Sat Nav

[larrymacuk]

Is there a sat nav that you can use in the car and then take out while walking still given you directions.?

[Hopkirk]

In my limited experience it doesn't work.

I tried to use my Garmin to walk through Bristol.

Even set on 'pedestrian' mode it wouldn't go the wrong way up one way streets and knew nothing about passageways. The only way I could use it was to tell it to go in a straight line to my destination, and then to make my own mind up about which roads and alleys to use.

[jake-the-peg]

Personally I used my Garmin quite satisfactorily in Perpignan.

It was particularly useful to set the location of the car when you left it and wandered about a strange place knowing that it could direct you back.

Not as easy as in a car but useful none the less

[jno]

but do ask locally...

http://i2.squidoocdn....nav-wrong-sign-chippi

[JoolsTwo]

I have one on my iphone which works well and was free to download.

[larrymacuk]

Thanks for the help I will look into getting one as I like the idea of not loosing where you left your car

[bednobs]

why would you care about the wrong way up one way streets if you are a pedestrian?

[Hopkirk]

It wouldn't choose a route that involved going the wrong way up a one way street, despite being on pedestrian mode.

[Shredder11]

What you are refering to is a handheld computer with integrated GPS or one that connects wirelessly via Bluetooth to a seperate GPS receiver. I started with a Mio 168 Pocket PC in 2005 and recently got an old Dell Axim x51v to replace it. On both of those I have TomTom v7 which is now out of date, however the maps are still being released on a regular basis for the v7 app. The modern successor to the Pocket PC are devices like the iPhone or HTC range.

It's up to you what you buy, but despite the Dell being oldish I got that to last me another few years until the Android based PDA devices mature, plus TomTom are working on an Android version. Also there is a massive range of GPS programs that you can install on a Pocket PC or HTC, including for walking or any kind of travel for that matter even sports and fitness. My Dell was £40 from Ebay and came with the seperate GPS receiver and many other extras.

[Toureman]

I used my Garmin nuvi in quite a few european countries just to plot in where the coach pick up was so i could always find it, worked every time!

[THEMOTLEY1]

Iphone works well

[vulcan]

my Garmin works just as well if I'm walking as it does when I'm driving. What makes me smile is when I am driving and get caught up in slow moving traffic it asks me if I want to change to pedestrian mode.