GPS Tracking Devices

[grasscutter]

What I'm trying to do is put my car on the map in real time as I drive without a destination. If I had an actual destination, it would be so much easier keeping track of where I'm at compared to driving around without a destination. I spend a lot of time driving in residential neighborhoods and a lot of them are like driving through a maze. It's real easy to get lost and I find myself driving in circles on the same streets I've already driven on. It would be so much easier if my car was a bright red arrow on a map that I could see as I'm driving.

So what I need is some kind of GPS device that tells me where I'm at in relation to the neighborhood street that I'm currently driving on. My car is too old to have built in navigation and I don't have a cell phone with GPS either. In the meantime, I'm looking at Apple Maps on my computer and trying to memorize the map the best I can before heading out onto the residential streets. Sometimes I'll print a paper map off of Google Maps, but I find myself never looking at it.

 

[Jetronic]

any stand alone or built in navigation device does this.

 

[Sumboodie]

Google maps on your phone, Garmin, etc.

Printing maps? I remember doing that 15+ years ago.

 

[rstcso]

Here is a Garmin GPS with 7" display for $69.99 on Amazon. It also has a 20% promo code. Just click on that button and the price drops to $55.99 in the cart, plus tax. It comes with all the necessary accessories to mount it in your car and pre-loaded with 2025 maps for North America. You can set locations, such as your Home, which can be used for turn-by-turn directions to get back to. Depending whether you're going to a location or just driving around, the display shows the street you're on and distance to next turn, or when just out for a drive, your relationship to other streets. Also displayed are the current posted speed limit and how fast you're going.

 

[eljefino]

Even if you don't have phone service you can download google maps for a particular local region over wifi.

Standalone GPSs are passe, maybe you can find one at a yard sale for a few bucks. IIRC they show "ready to navigate" with your car centered in the map of the surroundings.