I had a very bad experience with a Tom Tom, due to bad maps. Replaced with a
gramin, and it's been wonderful.
Bill pearce
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:58 PM
Subject: [OM] GPS suggestions
> It's time for me to get another handheld (pocket sized) GPS. My Lowrance
> croaked and I'm needing a replacement. Minimum requirements is that it
> have
> "moving map" display and WAAS.
> As to displays, standard backlit (monochrome is fine) but a good clear
> display without the backlight running is desirable.
>
> Specific things I liked about my old one:
> 1. Moving Map with breadcrumbs. It had sufficient number of roads,
> highways,
> lakes and terrain to be quite usable. Of course, more is better, but I
> can
> live without a lot.
> 2. Sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset moonphase screen. Bearing to sun/moon
> would be nice.
>
> Specific things I didn't like about my old one:
> 1. Small screen. Almost unusable when backlit.
> 2. Poor acquisition. If the batteries were low, it wouldn't lock on at
> all.
> 3. WAAS performance was still poor and 10-15m was about as close as it
> ever
> got and 20m accuracy was normal.
> 4. Didn't come with a 12V adaptor for car plugin
> 5. No serial cable for PC hookup.
>
> Budget? As close to that magical $100 mark as possible. I'll gladly
> entertain used units too.
>
> AG
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