- 1. GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:26:27 -0500
- Hey All, Anybody have expierence with GPS? I'm looking at purchasing a GPS (Handheld unit). I know nothing about these.......I have been looking at the Magellan series (Gold and Color units). Any hel
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00134.html (7,408 bytes)
- 2. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 10:14:55 -0500
- A friend of mine has a terrible sense of direction. He bought a handheld Magellan GPS unit to use when he went deer hunting in the northern woods of Michigan. He lost the GPS unit in the woods. LOL R
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00135.html (8,264 bytes)
- 3. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 10:47:31 -0500
- I have a terrible sense of direction too: heck I got lost on my flight check ride!!!!! (Capn' Bob's gonna LOVE that!). But a GPS without a map database is worthless; you aren't going to want to enter
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00137.html (8,833 bytes)
- 4. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:50:51 -0500
- Can I borrow it for next years rally? Bill "I never get lost" Gilroy
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00139.html (8,216 bytes)
- 5. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 11:22:35 -0500
- The older units without maps are great for returning to a starting point, which is what my deer hunting buddy wanted to do. You set waypoints in the unit as you move along. Then when you want to retu
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00141.html (8,852 bytes)
- 6. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:08:44 EST
- Anybody have expierence with GPS? I'm looking at purchasing a GPS (Handheld unit). I know nothing about these.......I have been looking at the Magellan series (Gold and Color units). Any help and/or
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00143.html (8,398 bytes)
- 7. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:11:52 EST
- In a message dated 12/05/2003 8:49:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, gjbranch@comcast.net writes: I did rent a car last year that had a talking GPS map. You entered in your destination and it told you wh
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00144.html (8,649 bytes)
- 8. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:39:24 -0500 (EST)
- I can hear her screaming at you to take out the garbage prior to returning the car! :) Cap'n. Bob '60 :{)
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00146.html (8,122 bytes)
- 9. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:47:01 -0500
- So that one is like driving with my wife too!!!!!! I rent regularly from Hertz with Never-lost....last time I was in PA it took me to a "turn right at the intersection" that would have required me ju
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00147.html (8,637 bytes)
- 10. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:47:49 -0500 (EST)
- For those who sail or fly about, a hand held GPS can be a real life-saver, no doubt about it. Great insurance policy. You Bob, do a great deal of traveling by auto and the latest rentals have an onb
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00148.html (8,908 bytes)
- 11. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:21:50 -0800
- I very much enjoy riding out in the desert where there are no trail markers to speak of. My GPS does talk to me, but her voice is a soft whicker that I find very pleasant. When I say "Let's go home",
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00151.html (8,710 bytes)
- 12. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 16:55:09 EST
- In a message dated 12/05/2003 2:06:46 PM Mountain Standard Time, kgb@frontiernet.net writes: I very much enjoy riding out in the desert where there are no trail markers to speak of. My GPS does talk
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00152.html (8,807 bytes)
- 13. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:18:50 -0800
- The accuracy is really something with the GPS. We were exploring some of the old mines in the back reaches of Death Valley. We used a map program on a PC to determine the exact longitude and lattitud
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00154.html (9,094 bytes)
- 14. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:23:49 -0800
- I also use a Garmin Emap hand held. The map display is small but it works quite well. The only thing I don't like about mine is the size of the map that it will hold. It takes about 6-8 maps to cover
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00155.html (9,177 bytes)
- 15. RE: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 19:26:47 -0500
- I have the Magellan Meridian (I believe it is the series you are talking about) I absolutely love it. I have used it in the boundary waters, hiking trips throughout The back country, car trips, hunt
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00156.html (8,573 bytes)
- 16. FW: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 22:05:03 -0500
- Kevin, I've been looking into these myself. I think you'll want to stay away from the lesser expensive ones that only map out points as opposed to street maps. They are real accurate and nice to carr
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00160.html (8,683 bytes)
- 17. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 22:59:20 -0500
- Bob and Annice (AKA The Happy Wanderers) have one and we got a demo on our way to lunch. Don't know which brand, but it had a scrolling map and voice lady. It was pretty neat and they had a map progr
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00165.html (8,872 bytes)
- 18. RE: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 12:04:34 +0100
- Hi Kevin, I don't have one of the dedicated GPS Handhelds, but what I use is the Compaq iPAQ (Microsoft PocketPC) with a wireless Bluetooth GPS receiver. I like this solution because I can pick and c
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00173.html (9,030 bytes)
- 19. RE: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 12:21:43 -0500
- I have the Magellan Meridian (I believe it is the series you are talking about) I absolutely love it. I have used it in the boundary waters, hiking trips throughout The back country, car trips, hunt
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00181.html (8,271 bytes)
- 20. Re: GPS Questions - No LBC (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 13:23:58 -0800 (PST)
- -Careful, RH. The Commies are just using these things as an excuse to know where you are when it's time to come and take your guns away. Happy Healeydays, Rick __________________________________ New
- /html/spridgets/2003-12/msg00195.html (7,845 bytes)
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