A buddy and I are going to be touring to Florida. We planned on originally using road maps, but i though i'd take a look into GPS to see if it would make things easier. The main reason i want GPS is because i would like to be able to ask the GPS where the closest gas station, rest stop, or hotel is. We will primarily be camping the entire trip, but having places to charge equipment and restock on food and battery's is a must. Being able to have a GPS direct me right towards a gas station would be great. Do they have Bike GPS that can do this? My buddy has one of the new DRIOD phones and has internet and navi on it, he said i should just buy one of those because that can find gas stations and do all of that as well.
Garmin do a range of cycle based GPS units with various functions, you can see them on the attached links.
Like your friend, I have a smart phone with GPS, and SATNAV software. I also have an application that will give me information about the surrounding area, and is customisable to show pretty much anything, including gas stations, shops, bars, hotels etc.
The final link is for a solar powered phone charger that you might find useful, it has an internal battery that you can charge during daylight hours, and then use it to charge your phone or GPS unit.
I should think that these items are available in the US, but I believe the web sites I've shown will ship items world wide.
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