Re: OT, GPS unit... not for windsurfing

Just use your laptop and buy the Maps and Streets software and GPS
reciever from Bestbuy or wherever. It's a dream to use, takes only a
couple days to master it which is much less than a GPS. Map your route,
hit the space bar and the voice comes on. "In .25 miles turn right" If
you miss it "Off route, Off route"

Plan your coffee then P breaks even. Or hit those out of the way
legendary bars/restaurants with zero effort.

The only other accessory is the inverter, don't get the smallest one as
they are taxed by the laptop transformer. The Black and Decker one
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000EJTHY2.01.PT02._SS400_SCLZZZZZZZ_V57224673_.jpg
(no cords) with a little fan and 100watts is the lower limit.
I can't imagine travelling with mapping GPS on a widescreen anymore.

The best is when you are tired, alone, in a big city and there is a
monster traffic jamb.
Just drive around it, with better knowledge than most locals!


weedfin@xxxxxxx wrote:
trnsprt@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I was wondering if there is any sort of GPS handheld that handles both
driving type applications as well as personal navigation?

What am I driving at? My wife has a business where she needs
directions to her destination in the car (mostly western States) and
then would find it pretty handy to have a track of where she went once
she got out of the car. Another necessary function is mapping her
track on a laptop and portable printer when she gets back to the house
or to a laptop and portable printer in the car.

Anyway I just thought that someone might have a lead on a GPS unit like
that so I could cut down my research time.

Thanks for any leads
Tom


I just picked up the Garmin etrex Legend CX handheld more so for marine
use. I'm a newbie to to this, still trying to figure it out but I
believe it would more what type of software and memory you would want
for the unite.

The etrex Legend CX come with a scan disk slot where you can purchase a
micro chip and just slide it in there instead of downloading from your
PC or CD. I purchased the Bluechart micro chip for Cape Cod.

Go to www.garmin.com check out the options. I bought the handheld
through Amazon.com and the chip through a tackle shop out in California
via ebay.

.

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