Handheld GPS
Jun 15, 2005 | 6:31 pm
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I have and highly recommend the Garmin GPS 60C. It's a handheld that also does autorouting, hiking, and marine duty. It's pretty adept at all three things (good, but not great, at any). And I have used it walking (and in DC, no less 
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Jun 15, 2005 | 6:37 pm
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Jun 15, 2005 | 8:03 pm
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I'm on my second Garmin, the first is probably being used by a clerk in the Hotel in China I left it in. I highly recommend having one, the new one (actually a used one) has mapping, and it's been great on trips, you can load in all the points you need to get to, and load in on the fly if you have to, and it gives turn by turn directions, and it's not been wrong yet.
The one feature I love and wouldn't have thought to be such a draw, was the ability to change routes on the fly, say for a detour, it automaticailly recalculates how to get you back on track.
The one feature I love and wouldn't have thought to be such a draw, was the ability to change routes on the fly, say for a detour, it automaticailly recalculates how to get you back on track.
Jun 15, 2005 | 10:35 pm
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Originally Posted by Aileron
Thanks for that referral. To add something here to one of the messages there, not all GPS units go kaput if they lose the signal. The built-in GPS in my Mercedes reverts to dead reckoning. It's interesting to see your progress through, for example, the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel when you are ten floors below sea level.
Most GOOD car systems, like the one in your Mercedes don't use GPS as their primary navigation system, they use a tacho sensor and gyro's. The GPS is only used to determine the start and end point should it have lost that.
Jun 15, 2005 | 10:51 pm
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I have the Garmin eTrex Legend C, and am pleased with it. It's a bit smaller than the 60 C and has less memory (24MB vs. 56MB). However, it's also cheaper.
24MB is enough to hold maps for the immediate Bay Area (SF, San Jose, Oakland), including Stockton but not Sacremento.
Garmin sells City Select CDs for the US and Western Europe.
24MB is enough to hold maps for the immediate Bay Area (SF, San Jose, Oakland), including Stockton but not Sacremento.
Garmin sells City Select CDs for the US and Western Europe.
Jun 15, 2005 | 10:55 pm
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I have a Magellan SportTrak Pro that has served me well for the past three years. The MapSend software is not the greatest, though.
Jun 15, 2005 | 11:43 pm
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Definitely investigate the Magellan Explorist series. The upper range units have SD card expansion slots, color screens, and very nice features, and are smaller/cheaper than some of the units mentioned above.
Jun 16, 2005 | 12:06 am
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Most GOOD car systems, like the one in your Mercedes don't use GPS as their primary navigation system, they use a tacho sensor and gyro's. The GPS is only used to determine the start and end point should it have lost that.
I used to miss a real INS, particularly in places like Manhattan and the loop in Chicago (eg, concrete canyons). Then I bought an amped external antenna for my 60C. Outside of tunnels, it's all good in the car.