>From: Nick Schade >Last spring I purchased my first GPS, a Garmin eTrex. I got the >silver one that has the charting. I highly recommend the charting. Well, charting is something to argue about. I agree that databases with all marine navigational aids are usefull, but all the maps I have seen so far on handheld GPS are really crude. My basic yellow eTrex does a good job for 2 years now. More memory would be desirable, navigational marker database as well, maybe in a couple of years... On the other hand it is fairly easy to upload waypoints and makers of my paddling play grounds to the GPS before I head out. I got digital maps on my computer (topos and marine) and getting coordinates of buoeys and other landmarks is just a click and a 2nd one to get them into the GPS. Keeps the list of waypoints short and easy to access. >Garmin offers a variety of price points in the eTrex line. They all >appear good. More $$$ gives a better display, more satellite >channels, more memory for waypoints, and then charting. Here is a little mistake in your list. All recent Garmin receivers are 12 channel parallel satellite receivers. Some of the newer eTrex's feature WAAS, a new additional signal which is supposed to increase accuracy. Also those see/work with a max. of 12 satellites at a time (the best I ever had was 9 birds in view). If I would be in the market right now I would take a serious look at the new Garmin GPS 76, the one without the mapping (and buy digital maps for the money I save). My 0.02$ Ulli ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Nov 07 2001 - 15:16:48 PST
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