How to choose and buy a GPS navigator?

In every life there was a situation when it was urgent to get from point A to point B, and this must be done immediately, but you, as luck would have it, don’t know the shortest path. Or the situation is exactly the opposite-you know where to go and how, but where you are yourself-you have no idea. In such cases, GPS-navigators come to the rescue.

What is GPS? This abbreviation stands for Global Positioning System-a global positioning system. Initially it was planned as a system defining the exact location of the object for military purposes. It consists of several dozens of artificial satellites of the planet Earth, covering almost all of its surface with signals, and an unlimited number of GPS receivers. With delivery in Ukraine, the navigator can be bought in Kiev, Kharkov, Odessa on 130.com.ua.

The GPS receiver’s operation pattern is simple — each satellite has its own portion of the planet, and the GPS receiver receives at least three of them and determines its own coordinates based on the time delays of the signal from the satellite to the GPS receiver.

What are the most common uses for GPS navigators in modern life? As a rule, this is a very useful device for motorists, travelers, and for those who are professionally engaged in navigation-it is generally indispensable. Many navigators remember the routes that are laid, so there is no need to re-route them.

GPS Navigation Classification

Compact GPS Navigators. These are devices that are close in their format to a PDA and are intended primarily for mobile use-you can carry them with you in your pocket. In this category, the Garmin Nuvi line occupies a rather significant place.

Car GPS Navigation. These navigators, judging by their name, are specifically designed for motorists. They have a fairly large display (from 3.5 to 7 inches), quite often they are equipped with an external antenna, but you can buy an antenna separately. As a rule, these GPS navigators can be both embedded and portable. As an example of a portable navigator, you can look at Tenex navigators. You can buy a GPS navigator Tenex in the online automotive product store "130"-this brand has taken the leading place in the sale of GPS navigators in 2010.

Professional GPS Navigation. These are higher-end devices that are needed by those who are engaged in the navigation systems of airplanes, ships, and so on.

Before you choose and buy a navigator, decide how you will use it. For example, do you want to have a GPS navigator with you at all times (like a mobile phone) or it will be enough to install it in a car. The size of its screen will directly depend on this-agree, because it is rather inconvenient to carry a seven-inch device with you in your pocket. It is also necessary to assess the degree of extremes of the conditions in which you will use it-whether there will be a risk of shocks, falls, various overloads. If this is so, then choose a navigator in a sturdy case, which will not be afraid of either moisture or shock.

In that case, if you use the navigator in the car, you will need a special mount. As a rule, it comes with a GPS navigator, but it can be purchased separately.

Most models of GPS navigators today can not only indicate the direction of movement to a given point, but also create a route, and if necessary, memorize it. That is, if last year you traveled to the sea along an unfamiliar route, then it would not be difficult for you to go along the same route and this summer, the functions of the navigator provide for storing routes. In principle, you can buy a GPS-navigator, which is able to memorize more than 50 routes-this is very convenient if you, for example, travel to unknown cities along the same routes.

Also, many navigators have a “Track-Back” function — thanks to it, you can go back along the route you’ve previously laid out.

And yet, most people want to buy a GPS navigator for one simple reason-it is important for them to observe their location and track the route of their movement. In this case, can not do without maps of the area. As a rule, in order to record maps of the area, you need to buy a memory card with a capacity of 2 GB, 4 GB or 8 GB-you can store not only cards on them, but also video, audio and other files that you may need on the road. But there are GPS-navigators that have a memory card included.

Naturally, it is better to choose GPS-navigators with built-in memory-maps and load faster, and energy to work consumes much less. But in any case, the card slot will never be superfluous.

GPS Navigation Hours

Often, GPS-navigators work either on two or on four AA batteries. This is very convenient for compact navigators because it makes them independent from power sources-at any time you can replace the battery and continue working. Car navigators are usually equipped with Li-Ion batteries. These tools ensure the continuous operation of the GPS-navigator for 5 hours. But such a criterion as the operating time for car navigators is usually negligible, since most of the time the navigator can be connected to the cigarette lighter. That is why you can buy a GPS-navigator without power sources. In this case, manufacturers compensate for this characteristic of the navigator of some other-for example, a large display of 7 inches with a resolution of 800x400.

Use of the GPS system is free. The only thing you can pay for is renewing your license to update the maps you will use with your GPS device.

Specialists from the online automotive products store “130” will help you choose and buy a GPS navigator according to your needs and budget, as well as select navigation software and memory cards of any size.

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