Magellan Crossover GPS
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:19 pm
I just bought a Magellan Crossover GPS, one that works for hiking, boating, and driving/riding, and love it. Definitely a great safety feature for traveling to unfamiliar territory.
This week, I took a 3-to-4-hour ride (each way) to get to a work conference, and the GPS made it so much easier than the last long-distance jaunt I took.
I plugged in the ear phones and just threw the unit in the glove area.
It gives you plenty of vocal warning about what to do.
--Left turn on Street Name in 2 miles
--Left turn on Street Name in .5 miles
--Ding (as you reach the street)
It will also say "slight left" or (and this is great) "left turn, followed by an immediate right turn," so you can truly be prepared for where you need to be.
It has avoid highway routing, and exclude road options, so that if you know a road you don't feel comfortable on, you can reroute around it.
If you miss a turn, it will tell you to either turn around or re-route to the next best thing.
My only complaints are that it doesn't tell you your top speed or how fast you are going (It will tell you the time of travel, distance, and average speed.); it is confused in areas of recent construction, where its map is obviously not the same as the new road; and it is hard to determine which way to go when starting out. Fortunately rerouting will set you straight as soon as you start heading in some direction. =)
There's an mp3 option I haven't tried, but assume you can upload music and listen to it.
Anyway, I highly recommend a GPS to anyone who is often going to new places on their scooter. It made a trip that could have been stressful, easy and, I think, much safer. It was so much easier to pay attention to the road and drivers around me because I didn't have to be constantly trying to figure out where to go. In fact, I didn't have to think about where I was going at all, just follow the directions. Even if I missed a turn, it figured it all out for me.
This week, I took a 3-to-4-hour ride (each way) to get to a work conference, and the GPS made it so much easier than the last long-distance jaunt I took.
I plugged in the ear phones and just threw the unit in the glove area.
It gives you plenty of vocal warning about what to do.
--Left turn on Street Name in 2 miles
--Left turn on Street Name in .5 miles
--Ding (as you reach the street)
It will also say "slight left" or (and this is great) "left turn, followed by an immediate right turn," so you can truly be prepared for where you need to be.
It has avoid highway routing, and exclude road options, so that if you know a road you don't feel comfortable on, you can reroute around it.
If you miss a turn, it will tell you to either turn around or re-route to the next best thing.
My only complaints are that it doesn't tell you your top speed or how fast you are going (It will tell you the time of travel, distance, and average speed.); it is confused in areas of recent construction, where its map is obviously not the same as the new road; and it is hard to determine which way to go when starting out. Fortunately rerouting will set you straight as soon as you start heading in some direction. =)
There's an mp3 option I haven't tried, but assume you can upload music and listen to it.
Anyway, I highly recommend a GPS to anyone who is often going to new places on their scooter. It made a trip that could have been stressful, easy and, I think, much safer. It was so much easier to pay attention to the road and drivers around me because I didn't have to be constantly trying to figure out where to go. In fact, I didn't have to think about where I was going at all, just follow the directions. Even if I missed a turn, it figured it all out for me.
