Does this unit show rest areas, truck stops, & other POIs (i.e.: restaurants)?
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This unit shows rest areas, truck stops, RV parks, hospitals, restaurants and more. You use the POI app in the device and then you can narrow the search down to different places or businesses. It will tell you the name of a truck stop and how many miles it is either in front or in back of your current location. If you select one of the truck stops it will then calculate the route and distance. My biggest complaint is the time it takes to download an upgrade of the latest data.
1513110
Yes it shows rest area's and truck stops as well as food and I think it also shows motels only real complaint and its true of all GPS units the updates are always on the rest area's truck stops and food not always on the roads your planning to travel on it's kind of an irritation since your charged for updates of 89.00 on basically a yearly basis I wish all gps units would work with google as their road maps are more up to date than anyone else
1513111
It is a good unit and offers way more than I had imagined when I purchased it but like anything it has room for improvement but over all were pretty happy with it
1513112
No problem. It is a good GPS. I got it because I tow a 5th wheel with a Volvo semi and it gives me all of the routes for truckers. My rig is 13.5 feet tall so I have to watch the low bridges.
991084
I know you can select car or truck as your vehicle, will use roads that car area allowed on and not trucks. But its software is design for trucks, weight stations, roads for trucks. Like it for trucking use.
441931
Yes. It will also store specific locations and provide navigation guidance to reach a specific stored location.
2272330
Yes, it does have traffic updates. However it is difficult to determine the accuracy of those traffic reports, because conditions are constantly changing, so by the time you arrive at the area that had an earlier-displayed slowdown, you'll never know if things cleared up or got worse moments before you arrived at the location. After driving ~6000 miles on a northeastern road trip last summer (areas with lots of traffic), my impression is that the traffic updates were largely accurate and helpful. Oh, by the way, we didn't get traffic capabilities that require extra equipment or subscriptions. We just got the basic model.
1585716
It will split your trips if needed. Frequent places you can input the info and it will remember that location.
1654277
Not that I have seen. As a truck driver I utilize Google maps 5-50 times a day.
1812373
the unit comes with 2015 north american ( usa -canada ) maps only . some mexican border town are loaded
2204229
No, it doesn't. It does provide traffic information about traffic jams and such, but again, only in certain areas. Not in mine for instance (Charleston SC)
905041
yes it will. it has a setting for trucks. it has no traffic feature or free map updates, but has an mp3 player, photo viewer and other features that newer models do not have. i paid $750. for mine new. buy it.
2174096
Yes in the setting options menu. Or you can just turn it off and on when you want to view the area.
618334
I can select which kind of route. I will try and describe how based on memory as the unit is not in front of me. After putting in the destination, the screen with the big "GO" appears. If one waits a couple of extra seconds, an icon appears in the very lowest, right- hand corner. Select that icon. The screen comes up with the list of options by words, fastest, most freeways, fewest freeways, etc. it takes the unit a few more seconds to populate each route with the time required. Then, again, select the icon on the bottom, can not recall ig right hand, or center, but it looks like a map. That takes you to a map with the three options displayed. Hard to tell, sometimes which route each takes. Good luck. I can select which kind of route. I will try and describe how based on memory as the unit is not in front of me. After putting in the destination, the screen with the big "GO" appears. If one waits a couple of extra seconds, an icon appears in the very lowest, right- hand corner. Select that icon. The screen comes up with the list of options by words, fastest, most freeways, fewest freeways, etc. it takes the unit a few more seconds to populate each route with the time required. Then, again, select the icon on the bottom, can not recall ig right hand, or center, but it looks like... » Read More I can select which kind of route. I will try and describe how based on memory as the unit is not in front of me. After putting in the destination, the screen with the big "GO" appears. If one waits a couple of extra seconds, an icon appears in the very lowest, right- hand corner. Select that icon. The screen comes up with the list of options by words, fastest, most freeways, fewest freeways, etc. it takes the unit a few more seconds to populate each route with the time required. Then, again, select the icon on the bottom, can not recall ig right hand, or center, but it looks like a map. That takes you to a map with the three options displayed. Hard to tell, sometimes which route each takes. Good luck. « Show Less
596046
not quite like google maps' traffic layer on android/iphone, but yes there is traffic info. the navigation recommends alternate routes that you can preview & accept, or ignore at times traffic gets heavy
1933824
No it does not. But you can purchase a map upgrade that you can then use for the life of the unit. It does however come with lifetime traffic updates.
1421823
The Magellan Roadmate 1470 does contain a subcatagory POI for Indian restaurants. It also has subcategories that are quite detailed. For asian it has Filipino, Indian, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamise.
1666222
It has maps for the entire country initially. However, after you hook it up to your computer, it will do a live update to whatever area you select you want to be more detailed. For instance, I live in the mid-west so I asked it to focus on this area. You would just ask it to focus on the eastern states of your interest. I love my Garmin nuvi! I hope this helps.
709901
Yes it does and is very easy to read. It will also show major roads and names as you expand the map
1218364
I don't know if it does but I will tell you that I purchased this item and it was not loaded with any maps. So it was useless unless you wanted to spend another $60 to load the maps on. Be careful.