Which GPS is best for Mexico?
I found a few older post but would like to know which GPS would be the best for Mexico? Thanks
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Depends on what year your version of S&T is - only more recent roads would be missing - and more recent POIs - you can easily make it a GPS with a new GPS receiver such as the GlobalSat BU-353-S4 USB GPS Receiver which had the latest technology and is extremely accurate - about $30 on Amazon - just plug it into your laptop and it works - go to the . . . www.laptopgpsworld.com . . . website to learn all about turning a laptop into a GPS.
We still use the Garmin 2757 too as it provides info S&T might not have - and the larger 7" screen is great - comes with Mexico already in the device so no additional costs. Far from the most expensive GPS in price but also far from the cheapest - you get what you pay for - at $220 this is a great buy.
I have not done this but others have - with certain versions of S&T and certain Garmins you can plan a route in your computer and then dump it off to your Garmin - using the computer with S&T makes planning much easier - then load it in the Garmin and you have your route.
We are fortunate to have a motorhome with a 14" computer screen built into our dashboard so we can have both GPS systems helping us along the way.
There are still new roads in Mexico that are not on any device I know of - it takes awhile to get the updates in - but most roads are on the newest Garmin updates - I could only find one small section of new road I know of that was not on there - though there are small towns that are not on the Garmin we continue to be amazed by how many small towns are on there. Both S&T and Garmin also have many POIs that are useful such as finding Pemex stations and banks and ATM machines - though there are a great many more places we wish were on there it can still be a useful tool. If you have the "Church" book you can find the Lat Lon of campgrounds and enter them in the GPS to find the locations.
If you have S&T and go to the . . . www.laptopgpsworld.com . . . website you can learn about something called the "Mega File" which was created to add hundreds of POIs to your S&T so you can find many places in the US and Canada that are not already on there - but unfortunately not Mexico - but you have to have a newer version of S&T for it to work. Many POIs in the Mega File were created by the . . . http://www.discoveryowners.com/cginfo.htm . . . and lots of RVers contributed POIs that can be downloaded to many GPS devices. I created a POI database of all campgrounds in Mexico using the "Church" numbers but I do not make it public since I consider those numbers to belong to Mike & Terri - if you own the "Church" book you can use their numbers to create your own POI database for Mexico - very cool tool.
You do not need every tool there is to travel in Mexico but we find these tools not only make travel easier but they are fun to use - once you learn how.
We still use the Garmin 2757 too as it provides info S&T might not have - and the larger 7" screen is great - comes with Mexico already in the device so no additional costs. Far from the most expensive GPS in price but also far from the cheapest - you get what you pay for - at $220 this is a great buy.
I have not done this but others have - with certain versions of S&T and certain Garmins you can plan a route in your computer and then dump it off to your Garmin - using the computer with S&T makes planning much easier - then load it in the Garmin and you have your route.
We are fortunate to have a motorhome with a 14" computer screen built into our dashboard so we can have both GPS systems helping us along the way.
There are still new roads in Mexico that are not on any device I know of - it takes awhile to get the updates in - but most roads are on the newest Garmin updates - I could only find one small section of new road I know of that was not on there - though there are small towns that are not on the Garmin we continue to be amazed by how many small towns are on there. Both S&T and Garmin also have many POIs that are useful such as finding Pemex stations and banks and ATM machines - though there are a great many more places we wish were on there it can still be a useful tool. If you have the "Church" book you can find the Lat Lon of campgrounds and enter them in the GPS to find the locations.
If you have S&T and go to the . . . www.laptopgpsworld.com . . . website you can learn about something called the "Mega File" which was created to add hundreds of POIs to your S&T so you can find many places in the US and Canada that are not already on there - but unfortunately not Mexico - but you have to have a newer version of S&T for it to work. Many POIs in the Mega File were created by the . . . http://www.discoveryowners.com/cginfo.htm . . . and lots of RVers contributed POIs that can be downloaded to many GPS devices. I created a POI database of all campgrounds in Mexico using the "Church" numbers but I do not make it public since I consider those numbers to belong to Mike & Terri - if you own the "Church" book you can use their numbers to create your own POI database for Mexico - very cool tool.
You do not need every tool there is to travel in Mexico but we find these tools not only make travel easier but they are fun to use - once you learn how.
