Date:         Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:22:34 -0600
Reply-To:     Chuck Mathis <cmathis@HOUSTON.RR.COM>
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From:         Chuck Mathis <cmathis@HOUSTON.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: Do you use GPS mapping gismo?
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At my previous job I used a Garmin GPS III plus.  My usual routine was to
connect the Garmin to a Dell Latitude running Delorme Street Atlas.  The
display on the III plus, IV and V is a bit small to be using in a vehicle
but is fine hand held.  I believe the V has the color LCD you're looking
for.  The III plus I used was dragged all over the country, used hard and
put up wet a lot.  It worked well at sea level, at 3000 ft in a Cessna, at
120F in Austin, -2F in Wyoming, in rain and fog in Washington, and on the
dusty Navajo Nation in south east Utah.  As long as the batteries were fresh
it was happy.

I've also used Delorme's Tripmate which isn't bad for a cheap piece of crap
(no display so it must be attached to a computer), a couple of different
Magellan units (one was an older milspec piece that was awful) and a
Raytheon.  The accuracy was about the same with all of them.

Chuck
'85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo'

on 11/7/02 6:42 AM, Automatic digest processor at LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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> Date:    Wed, 6 Nov 2002 21:21:34 -0800
> From:    "Phil S." <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
> Subject: Do you use GPS mapping gismo?
>
> Im in the need for a good GPS/Loran for business AND
> pleasure preferably one w/ Color LCD etc... What do
> you use, Garmin?
>
> ThanKs
>
> Phil S. 84 Westy w/Tiico
>
>
>