The Europeans have stopped fighting about Galileo , the rival GPS service they are building.They don't want to depend on the American system which could be cut off at the discretion of the Department of Defense. Right now that's the main way we have of getting fairly accurate latitude and longitude, and it's free. Others are using triangulation of mobile phone signals.
I noticed that the number of GPS devices offered this Christmas season had increased over last year, and I succumbed to a deal on woot.com the site that offers one special deal each day. The Navman N40i cost $160 and included AC adaptor, auto charger, mounting device for the car (though California forbids any dash-mounted gear), CDs with other maps, and a small carrying case.
It mainly serves as a touch screen car navigation aid with maps of Canada and the United States already loaded. Voice prompts are in any of eight European languages, and you have your choice of UK, US, or Australian English. However, the inclusion of a 1 megapixel camera was the main attraction for me. The images are stored internally and can serve as destination points or just points of interest. There is an SD card slot (or cable) for moving the images and GPS info to a computer. I'll report back on how much I use it during a trip to Southern California.
I received a similar unit a few days ago (Tom Tom One). It is amazing how much they have improved in the past year - current sub $200 units are better than $400 devices a year ago spec-wise.
At this point it is a major toy, but I look forward to real use soon.
Posted by: steve | December 28, 2007 at 04:35 PM
We took the Navman on a trip to Los Angeles and then to the desert and then back through Santa Barbara and home. It worked quite well, but there is a bell alert which we can't seem to turn off or figure out what it is signaling.
The quality of the photos is okay, but the lens is such a wide angle you have to be very close to the subject.
It even works well when walking and can measure ground speed as low a 2 mph.
Posted by: Steve Cisler | December 28, 2007 at 07:25 PM
More & more people know that Blog are goods for every one where we can get more knowledge nice job keep it up !
Posted by: Increase Penis Size | December 21, 2008 at 01:07 AM
SEO Consultant :
SEO | SEM | Internet Marketing Guide
http://www.wahidqazi.com/
Posted by: SEO Consultant | April 27, 2009 at 10:27 AM
This is over the top!
Posted by: kratom | February 15, 2011 at 02:06 AM
I think it is very nice that by now all phones has GPS built-in - I haven't much more about Galileo though
Posted by: GPS guy | May 19, 2011 at 12:05 PM
it helped me a lot man :-)
Posted by: mein tenu samjhawan ki | July 26, 2011 at 03:01 AM
GPS tracking devices are part of a vehicle tracking system. The device is installed in a vehicle or in all the vehicles of the fleet that you wish to track.
Posted by: Planning application map | July 27, 2011 at 10:24 PM
I love touch screen devices and ever since they came out, it's been so much easier for me. As far as GPS, I no longer need to read a map and this comes from a woman who constantly gets lost!
Posted by: Ps3 Home Items | August 21, 2011 at 12:50 AM
Have a TOM TOM, works well, other models we have found also function as weather alert warning.
Terri
Posted by: Terri | October 10, 2011 at 12:10 PM