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Originally Posted by mr t

Hi everyone, I am planning to take a road trip to upstate New York on May 27. Does anyone recommend a favorite GPS unit to buy?

Thanks for your input.

mr t

I own a few Garmin Nuvi models. If all you want is point A to point B navigation get a Nuvi 260W. It's inexpensive, easy to use and dependable.

Originally Posted by Thomasio

I know it isn't true GPS (it is cell tower triangulation), but the navigation application that comes on the 3G iPod is fantastic.

There are many places in upstate NY with no cell phone reception, especially in the mountains. A cell phone based navigator would be useless in these places.

Originally Posted by EliseAtLeast

Does the newer GPS allow you to enter coordinates instead of an address because I know most old ones don't? I find this to be the best feature in my Mio. A lot of times its database does not contain the address that I type in and I can just look up the coordinates and punch it in. Sometimes when you have a car following you and it got separated, you can just pull over and call and give the other car your coordinates. I can't understand why most other GPS will not allow you to enter coordinates. Its a GPS for god sake.

All the new Garmin units can use Lat/Lon coordinates to program waypoints.
Gamin's MapSource program is very useful for plotting waypoints/routes and the waypoints can then be down loaded into your Garmin gps unit.