GPS in Lebanon

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Originally Posted by Danny Z

are we taking about garmin 350 and 360? they cost around $200 in the US one is like 10$ more expensive. get them by secured mail and it would still cost you less.

Hi Danny, I bought the cheapest one, Garmin 205w, it costs in Lebanon 495 USD, maps and VAT included.
The difference between this one and the 700 USD one is an integrated MP3 player/FM transmitter and bluetooth.
I don't need these 2 features because I'm willing to buy a CLK 320, It is supposed to have bluetooth, as for the MP3 player, I prefer to have it as a separate hardware especially that the sound quality that you get with a FM transmitter is suboptimal.
You're right, it costs much less in the states, but, if you buy it for 200 dollars from there you will have to buy the NAVLEB maps for 200 dollars .. add VAT to it, and the whole thing will cost 500 dollars so it's the same.

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I wonder if there is a way to send a location via email to a friend. Lets say for example, you save a spot in your garmin, and you want to send this location to a friend by email ..
It could be done by using the "where am i" feature, you use it to get the coordinates, and send the coordinates by email .. but there must be a better way to do this

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Does anyone know how to create new POIs in Garmin?
Could it be done by creating a POI on a PC and transfer it to Garmin?

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Originally Posted by arzleb

Neither available softwares in Lebanon support iphone yet.

I think NAVLEB has launched a new software a week ago for phones

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Originally Posted by arzleb

i tried it for 10 days the device and the map are excellent + 40 000 POI (points of Interest) are already stored in the maps and u can add yours.

You can add yours in the favorite folder, but how can you add them as new POIs?

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Originally Posted by El

Do they let you try the device or the map for free?
How accurate it is?
I've seen the device and it's really amazing, touch screen, very nice display, bluetooth reception and fm transmitter, so it's a hands free for mobile phones....

You can try it here .. https://www.navleb.com/webmaps.aspx

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Originally Posted by Mar1K

Does it say the street name ?

The one that I have 205w doesn't say the street names, you don't need them by the way, because you don't know any of them.
But it displays their names on top of the screen.

You only need a system that tells you go right, turn left, make a u-turn etc ..

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Originally Posted by Sirius

Yeah from what I heard, these maps rely on points of interest and show you how to get there... I highly doubt they relied on street names or numbers lol... It is more like you wanna go to a bank in beirut for example, the gps unit wud lock in your position and trace the shortest route to your destination... the bank would be found as a place of interest rather than an address.

You can type any street name you want and ask it to take you there, the problem in Lebanon is that We don't know these name, I was surprised to know that the zaroob near my house has a name.

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It would have been great if the data file (maps) could be edited by the user.. this would permit adding details, doing corrections etc..

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Originally Posted by tae

It would have been great if the data file (maps) could be edited by the user.. this would permit adding details, doing corrections etc..

With TomTom you can use a module called MapShare to add point of interest and share them with every one through the internet !!!