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Default GPSmap 76cx users?

Mark Borgerson wrote:

In article , rlong003
@maine.rr.com says...
I've been having some very unsatisfactory experiences with the
roads routing features of this GPS using the MetroGuide software.
I'm sure hoping the problems don't translate into similar issues
when using it on the boat.

Anybody want to talk about this or know of a discussion group
specific to it?

Anybody had problems with ignored waypoints and strange routing on
the water using Blue Charts?


I used my 76C (Not X with compass) last summer to record track and
for general cockpit usage last summer in Desolation Sound. I didn't
use it for tracks, although I did have the Canadian chart pack loaded.
I didn't notice any egregious errors when compared to the papter
charts--but I was sightseeing and gunkholing in daylight and
the accuracy of the Blue Charts was not an issue.

The tracks along the major highways on our trip to California
also looked OK for the most part between Corvallis and Sacramento.



Mark Borgerson


Desolation Sound is a great area to sail. We've done it three times and
are going to do it again within the next year or two. Where are you
located? We're in Boise,Id and trailer sail an Irwin 28. Jim



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