I know on the Garmin, you can tap the vehicle icon and it will tell you lat/lon and alt of where you are and allow you to save it. As far as navigating TO a lat/lon point, that is more on the geocache menu IIRC but I don't have mine in front of me. You can definitely load POIs through the PC, though. Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' 73 Beetle
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > RE: Entering lat/lon on a GPS and /or having it displayed > Mr. Squirrel makes a good point here. Any GPS unit should be able to take > direct input of lat/lon and also be able to display the lat/lon of the > current position BUT that is not the case (in at least one unit I spent > time > with). On others I've looked at (and the one I'm using now, a Garmin 7200) > such features may be buried in an obscure menu or not obvious. And small > screens are a real pain if trying to use in the vehicle, at least for me. > That's why I bit the bullet and went to the more expensive unit intended > only for use in a vehicle. And I'm quite happy after several trip, one > very > long one. > |
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