Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:49:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: GPS recommendations?
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I might add that a latitude/longitude feature will be must-have for my
next GPS. There are plenty of dispersed camp sites in the backwoods and
desert out here that folk write about, but only give lat/long coordinates.
I had to take a little hiking Gekko GPS with a bitty postage-stamp screen
(far too dinky for my far-sighted eyes) to locate the last site we camped
at. Got me right there, though. Or at least within 39 feet of the site. I
looked for another site 39 feet away but couldn't find one, so I settled
for the one I found.

<pauses to see if anyone takes the bait . . . >

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR



On 11/11/2009 2:11 PM Rob wrote:

> I have a Tom Tom 130 GPS (it's in my Vanagon) and I really don't like
> it, too many roads it doesn't are there and I have to check with a
> map to see if it's honest if it's important. A good speedometer..
>
> Can anyone recommend one GPS over another?
>
>
>
> Rob
>
> becida@comcast.net
> Western Washington State, USA
>