One advantage of the chip switch is that maps with topo, city street guides, and blue charts do not excel at the same details...though there is some overlap. It is sometimes helpful to have both blue chart and topo maps for the same coastal regions so that certain landmarks and elevations, as well as access roads, are more clearly marked. It's also nice to have your charts heavily annotated with various waypoints....safe surf zone landing sites, bail-out landing spots & our bivvy spots if winds kick up, 'go to' way points you can pre-load and seek via the 'go to' function if you're in a crush, dense fog, or don't have the ability to use charts for spontaneous re-routing while in difficult conditions. I use my 76 in my vehicle, it mounts nicely and is helpful when comparing it's map/locating and routing abilities with the paper gazetteer & road/topo maps I'm also using. My three cents. *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Dec 29 2006 - 14:14:57 PST
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