Best handheld GPS for both Europe and USA

Going to the Netherlands, Czech Republic, and London in less than two
weeks. What do you think is the best handheld GPS for "walking around"
directions that will work over there, and still be useful here in the
U.S. when I get back?

Need something I can get quickly and set up with a minimum of fuss. If
a PDA is recommended over a dedicated GPS, I think I'd prefer a Pocket
PC -- I mean a Windows Mobile :) -- device over a Palm (mainly because
I've had experience with older Pocket PCs).

Thanks.

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The Mio 168 or 336 might do you nicely, but I don't know if they come with
the maps you need.

On Tue, 10 May 2005 15:04:11 GMT, "KnumbKnuts"

Hence, the advice I have posted before for similar questions:

Shop for the map software first, make sure it exists and meets your
needs, then buy hardware which will run that mapping software.

For Garmin, note that their site lists various third party mapping
software for countries they have not chosen to cover with their own
software.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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At the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

The MIO 168 is an excellent product which does exactly what it should.

As for maps of Czech Rep etc I don't know either.

I run Memory Map and Oziexplorer on the Mio but getting hold of the
maps is something else. MM covers the UK, potentially with great
resolution. For driving there is TomTom which covers most of Europe
(if you spend the money) but which is completely useless for stuff
other than driving to a specific address or location.

yes when you need to work with topographic maps there are vector maps for sale
for Garmin units that can load maps in Garmin-format. But as far is I know
only from Belgium and Germany (this country comes in many parts each 100
dollars).
Mostly we use in the field a Windows PDA in a watertight OtterBox with Ozi CE
(and some way to have a GPS receiver connected) and pixelbased maps we
download from eMule. Strangely the search term for this seems to be
'KabouterBond' or 'ecw' or 'emap' and 'mappa'.

Piet