In article 1141918896.917005@sj-nntpcache-5, Dave Butler
wrote:
No. Just a button push. I use mine in the car frequently and find the road
navigation is fine, but the list of nearby restaurants etc goes out of data
fast
and the database updates don't come out very often. It will often point you
at a
restaurant that "used to be right here". I don't think that problem is unique
to
the 396, though.


Garmin appears to obtain the road mapping data from NAVTEQ. As far as I
can tell, most of Garmin's competitors obtain road mapping data from the
same source. Therefore, I would expect these data problems to be
inherent in everyone's GPS products.

That being said, I find the detailed data very useful. It won't always
take you precisely to the door, but it will get you very close.



JKG