There’s now a 2009 North America Map Update available for Garmin GPS Navigators. The DVD contains full coverage for the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The DVD comes jam packed full with almost 6 million Points of Interest too! With the latest maps you’ll have no problems finding businesses, coffee shops, lodging, attractions and [...]

It’s pretty cool that both the TomTom and the Garmin let you change the voice files at your every whim if you want. It’s so easy to do that you can have someone different tell you where to go every day. It’s not only my GPS that’s telling me where to go, I hear it [...]

One thing I always want to do is plan a trip before I go out on it if there’s some danger of getting lost. If I’m going to visit a couple of islands with a boat, trek out into the wild Sierra Madre or even visit a town that has no road data available there’s [...]

This has to be one of the most awesome Instructables I’ve ever seen and a lot of thanks goes out to Sudija for sharing this with everybody. I’m guessing that Sudija uses a motorbike as his main means of transportation and has a GPS device that doesn’t have Bluetooth capabilities. He’s come up with a [...]

You gotta tweak your stuff so don’t think that your GPS can’t be tweaked to your liking. One thing you can start with on your Garmin GPS is a changing of the voice. UPDATE: Garmin has also put out their own software tool to create your own custom voices for Garmin GPS devices. Find out [...]

Google Maps is a great utility to help you find your way. If you don’t have a navigational GPS with all the maps and waypoints to help you out you can still search for a location on Google Maps and add it as a waypoint to your GPS unit. When you’ve found your destination just [...]