Topo Software: Garmin Vs Magellan??

[ubievol]

any significant differences, or are they about the same?

[+Night Stalker]

I own both so maybe I can help. It appears that the Garmin software has slightly more detailed information on canals etc. They both display all the roads, but the Magellan displays the names of the road you are traveling on and the next road you are approaching. At least thats the way it works on my SporTrak Pro. The Magellan seems to take up less memory for the same size maps. I don't think either one is enough better than the other to base purchasing a GPS on.

[+JohnnyVegas]

I have also used both the Magellan and the Garmin, I really like that the magellan includes street names, this kind of negates the need for Map Send streets and Destinatiions, unless you want the POI that streets and destination offers. I have used it in my Sport trak map and my Meridian Gold.

[+briansnat]

Garmin Mapsource Topo does display many road names. Usually the major ones. Side streets are not named.

[+JohnnyVegas]

I have noticed some roads listed as unnamed roads, but I have seen this few times with my other Magellan software, most of these have been roads the were more like service roads in parks, what I found very unusual while looking for a cache in a cemetery, the little roads in the cemetery had street names and these names were displayed on my Magellan Meridian while using Direct route. Any other cemetery I had been in displayed them as unnamed roads.

[ubievol]

>I don't think either one is enough better than the other to base purchasing a GPS on.<

 

that is what i was getting at.

 

thanks, everyone, for helping out!