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Delorme Earthmate GPS LT-20 with Street Atlas 2007User Review: - Works wellDon't forget to download the serial driver from the Delorme site so you can use the USB GPS with other programs. After installing the driver, Netstumbler immediately recognized it. User Review:  - Good product but new version comingIn August Delorme will be releasing Street Atlas 2006 and it will offer the optional bundle with the Earthmate GPS unit. I would wait till then. My version of Street Atlas 2005 is fine but the maps are a bit outdated. hopefully the new software will correct some of those things. User Review: - Good Auto Routing, Not So Good DatabaseI'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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