Re: Now you've got your GPS...

Bitstring <1143668643.563436.163520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, from the wonderful person Dundonald <mark.dundon@xxxxxxxxx> said
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What would be interesting is how usefulness of a non mapping GPS vs a
mapping GPS (with full topo) compares because in theory, dare I say it,
the latter could replace the traditional map and compass (don't flame
me, I don't necessarily agree what that!). At the end of the day, if a
GPS is telling you exactly where you are and shows you on an on screen
OS map, what more do you need?

The current 'full topo' mapping shows about 10% of what you can see on a 1:25k OS map, so it'll be a while yet ... Garmin claim it's because OSGB don't actually have all the data in appropriate digital (vector) format.

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