When I was first bitten by the GPS bug, I went immediately to the Internet to see what review sites I could find.

There were a few, but I didn’t find them all that helpful.

Most were way too technical for me! Now, please understand, I’m very comfortable with technical devices. I currently teach mathematics and computer programming.

It’s just that it’s hard to decide if a certain model GPS device is the right one just by looking at technical specifications.

The problem is this: for a given price point nearly all GPS devices do almost exactly the same thing.

All of them find where you are and show you this information on a map. Nearly all the screens are either 3.5-inches or 4.3-inches across. Almost all have turn-by-turn voice prompts. And almost all have a slew of meaningless features like world travel alarm clocks.

The differences between devices in a certain price range are more subtle.

So, I’m going to list some features that are important to me.

When I was deciding what GPS to buy, I was very interested in how much space on my windshield the device was going to take up. To complicate things, I have two cars, one fairly small (Honda Civic) and the other medium sized (a Mercury Grand Marquis).

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