• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Tom Tom Go 300 Navigation System

I prefer DeLorme with the Earthmate GPS. Of course you need a laptop to use it, that's the only drawback, but the whole package was $99 and it has direction, speed, altitude, coordinates, and a map of the CONUS with a high contrast option for the display... makes it easier to see at night. I'm not crazy about spending more than a few hundred on a GPS system.
 
Agreed. I already have a laptop in the vehicle for other stuff, so adding a GPS and excellent mapping program is a no-brainer.

Of course if you want to keep things light and tight, one of those integrated units may work out for you. I'm not too impressed with the maps though, and I've looked at the Tom-Tom, Magellan and a few other econo models. Some of the high-end Garmin units are pretty good though... but very expensive of course.
 
Laptop GPSs are cool, if you want to mount a laptop in your car. :)
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Yeah, that's my only drawback is the laptop, but I only use GPS on chases and road trips and I don't mind toting the computer with me (of course I use it on chases). An actual GPS unit would be nice by itself if you need GPS frequently, so it all boils down to what you use it for. When I had my Nissan 350z I was going to have the factory GPS installed (there was a nice cubby hole in the dash for it), but I wrecked the car before I ever got that far. I didn't feel too bad as I didn't have a car payment anymore, and about 6 months later a city fire truck but the dirt on the same corner I did. Granted it didn't turn the truck into a shredded tin car, but I didn't pay $100,000 for the car either.
 
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