Re: Which GPS


cathwood wrote:
Thanks.
I was looking at the Fugawi maps myself. I must admit I was a bit
shocked at the price. Now I'm going to have to find the money. :cool:

Cathy



I've got Fugawi. It's usually available on Ebay at a good discount to
shop prices - I think I paid about £70 in total for all of the mainland
UK S of somewhere N of Edinburgh (IYSWIM!). It's quite OK, but I don't
think you can upload maps from it to an Etrex (someone will correct me
if I'm wrong). AFAIK you have to have the expensive Garmin maps for an
on-screen display. You can of course download waypoints etc to the GPS
from a PC, but you can do that with a very basic receiver.

Amongst my collection of GPS systems (which vary in cost from £35 to
£25,000 for the posh one I've got at work) is a little bluetooth GPS
which communicates with my PDA, to which Fugawi maps can be downloaded
in chunks of about 100 sq km to give an OS moving map backdrop.

Another option for mapping is to use a package such as Oziexplorer (or
the mapping version of Fugawi) which lets you scan in a paper map and
calibrate it for use in a PDA or laptop display. Usual functions
available for downloading waypoints etc.

It really depends on what you want out of a GPS. They don't give
stunningly accurate indications of speed unless you're following a
steady straight line for a reasonable distance. They're handy for
working out where you are relative to an on-screen or paper map. With
an appropriate navigation package they're great for route finding on
the road network. They'll tell you the time accurate to a few
nanoseconds.

Martin/


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