GPS Navigation with Radar Detection

[JetDr]

I did a search and the only thing I found was in Europe, they have Navigation systems that include the speed camera locations.

Have you ever seen one that combines the Navigation system and Radar Detector into one unit? The wife is going to pick one up for me for Xmas, and I am starting to do a little homework. TIA

 

[Rob_k]

Not that I know of. My garmin has an FM traffic receiver though, that tells of accidents and congestion ahead.

 

[Lightninrod]

I was thinking the same thing the other day while using my Garmin Nuvi 660 GPS. Combining radar/laser detection with a GPS unit would be great....if both would work effectively. The 660 is a fine unit but Garmin is bringing out its successor, the 7xx series soon.

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[BrewMeister]

Never heard of such a unit. IMO not a likely product as radar detectors are illegal in some states. The camera locations you are referring to in Europe are often only the permanently mounted locations. They also use mobile camera units as well, these are not located on the GPS maps. At least not the GPS units I used while in Europe.

 

[Anthony]

I had something a few years ago made by Unided, called the GPS-RD. It was a radar/laser detector that had GPS also, but not really navigation. The GPS capabilities were limited to a few functions.

You could punch in a state/city and it would tell you how many miles and what direction to travel, and how long at your current speed it would take to get there. It would give you your current speed, average and max speeds for a trip, and miles traveled. But the best feature, and the one I used the most, was you could set waypoints and speedtraps. For example, I used to travel the same route frequently between NJ and upstate NY, and the cops regularly sat in the same spots... so I set those locations as a "speed trap" and the radar detector would warn me at 1mile, 1/2 mile, and 1/4 mile when I was approaching them (whether there was a cop present or not).

 

[Anthony]

Oh, found a link... shoulda looked before posting:

http://www.uniden.com/products/productdeta...m?product=GPSRD

 

[Rob_k]

you asked for it!
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/cobra-d...radar-detector/

 

[BrewMeister]

you asked for it!
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/cobra-d...radar-detector/

Interesting, however, it is not a GPS "NAVIGATIONAL" system. It claims to be a "GPS-locator." Whatever that is???