Has anyone tried out this combo? It seems like a great way to plan a trip ahead of time at home on your computer, then upload the waypoints to your NMEA 0183-compliant GPS. When you get back, you can download your track from the GPS and see exactly where you've been. The cheapy version, "Planner" would be great for kayakers; the "Tracker" software can show you your position on a chart in real time if you have your computer along. Defender Industries has some good prices http://www.defenderus.com Planner- $99 Garmin GPS 12- $139.75 Data Cable- $21.50 NOAA/BBA CDROM charts- $179.95 each (contains 30-80 charts, a typical CD covers So. Cal. from Pt. Conception to Ensenada) Garmin has this kit that they sell that includes software and cable for $99. Maybe the Chart View software has what it needs to communicate with the GPS. Anyone got a good GPS that they want to sell? ________________________________________________________________ Doug Barnard Virtual Acreage Agoura, California (near L.A.) Visualization in 2D/3D/4D http://virtualacreage.com 818-991-9328 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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