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Basemaps Explained |
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What are the basemaps?
Garmin mapping units come with built-in, factory installed, permanent basemaps that cannot be altered. These basemaps come in a variety of global designatio ... |
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Buying Local vs International |
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Firstly, when comparing the prices of a GPS package in South Africa to those advertised on a US website, make sure that you are indeed comparing 'APPLES to APPLES'.
Some Garmin GPS units have different ... |
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Getting Started with GPS |
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Getting Started
There are a few solutions available to consumers, ranging from sophisticated in-car GPS systems, which feature voice guiding, powerful dynamic route calculatio ... |
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GPS for City Use Local and International |
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OK, so you’ve decided that you want to buy a GPS. You’ve also been able to figure that you need a "city navigator" autorouting type of unit (mainly for city/urban ... |
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GPS Map Software |
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Base Maps vs. Detailed Maps:
The first thing to understand is what people are talking about when they talk about 'Base Maps' and 'Detailed Maps'. A 'Base Map' is the mapset that is loaded to the GPS units' internal memory at factory level and as such cannot be altered or even deleted. Basemaps come in three regional versions, ... |
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How can GPS benefit me |
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Benefits:
Just think how much time, money and (most of all) stress you can eliminate from your life.
(1). How would you feel if, every time you climb into your car, you knew exactly how to get to wherever you were going AND how long it will take you to get there - even at night or in a unfamiliar ... |
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How GPS Works |
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How GPS Works
For those who are unfamiliar with the term, GPS stands for Global Positioning System, and is a way of locating a receiver in three dimensional space anywhere on the Earth, and even in orbit about it.
GPS is arguably one of the most important ... |
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How to choose a GPS |
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Which Manufacturer?
Chances are, you have already heard the name 'Garmin' when talking GPS anywhere in South Africa. This is due to the fact that Garmin have by far the largest chunk of the GPS market share in this country. When we started this business in 2002, we did extensive ... |
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Loading And Unlocking Your Garmap Maps |
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Everyone get many queries on a daily basis from people battling to understand / download / update / unlock their Garmap Southern Africa Streetmaps v.1 detailed map software to their StreetPilo ... |
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Mapping on GPS |
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Mapping
Knowing where the device is in space is one thing, but it is fairly useless information without something to compare it with. Thus, the mapping part of any GPS software is very important; ... |
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Navigation vs. Mapping |
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Navigation:
When navigating to a destination on a non-autorouting GPS unit, the unit will simply point you in the right direction using an on screen arrow and tell you how far you have to go to get there (i.e. 6.2Km with a compass arrow pointing North). Imagine now that you are (on a road) traveling ... |
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Types of GPS Receivers |
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Handheld GPS:
Basic GPS Systems:
A basic GPS unit is one that cannot be loaded with detailed maps. It will give you your position in Latitude and Longitude coordinate ... |
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