What's a Good GPS for City Walking?

[Joseph Morales]

My TomTom GPS works fine in the car, but gives bad directions when I'm on
foot. On the other hand, handheld GPS units seem intended for hiking, so I'm
not sure how well they'd work for walking in a big city.

Thanks, Joseph

[Colin]

"Joseph Morales" <joseph....@unisys.com> wrote in
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I had good results with iGO while walking around San Francisco. If you tell it you are on foot it
calculates decent routes.

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[Andrew]

Do you tell your Tomtom you are on foot?
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[Joseph Morales]

"Andrew" <spam...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> Do you tell your Tomtom you are on foot?

I can't see a way to do that. This is a TomTom One and it's a couple of
years old. I wonder if it has that feature? I just looked through the
booklet and all the menus, and didn't see anything relevant.

Thanks for the suggestion.
Joseph

[Joseph Morales]

"Colin" <yolk100N...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I had good results with iGO while walking around San Francisco. If you
> tell it you are on foot it
> calculates decent routes.

I'm not sure what you mean by an iGO. I just went to the website
www.igo.com, and they just seem to sell chargers and power adapters.

Thanks, Joseph

[Andrew]

I have never owned a One so would have to have it confirmed by someone
that has, but it has been a feature of TomTom for years.

[Andrew]

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:55:43 +0100, Andrew <spam...@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>>I can't see a way to do that. This is a TomTom One and it's a couple of
>>years old. I wonder if it has that feature? I just looked through the
>>booklet and all the menus, and didn't see anything relevant.
>
>I have never owned a One so would have to have it confirmed by someone
>that has, but it has been a feature of TomTom for years.

I just checked my Tomtom 530T, and the option is under Change
Preferences>Planning preferences.

[Wayne R.]

The new Garmin n�vi 1200 through 1490 models have a pedestrian mode
which should be especially good with their cityXplorer Maps :

http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/us/maps/cityxplorer

"cityXplorer� maps for your street navigator provide the latest
detailed roads and points of interest for metropolitan areas, plus
enhanced pedestrian navigation� � street directions including public
transportation.

"With cityXplorer map data, you can conveniently download information
about your destination directly to your Garmin device. Confidently
navigate using the same mapping detail as City Navigator� maps. Prices
as low as $9.99 per download won't break your budget.

"Enhanced pedestrian navigation helps you navigate the city�s public
transit. Get directions for where to walk, where to catch the bus,
subway, tram, or other transportation, and how long it will take to
get there. In some cities, data is even available for transit
schedules, such as subway or bus times and routes.

"�Enhanced pedestrian mode, which includes public transit information,
is available on compatible devices only. Adding cityXplorer maps to a
unit that does not support pedestrian navigation will ONLY allow for
viewing of cityXplorer map and points of interest."

[Colin]

"Joseph Morales" <replyt...@cox.net> wrote in news:3pYum.56125$JG1....@newsfe24.iad:

go to http:www.navngo.com

[Joseph Morales]

"Andrew" <spam...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message

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> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:55:43 +0100, Andrew <spam...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> I just checked my Tomtom 530T, and the option is under Change
> Preferences>Planning preferences.

I see it now, you're right. I'm going to have to experiment with that.
Though the issue is more than route planning, it has more to do with the
unit giving directions relative to the direction I'm traveling or the way
I'm facing. It almost seems like a geocompass would be necessary for
turn-by-turn directions to work properly on foot. But I'll experiment with
it on the walking setting and see how it works. Thanks!

[Joseph Morales]

"Colin" <yolk100N...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> go to http:www.navngo.com

That looks very promising.

Thanks, Joseph

[Bob Martin]

My Garmin Nuvi 250 has 3 modes : vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian.
Can't vouch for bicycle but pedestrian works fine in cities.

[Joseph Morales]

"Bob Martin" <bob.m...@excite.com> wrote in message
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> My Garmin Nuvi 250 has 3 modes : vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian.
> Can't vouch for bicycle but pedestrian works fine in cities.

Thanks for the tip!

[Mike Lane]

AFAIK most units have this problem to some extent. I think the reason is, as
you say, that when on foot in a city one is travelling comparatively slowly,
frequently stopping and changing direction (particularly if you're lost!).
Because of this it can't work out which direction you're actually going a lot
of the time, so directions become very muddled. Added to this the satellite
view is very restricted due to tall buildings so the accuracy will be lower
anyway.

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[Simon Dobbs]

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:43:33 +0000, Joseph Morales wrote
(in article <h9gi57$irh$1...@si05.rsvl.unisys.com>):

My iPhone recently saved me when I was helplessly lost in Rome