Lost about GPS!
Submitted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 17:45
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Member - Benno
Gday all,
With the tax year ending soon and the opportunity to claim a GPS unit now available to me, I thought that it might be worth asking "some of youse what would knows" your opinions on the purchase of a bloody handy tool.
I will still have to
fork out the hard-earned for the unit, so I guess the compromise is between my need for a unit that will get me around towns(incl.country towns) as
well as see action in more remote areas (ie. adaptable for bush-map downloads) but not so extravagant that it will tape Underbelly for me!
Basically, a good, easy to use but not too exxy, upgradeable GPS unit. The Nuvi 760 has been recommended to me although cost is getting up there...ideas???
Thanks for any
feedback.
Cheers,
Benno
Reply By: Ozboc - Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 07:12
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 07:12
Consider a Laptop - For me it suits me best as i go away a lot - and have the power of GPS - storage of Photos - and Video files - files from the net that i can later reference to where i am going to
camp and so
forth the larger screen also makes it really easy to view the larger picture when your trying to navigate on topographical maps as you see a lot more of the map rather than just a tiny section of it
I can also edit photos on the road for use in oziexplorer for the Map feature options and put into a folder - as Standalone GPS usnits don't have 50 + gigs fo storage space at this stage , this is also a further advantage
size may be an issue , but it also makes a good lap warmer for your partner in the passanger
seat :) and for us - My better half actually enjoys helping me navigate the topo maps and she is one of the very select few that can actually read a map quickly without needing to turn the laptop on its end :)
Boc
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