Can Anyone Recommend a Good GPS?

[boppa]

all gps's rely totally on the onboard stored maps
they dont have updates sent via the sats- you have to plug the gps into a internet connected computer to get updated maps
and the maps themselves are only based on the most recent info the map makers have

my country trips show roads that havent existed in over 50 years- because they are still what here is called a `gazetted road' ie the land may be resumed at any time the govnment feels its required- it is still marked as a `road' on surveyors maps (which is what most gps maps are based on in country areas)- but as for actual tar (or even gravel) roads at that point simply doesnt exist- its a `road' purely in a legal sense only, not a physical road

so any maps shown on a gps are on the first hand- age based and on the second hand- legaly based

and on the third hand (????) only as accurate as the origin maps (and in country qld- its often 2 or 3 km out!!)

bump- remember the maps are only as good as the info the map makers have....