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bajaguy
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Location: Carson City, NV/Ensenada - Baja Country Club
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Mood: must be 5 O'clock somewhere in Baja
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Paper maps
I didn't see it posted here, but it is a good idea to back up your GPS with paper maps. Always verify the route your GPS has selected with a paper
map.
As I was once told, a GPS helps you get lost faster.
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djh
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Posts: 936
Registered: 1-2-2005
Location: Earth mostly. Loreto, N. ID, Big Island
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Mood: Mellow fellow, plays a yellow cello...
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Tom Tom
We have a big old, very mellow Russian Blue cat nicknamed Tom Tom (nickname for Dr. Thomas Grey aka Grey Tom Cat)...
...so naturally when Costco had the Tom Tom XXL 550 TM on sale, and it includes all of Baja, and all updates, maps, and traffic updates for FREE for
life..... I succomed...
Prior to the TT, my only other GPS's were on my sailboats, beginning with a "SatNav" I installed while anchored off Cabo in the mid 80's and many
smaller, smarter graphing, mapping, and chartplotting models since....
I live in N. Idaho... I know my way around here pretty darned well, so I can't wait to take it on a road trip where I'll actually get some use outta
it :-).
Meantime, Tom Tom (el gato) rides in the car / van, and meows his instructions about where we should go.... He's quite energy efficient (as long as
you don't count the amp hours running the vacume to "de-hair" the interior.)
Peace, Love, and FISH TACOS, ¿Right, Tom Tom?
Its all just stuff and some numbers.
A day spent sailing isn\'t deducted from one\'s life.
Peace, Love, and Music
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DEVEAU
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I've been using this in my Garmin Colorado for a few years. Amazing how the faded old roads show up.
http://www.cartografiagps.com/
Chase Trucks? ??
We don\'t need no stinking chase trucks!
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fishingmako
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I bought a Garmin I believe a 360 Model a few years back.
Then someone told me about a CHIP that you could buy for Mexico, sure enough I found a Chip for $75.00 that fits into my Garmin, and gives me all the
streets etc. by name in ENGLISH.
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David K
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Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fishingmako
I bought a Garmin I believe a 360 Model a few years back.
Then someone told me about a CHIP that you could buy for Mexico, sure enough I found a Chip for $75.00 that fits into my Garmin, and gives me all the
streets etc. by name in ENGLISH. |
Some details would be great... 
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fishingmako
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I went on line and just looked up GPS need a chip for Mexico, I believe it was E-BAY.
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David K
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Posts: 65109
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by fishingmako
I bought a Garmin I believe a 360 Model a few years back.
Then someone told me about a CHIP that you could buy for Mexico, sure enough I found a Chip for $75.00 that fits into my Garmin, and gives me all the
streets etc. by name in ENGLISH. |
Some details would be great... |
well
how does that work? wouldnt you want it to tell you what it says on the street sign?
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Bruce R Leech
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Location: Ensenada formerly Mulege
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
I hear from a reliable source that one of the new 5" screen Tom-Tom's has Mexico pre loaded and comes with free updates:
http://tinyurl.com/8xwfy3l |
I use TOM TOM in city's and hi ways there maps are the best and up to date.
I use garmen off road.
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by KaceyJ
If you don't mind my 2 cents,
Save your money, forget the GPS, don't be a poseur. Buy a good map.
There are 5 roads in Baja,
Mex 1 , TJ to Cabo.
Mex 2, TJ to Mexicali.
Mex 3, Tecate to Ensenada to San Felipe
Mex 19, Cabo to La Paz bypass
and one other that escapes me at the moment but it has a number and goes from La Paz to Muertos . ---And that's all off the top of my 2 margarita
head this evening.
If you can figure out which way is north , you almost have to try to get lost. Baja is actually a small place. Lots of friendlys with good directions.
The only reason I can figure out to own a G P S is so you can tell everyone else on the planet how to get to spots in Baja they'd never otherwise get
to on their own.
Kc |
my tomtom gets me anywhere in T.J. and is up dated every day. you cant show me a map that will do that
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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mrfatboy
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If you have a smartphone (iphone or android) I recommend buying the navigon Mexico app. It has excellent turn by turn voice directions. Navigon is
owned by Garmin. They use the navteq maps. You can visit www.navteq.com to see if your area is covered to your satisfaction.
This app DOES NOT require a cell phone data/voice connection. The map data is already on the phone.
I have both the USA and Mexico navigon apps on my iphone. They work great for me. My iPhone uses the car stereo speakers to broadcast all audio
although not necessary.
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Islandbuilder
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I resisted buying an auto GPS for decades, laughed when I saw the first one!
Then I realized that most of the travel tension between myself and the superior being I'm married to is due to her unfailing ability to corrrectly
identify every turn off, about 100 yards after we pass it........
Now of we miss a turn, it's the *&%&#%%^ GPS's fault, and not one of ours.
I spend way more than the cost of the GPS on counseling with a much lower return on investment.
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wornout
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Posts: 595
Registered: 10-24-2004
Location: San Felipe, Baja California
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
| Quote: | Originally posted by KaceyJ
If you don't mind my 2 cents,
Save your money, forget the GPS, don't be a poseur. Buy a good map.
There are 5 roads in Baja,
Mex 1 , TJ to Cabo.
Mex 2, TJ to Mexicali.
Mex 3, Tecate to Ensenada to San Felipe
Mex 19, Cabo to La Paz bypass
and one other that escapes me at the moment but it has a number and goes from La Paz to Muertos . ---And that's all off the top of my 2 margarita
head this evening.
If you can figure out which way is north , you almost have to try to get lost. Baja is actually a small place. Lots of friendlys with good directions.
The only reason I can figure out to own a G P S is so you can tell everyone else on the planet how to get to spots in Baja they'd never otherwise get
to on their own.
Kc |
my tomtom gets me anywhere in T.J. and is up dated every day. you cant show me a map that will do that |
But it is so much fun to look at your co-pilot with a paper map, ruler, stopwatch, pad and pencil, figuring out 'when will we get there?' Yep, sure
makes me want to give up my Garmin, ha, ha, ha.
This Space Available, E-Mail Me If Interested.
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Sweetwater
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I'm an old map and compass guy having navigated the Wind River Wilderness for 25 years before GPS applications were available.
And now?
I can Google Earth and fly through a 10 day backpacking trip in an hour. It's virtual but it's accurate...Does that make it real?
Naw, I'd much rather put in the toil to make it real.
But that's just me.
Everbody\'s preachin\' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King
Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick
Nothing is worse than active ignorance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749-1832, German writer, artist and politician)
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I\'ve never tried before. - Mae West
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.
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Bruce R Leech
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Registered: 9-20-2004
Location: Ensenada formerly Mulege
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Mood: A lot cooler than Mulege
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| Quote: | Originally posted by whistler
The racers in Baja used the ones made by Lowrance gps.Baja 840c. |
they work very well, but they make there own maps.
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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mojo_norte
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Last year I got a Tom Tom w/ preloaded Mexico maps- less than a 100 bucks on Amazon. Love it! I know my way around Baja but it knew all the roads I
was on. I used it a lot en-route stateside on my way down and back in strange cities- find Walmart find Napa find Trader Joes etc.
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Bajajorge
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Location: Topaz Lake, NV/San Felipe
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I have Garmin for the past few years with Baja loaded in. It has improved over the past couple of years with upgrades, but it still needs a bit more.
One problem is the street names frequently change, or are non existent, and to get real humorous, the oriental voice mangles the street name
pronunciations.
Why do Liberals insist and demand that achievers pay the way for nonachievers who are to lazy to succeed, or are just failures by their own choice?
Criminals prefer unarmed victims, dictators prefer unarmed subjects.
Why do ignorant people continue their blabbering when it only proves to others how stupid they are.
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Bajajorge
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
I didn't see it posted here, but it is a good idea to back up your GPS with paper maps. Always verify the route your GPS has selected with a paper
map.
As I was once told, a GPS helps you get lost faster. |
I agree, also check paper maps. One time Garmin told me to turn left onto a street. Surprise, surprise, that street had been closed for years and no
longer existed.
A friend of mine almost sunk his motor home in a quagmire when his GPS told him to turn onto a road that was really a cow path through a muddy field.
Why do Liberals insist and demand that achievers pay the way for nonachievers who are to lazy to succeed, or are just failures by their own choice?
Criminals prefer unarmed victims, dictators prefer unarmed subjects.
Why do ignorant people continue their blabbering when it only proves to others how stupid they are.
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Justbozo
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Registered: 11-20-2012
Location: Lake Michigan/Bahia Concepcion
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While traveling between Loreto and Mulege last January my Garmen kept dying. Not a battery problem. It would scramble and go black, power it up ok for
a while then out again.
Finally realized it was the iron in the hills killing the signal.
Been fine eversince.
You may have to wait til daylight to read your map, but it will be there!
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