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| Terry Watson 2006-03-17, 11:48 pm |
| I would like to use one unit for navigation in the car and to search for
Geodetic Monuments by Lats and Longs. Anyone have an idea on the best unit?
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| Steve Calvin 2006-03-17, 11:48 pm |
| Terry Watson wrote:
> I would like to use one unit for navigation in the car and to search for
> Geodetic Monuments by Lats and Longs. Anyone have an idea on the best unit?
"Best" is a subjective term. I'm quite sure that my Garmin
GPSMAP 76CS would handle those requirements with ease.
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Steve
Dumb sign # 27: On a restroom dryer at O'Hare Field in
Chicago: Do not activate with wet hands.
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| Gilles_Dorion@hotmail.com 2006-03-19, 5:48 pm |
| Terry,
GPSmap 76 series will give you what you are looking for but if you
intend to use it in a car more often you may find that the vertical
layout of the unit is not the best.
I settled for the 276c loosing built-in compass and barometric reading
in doing so.
You can do a side-by-side comparison by looking at this page:
http://www.garmin.com/marine/compare.jsp
Terry,
Do you keep pictures of those signs?
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| Terry Watson wrote:
> I would like to use one unit for navigation in the car and to search for
> Geodetic Monuments by Lats and Longs. Anyone have an idea on the best unit?
The Garmin Quest is a pretty inexpensive unit that is good for both
functions. It gives you voice directions when in the car and plugged
into the 'cigarette lighter' outlet but is also small and easily
carried. Sells for around $340 and that includes the CitySelect maps
and accessories for auto use that otherwise cost about $140 on other
Garmin handheld units.
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| Gilles 2006-03-19, 5:48 pm |
| Terry,
GPSmap 76 series will give you what you are looking for but if you
intend to use it in a car more often you may find that the vertical
layout of the unit is not the best.
Perhaps the type of maps you wish to use will guide your choice as not
all units are capable of using Topo maps.
I settled for the 276c loosing built-in compass and barometric reading
in doing so.
You can do a side-by-side comparison by looking at this page:
http://www.garmin.com/marine/compare.jsp
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Steve,
Do you keep pictures of those signs?
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| Bob L 2006-03-24, 11:48 pm |
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"peter" <prathman@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1142784592.872092.249940@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Terry Watson wrote:
>
> The Garmin Quest is a pretty inexpensive unit that is good for both
> functions. It gives you voice directions when in the car and plugged
> into the 'cigarette lighter' outlet but is also small and easily
> carried. Sells for around $340 and that includes the CitySelect maps
> and accessories for auto use that otherwise cost about $140 on other
> Garmin handheld units.
>
I'll second the Quest. Full featured car navigation but has battery power
and off-road navigation capability too.
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