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07-05-2004, 10:48 PM
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| Need the lowdown on GPS Looking to get a Garmin GPSmap60cs or 76cs, or a Magellan Meridian color. How much detail(secondary and back roads) comes w/ the basemap? I run Mac and don't want to fiddle with Virtual PC to load maps. Just wondering if any of you use these units or ones that use a similar basemap and know the limitations of the standard setup. Thanks for any info. | |
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07-05-2004, 10:49 PM
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| Resigned to pursue other interests.   Join Date: 05-01-2001 Location: Raleigh, NC
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| Re: Need the lowdown on GPS The basemap won't give you anything but major roads. You'll also be missing out on all the data for restaurants, hotels, gas stations, rest areas, etc. |
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07-05-2004, 10:53 PM
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| Re: Need the lowdown on GPS I may be using a PC at work for this. Thanks! |
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07-05-2004, 10:55 PM
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| Resigned to pursue other interests. Join Date: 05-01-2001 Location: Raleigh, NC
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| Re: Need the lowdown on GPS Just get a 128meg or 256meg card for it and you'll be able to fit a large perimeter around your area. You shouldn't need to load data often anyway. |
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07-06-2004, 7:07 AM
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    Join Date: 02-10-2002 Location: Hoosierland, USA
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| Re: Need the lowdown on GPS  I agree with Conq on all these points....  A small memory unit can work just fine unless you don't want to download detail often. In that case get a large chip or multiple chips that you can preload....
__________________ Sith Apprentice CBR929 - VFR800 - VFR800 "There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one..." - Joey Dunlop |
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07-06-2004, 9:15 PM
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| Re: Need the lowdown on GPS Cool! What map software are you guys using? Thanks again! |
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07-06-2004, 9:30 PM
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| Resigned to pursue other interests. Join Date: 05-01-2001 Location: Raleigh, NC
Bike(s): 2007 Honda ST1300 Age: 36 Posts: 12,313
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| Re: Need the lowdown on GPS Quote:
If you get a Garmin, you have to use their MapSource software. (~$100) | |
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