I’m now seeing:

NAVTEQ 3-D junctions

Rich Owings — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:52:19 +0000

NAVTEQ is rolling out a new form of 3-D junction displays for complex, multi-level interchanges. Dubbed Motorway Junction Objects, the imagery has yet to show up on any manufactured devices, so we don’t know when you’re likely to see this on Garmin’s Junction View. Heck, we just wish the first-generation NAVTEQ junction imagery would make it beyond a handful of cities.

Via NYT.

Top ten GPS for October 2009

Rich Owings — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:35:33 +0000

Once again, stability is the rule on our top ten list, though we should see big shake ups in November as Black Friday specials skew our traffic (you can get in on those yourself by following our GPS Deals site).

Two recent hands on reviews did crack the top ten this month – the Garmin Dakota 20 and nuvi 1200, the latter giving Garmin a clean sweep on the auto side.

Our rankings are based on the number of times each GPS review has been read here on GPS Tracklog. The list reflects what our readers are checking out and, to a certain extent, what folks are searching for online. Another good crowdsourced list is Amazon’s best selling GPS page, though it is updated every hour and is quite variable. Still, a lot of good bargains do rise to the top.

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New GPS reviews for October 2009: