GPS in Costa Rica

[cairoc]

I am planing to travel to C.R. next month and wanted to know if a GPS can be used in Costa Rica, and if so is the signal any good.

[DavidCMurray]

I have a Garmin handheld GPS here. The satellite signals are just fine, but the built-in map is not very detailed. And the last time I checked, Garmin did not offer a downloadable map of Central America that provides any more detail.

I thought a GPS would be a great tool here, but especially without the detailed maps, it hasn’t proven useful. Mostly, I use the altimeter when looking at properties.

[ssure]

This company claims to have a detailed gps (garmin) map of C.R. but I have not used it nor do I know anyone who has. Also, when I was at the Best Western Irazu in San Jose I noticed the car rental company rents gps units with what they claim are detailed gps maps made for the C.R. market. There is a website somewhere where one can buy a gps with this map. *I do not know if this is on the up and up or not. I just bought a micro bus for my daughter and son-in-law for their business and decided against buying a gps and map for now, because he knows his way around pretty well. But I’d love to hear if anyone has this so called detailed gps map of C.R.
Sergio Vargas
IT Manager
RSGPS S.A.
(This is the guy I emailed with but he’s slow to reply.)

[ssure]

GPS Costa Rica link
http://www.teletype.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=31008&Category_Code=SAWN

I have not tried this product and don’t know anyone who has

[llacounte]

I’ve been curious about this topis as well. I’ve searched for a ‘western hemisphere’ or ‘latin america’ map with no success. i want one for a Garmin 76. The Garmin website has a “3rd Party …” section with a listing for a CR map that looks good and would have to be to meet Garmin standards. The place is called Centro GPS & Satellite; no web site but an e-mail address: sergio@rsaps.net
I’d like to know if anyone checks this out what you think of it.

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