Any of them should be fine. I had (I left it on the roof one day and drove
away) a Garmin eMap that was great in that area. I even used it once to make
a cross country trip from Johnson Valley over to I40. I wouldn't recommend
anybody actually do what I did, but my GPS made it possible to find a route
where none existed.



"Hal Apainyo" <hothalapainyo1@***.net> wrote in message
news:KzALb.427733$J77.374900@fed1read07...
> I'm looking to buy a decent GPS to use when I Jeep in the Anza Borrego
> Desert. We cut over from S22 near Salton Sea got kinda lost on our
journy
> to Ocotillo Wells. Can anyone recommend a decent GPS that is not too
> expensive?
> Thanks
> Hal
>
>

 

Any of them should be fine. I had (I left it on the roof one day and drove
away) a Garmin eMap that was great in that area. I even used it once to make
a cross country trip from Johnson Valley over to I40. I wouldn't recommend
anybody actually do what I did, but my GPS made it possible to find a route
where none existed.



"Hal Apainyo" <hothalapainyo1@***.net> wrote in message
news:KzALb.427733$J77.374900@fed1read07...
> I'm looking to buy a decent GPS to use when I Jeep in the Anza Borrego
> Desert. We cut over from S22 near Salton Sea got kinda lost on our
journy
> to Ocotillo Wells. Can anyone recommend a decent GPS that is not too
> expensive?
> Thanks
> Hal
>
>

 

Any of them should be fine. I had (I left it on the roof one day and drove
away) a Garmin eMap that was great in that area. I even used it once to make
a cross country trip from Johnson Valley over to I40. I wouldn't recommend
anybody actually do what I did, but my GPS made it possible to find a route
where none existed.



"Hal Apainyo" <hothalapainyo1@***.net> wrote in message
news:KzALb.427733$J77.374900@fed1read07...
> I'm looking to buy a decent GPS to use when I Jeep in the Anza Borrego
> Desert. We cut over from S22 near Salton Sea got kinda lost on our
journy
> to Ocotillo Wells. Can anyone recommend a decent GPS that is not too
> expensive?
> Thanks
> Hal
>
>

 

GPS works best in developed places, Del. You live wwwaaayyy out in the
sticks don't you?

My eMap had (has, but I don't have it anymore) lists of services one would
find at freeway exits. The lists were pretty accurate too. I live in a new
area, services are new within the last 5 years or so, and the GPS knew about
the majority of the stores, restaraunts and gas stations.




"Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
news:20040109101353733-0900@news.newsguy.com...
> On 09 Jan 2004 08:11 AM, Mike Romain posted the following:
> > I have a Garmin EMap unit that works nice.
> >
> > It can load all types of maps into a memory stick and comes stock with
> > a nice North American map in it.
> >
> > I haven't needed anything more than the stock map because it has all
> > the main highways on it and lakes and rivers so I can just fire it up
> > and it shows me where I am in relation to known landmarks like the
> > roads and water and what direction I am heading. Then it gives me the
> > lat and long too, but I haven't ever needed that.
> >
> > I got it for xmas a couple years ago and don't think it was too
> > expensive.
>
> I also have the same unit which I got for christmas a couple years ago.
> It is pretty much useless here in Alaska unless you buy the additional
> maps.
>
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GPS works best in developed places, Del. You live wwwaaayyy out in the
sticks don't you?

My eMap had (has, but I don't have it anymore) lists of services one would
find at freeway exits. The lists were pretty accurate too. I live in a new
area, services are new within the last 5 years or so, and the GPS knew about
the majority of the stores, restaraunts and gas stations.




"Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
news:20040109101353733-0900@news.newsguy.com...
> On 09 Jan 2004 08:11 AM, Mike Romain posted the following:
> > I have a Garmin EMap unit that works nice.
> >
> > It can load all types of maps into a memory stick and comes stock with
> > a nice North American map in it.
> >
> > I haven't needed anything more than the stock map because it has all
> > the main highways on it and lakes and rivers so I can just fire it up
> > and it shows me where I am in relation to known landmarks like the
> > roads and water and what direction I am heading. Then it gives me the
> > lat and long too, but I haven't ever needed that.
> >
> > I got it for xmas a couple years ago and don't think it was too
> > expensive.
>
> I also have the same unit which I got for christmas a couple years ago.
> It is pretty much useless here in Alaska unless you buy the additional
> maps.
>
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> Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
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GPS works best in developed places, Del. You live wwwaaayyy out in the
sticks don't you?

My eMap had (has, but I don't have it anymore) lists of services one would
find at freeway exits. The lists were pretty accurate too. I live in a new
area, services are new within the last 5 years or so, and the GPS knew about
the majority of the stores, restaraunts and gas stations.




"Del Rawlins" <del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org> wrote in message
news:20040109101353733-0900@news.newsguy.com...
> On 09 Jan 2004 08:11 AM, Mike Romain posted the following:
> > I have a Garmin EMap unit that works nice.
> >
> > It can load all types of maps into a memory stick and comes stock with
> > a nice North American map in it.
> >
> > I haven't needed anything more than the stock map because it has all
> > the main highways on it and lakes and rivers so I can just fire it up
> > and it shows me where I am in relation to known landmarks like the
> > roads and water and what direction I am heading. Then it gives me the
> > lat and long too, but I haven't ever needed that.
> >
> > I got it for xmas a couple years ago and don't think it was too
> > expensive.
>
> I also have the same unit which I got for christmas a couple years ago.
> It is pretty much useless here in Alaska unless you buy the additional
> maps.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
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> Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email.
> Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website:
> http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/

 

fletcher wrote:
> Garmin eTrex Legend are around $200. I have an older Garmin that I have
> really liked, I would buy another Gamin in a minute. Also $200 will buy a
> great GPS no matter what brand. Even the basic GPS will be as accurate as
> an expensive one. What you really pay for is the ability for it to hold
> mapping software. But one feature that I don't have that I would really
> like is a built in electronic compass, I end up carrying a compass with me
> anyways.
>
>
> "Jeepers" <moomesa@INVALIDfnbnet.net> wrote in message
> news:moomesa-589A6F.11442409012004@corp.newsfeeds.com...
>
>>In article <3FFEE0D0.8D64560@sympatico.ca>,
>> Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a Garmin EMap unit that works nice.
>>>
>>>It can load all types of maps into a memory stick and comes stock with a
>>>nice North American map in it.
>>>
>>>I haven't needed anything more than the stock map because it has all the
>>>main highways on it and lakes and rivers so I can just fire it up and it
>>>shows me where I am in relation to known landmarks like the roads and
>>>water and what direction I am heading. Then it gives me the lat and
>>>long too, but I haven't ever needed that.
>>>
>>>I got it for xmas a couple years ago and don't think it was too
>>>expensive.
>>>
>>>Mike
>>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>
>>
>>I just got a Garmin eTrex Legend for Christmas. I like it, But it was a
>>gift, I have no idea what it costs.
>>
>>
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>>-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
>
>
>
>
I use the Garmin GPS-12. No map , but the accuracy is the same on any
GPS that receive 12 birds. I just put in the cords, do a go to and
navigate direct while flying. No more VOR's,charts, or DF's needed.

 

fletcher wrote:
> Garmin eTrex Legend are around $200. I have an older Garmin that I have
> really liked, I would buy another Gamin in a minute. Also $200 will buy a
> great GPS no matter what brand. Even the basic GPS will be as accurate as
> an expensive one. What you really pay for is the ability for it to hold
> mapping software. But one feature that I don't have that I would really
> like is a built in electronic compass, I end up carrying a compass with me
> anyways.
>
>
> "Jeepers" <moomesa@INVALIDfnbnet.net> wrote in message
> news:moomesa-589A6F.11442409012004@corp.newsfeeds.com...
>
>>In article <3FFEE0D0.8D64560@sympatico.ca>,
>> Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a Garmin EMap unit that works nice.
>>>
>>>It can load all types of maps into a memory stick and comes stock with a
>>>nice North American map in it.
>>>
>>>I haven't needed anything more than the stock map because it has all the
>>>main highways on it and lakes and rivers so I can just fire it up and it
>>>shows me where I am in relation to known landmarks like the roads and
>>>water and what direction I am heading. Then it gives me the lat and
>>>long too, but I haven't ever needed that.
>>>
>>>I got it for xmas a couple years ago and don't think it was too
>>>expensive.
>>>
>>>Mike
>>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>
>>
>>I just got a Garmin eTrex Legend for Christmas. I like it, But it was a
>>gift, I have no idea what it costs.
>>
>>
>>-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
>>http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
>>-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
>
>
>
>
I use the Garmin GPS-12. No map , but the accuracy is the same on any
GPS that receive 12 birds. I just put in the cords, do a go to and
navigate direct while flying. No more VOR's,charts, or DF's needed.

 

fletcher wrote:
> Garmin eTrex Legend are around $200. I have an older Garmin that I have
> really liked, I would buy another Gamin in a minute. Also $200 will buy a
> great GPS no matter what brand. Even the basic GPS will be as accurate as
> an expensive one. What you really pay for is the ability for it to hold
> mapping software. But one feature that I don't have that I would really
> like is a built in electronic compass, I end up carrying a compass with me
> anyways.
>
>
> "Jeepers" <moomesa@INVALIDfnbnet.net> wrote in message
> news:moomesa-589A6F.11442409012004@corp.newsfeeds.com...
>
>>In article <3FFEE0D0.8D64560@sympatico.ca>,
>> Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a Garmin EMap unit that works nice.
>>>
>>>It can load all types of maps into a memory stick and comes stock with a
>>>nice North American map in it.
>>>
>>>I haven't needed anything more than the stock map because it has all the
>>>main highways on it and lakes and rivers so I can just fire it up and it
>>>shows me where I am in relation to known landmarks like the roads and
>>>water and what direction I am heading. Then it gives me the lat and
>>>long too, but I haven't ever needed that.
>>>
>>>I got it for xmas a couple years ago and don't think it was too
>>>expensive.
>>>
>>>Mike
>>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>
>>
>>I just got a Garmin eTrex Legend for Christmas. I like it, But it was a
>>gift, I have no idea what it costs.
>>
>>
>>-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
>>http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
>>-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
>
>
>
>
I use the Garmin GPS-12. No map , but the accuracy is the same on any
GPS that receive 12 birds. I just put in the cords, do a go to and
navigate direct while flying. No more VOR's,charts, or DF's needed.

 

On 09 Jan 2004 01:26 PM, CRWLR posted the following:
> GPS works best in developed places, Del. You live wwwaaayyy out in the
> sticks don't you?

I used to, but not anymore. But whenever I have a need for the GPS I am
out in the sticks. It does show the coastline and major roads, but if I
actually used it much I would buy the add on topo map of Alaska. The
stock map doesn't even show anything but major roads here in Anchorage,
the location of my house is kind of in the middle of a blank space as I
recall and I live right in town.

I'm glad that this thread happened because it reminds me I need to get
it back from my friend who borrowed it for his Australia trip last month.

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