Any truck drivers out there that know about gps?

Question

I have no clue what kind of maps a truck driver would need, the person I am trying to help said he needs a gps that shows interstate maps. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I understand TeleType GPS offers a Truck Route GPS, only issue is I have NO experience in testing it and do not know if it function as advertise so you will be on your own if you decide to purchase one.

http://www.teletype.com/Merchant2/graphi...

Here is some information for these units and what they claim it offers.

http://www.teletype.com/Merchant2/mercha...

WorldNav Portable GPS based on TeleType's award winning navigation product line. This advanced touch screen Truck Routing GPS for professional truck drivers, bus drivers, and RV'ers. Insures that routes will follow roads that are suitable for truck travel, and yet the commercial driver can rely on the routing as it takes into account commercial truck restrictions such as bridge heights and clearances, load limits, one-way road designations, left-hand and dangerous turn restrictions, and allowances. Typical truck configuration would be 13'6'' height, 80,000 lb weight, and 53' length. Easily change the specifications to suit your truck including oversized and overweight vehicles. This device also offers additional features as compared to the WorldNav 710060 model such as bluetooth connectivity, back up battery, and more.

If you can afford to look at a Garmin Street Pilot 7200 that offers 7" display screen and a solid routing engine with more attributes than the current Nuvi series, this unit was design for RV's and trucks. You can rent one from GPS4Rent http://www.gps4rent.com/ to test out and or buy one from Auto Nav 2000 http://www.autonav2000.com/

Good Luck

Answer 2

There are plenty of truck drivers over at http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/ - they tend to favour laptop GPS software. It's easier to plan trips and modify routes on a laptop, rather than trying to do it on a small PND (personal navigation device).

GPS is only a tool - a very useful tool - but we can never rely on it 100%. Especially operators of large vehicles should always look over the suggested route, (and modify it, if necessary) before departing. This is much easier done with laptop GPS software, than with all-in-one GPS units.

Many truckers already have a laptop computer with them, so it is usually just a matter of buying a software program and a USB GPS receiver. This can be as inexpensive as $50.

Go to the above suggested website for reviews of various laptop GPS software programs. See what other truckers favour. Ask them questions, they will be glad to tell you first hand what they had bad experience with, and what they currently use. These things change. A product that might have been their favorite last year, may not be their choice today :-)

Answer 3

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Answer 4

all GPS show interstate roads. the program shows best routes

Answer 5

Get a Garmin StreetPilot. Make sure he sets it up for a truck though