GPS Navigation with Radar?

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shagger

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As I'm driving home from work today in the rain, I thought it would be great to have radar capability on my navigational device to see where it is raining the hardest. During severe T-store outbreaks, it may be possible to change your route to avoid the storms. Does anyone have this feature on their Garmin or Tom Tom? Is it even available? :shrug:
 
ylexot

ylexot

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shagger said:
As I'm driving home from work today in the rain, I thought it would be great to have radar capability on my navigational device to see where it is raining the hardest. During severe T-store outbreaks, it may be possible to change your route to avoid the storms. Does anyone have this feature on their Garmin or Tom Tom? Is it even available? :shrug:
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There used to be a Garmin that had the capability for XM Weather. I think it was model 476 or something like that.
 
ylexot

ylexot

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Pete said:
Zumo 550 Garmin has XM weather and rerouting.
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I have one...no, it doesn't. The website is wrong. Well, you can get weather, but nothing to the detail of a radar map that you could use for rerouting.


...now if only Google would add that to their navigator....
 
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aps45819

aps45819

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shagger said:
As I'm driving home from work today in the rain, I thought it would be great to have radar capability on my navigational device to see where it is raining the hardest. During severe T-store outbreaks, it may be possible to change your route to avoid the storms. Does anyone have this feature on their Garmin or Tom Tom? Is it even available? :shrug:
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:killingme Dude needs GPS to find his way home from work
 
Pete

Pete

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ylexot said:
I have one...no, it doesn't. The website is wrong. Well, you can get weather, but nothing to the detail of a radar map that you could use for rerouting.


...now if only Google would add that to their navigator....
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I have one too, it does have weather it is not radar quality but you can do some planning.
 
glhs837

glhs837

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My radar detector does have a GPS recviever, and I can get my lat long from it, but its main purpose is to locate fixed red light cameras.
 
awpitt

awpitt

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shagger said:
As I'm driving home from work today in the rain, I thought it would be great to have radar capability on my navigational device to see where it is raining the hardest. During severe T-store outbreaks, it may be possible to change your route to avoid the storms. Does anyone have this feature on their Garmin or Tom Tom? Is it even available? :shrug:
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Why change your route to avoid storms? Your in a car, not an airplane. Just roll up the windows turn on the wipers and headlights and drive according to the weather.




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shagger

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awpitt said:
Why change your route to avoid storms? Your in a car, not an airplane. Just roll up the windows turn on the wipers and headlights and drive according to the weather..
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Dude, have you seen some of the T-storm cells around here? And oh yeah- tornadoes! Guess what I'm really after is a chauffeur.......:buddies:
 
StadEMS3

StadEMS3

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My Ford Sync/nav system has the weather radar on it. Plus 5 day forcast, movies listings, gas prices, real time traffic, ski reports, sports scores, sirius, IPod control, 10GB hard drive, vehicle health reports and all voice controlled. Unfortunatly you'd have to buy a Ford/Lincoln/Mercury to get the system.
 
thurley42

thurley42

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StadEMS3 said:
My Ford Sync/nav system has the weather radar on it. Plus 5 day forcast, movies listings, gas prices, real time traffic, ski reports, sports scores, sirius, IPod control, 10GB hard drive, vehicle health reports and all voice controlled. Unfortunatly you'd have to buy a Ford/Lincoln/Mercury to get the system.
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My Acura has all of that too....I would hope that all new cars would be coming with it...
 
aps45819

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
StadEMS3 said:
My Ford Sync/nav system has the weather radar on it. Plus 5 day forcast, movies listings, gas prices, real time traffic, ski reports, sports scores, sirius, IPod control, 10GB hard drive, vehicle health reports and all voice controlled. Unfortunatly you'd have to buy a Ford/Lincoln/Mercury to get the system.
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Guess that gives you something to do instead of paying attention to your driving
 
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