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Cna the functionallity needed of a GPS for navigating on water be
combined with the functionality need for navigating on roads and high
ways.

I would be nice to have one unit for in the car and on the boat.


--
Keith Nuttle
3110 Marquette Court
Indianapolis, IN 46268
317-802-0699

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"Keith nuttle" wrote in message
...
Cna the functionallity needed of a GPS for navigating on water be combined
with the functionality need for navigating on roads and high ways.

I would be nice to have one unit for in the car and on the boat.


--
Keith Nuttle
3110 Marquette Court
Indianapolis, IN 46268
317-802-0699

That's the way I would go. I would put the marine requirements first
(waterproof to certain standard) because it could be more likely to get wet
on my 19' mini-cruiser sailboat.

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All the Garmins listed on the following page do what you want:

http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/us/...rtableplotters

Here are a few reviews on the 276:

http://www0.epinions.com/pr-Garmin_G...w_GPS_Receiver

And on the 376:

http://www0.epinions.com/Garmin_GPSM...n_GPS_Receiver

And the 478:

http://www0.epinions.com/Garmin_GPSMAP_478_GPS_Receiver

Here's a review of the 276 from another site:

http://www.gpsinformation.org/wilson/g276crev.htm

And one of the 376 as used on a motorcycle:

http://www.angelridevideos.com/reviews/Garmin376C.html

Both of these reviews are form the following very useful site:

http://gpsinformation.net/

If you decide Garmin is for you make sure you read the thread on this
newgroup titled "Am I going to hate Garmin more than Micro$oft?"
started by Roger Long.

Happy reading!

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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:36:22 -0400, Keith nuttle
wrote:

Cna the functionallity needed of a GPS for navigating on water be
combined with the functionality need for navigating on roads and high
ways.

I would be nice to have one unit for in the car and on the boat.

A GPS receiver optimized for road use is likely to be pessimized for
marine use :-)

It seems that many of the road-use receivers have features like "road
lock" - as long as the GPS position is within some small range of a
road, the GPS will show you as on the road, rather than where you
actually are. I saw one boater complaining that while he was passing
under a bridge, the (road-aware) GPS suddenly showed him on the bridge
and adjacent road, rather than in the river where he really was.

Land-oriented receivers may also omit the very useful "highway"
display that shows cross-track error and relative bearing-to-waypoint,
as it is of very little use while driving but essential (IMHO) on the
water.


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"Don White" wrote

That's the way I would go. I would put the marine requirements first
(waterproof to certain standard) because it could be more likely to get
wet
on my 19' mini-cruiser sailboat.


This is important.

I use my Compaq iPaq for marine and auto navigation using Fugawi and
iGuidance. This has the advanatage of not having to buy expensive Garmin
charts - Most can be downloaded free of charge these days. And iGuidance is
a great car nav program.

But, the iPaq is not water proof. I have got it wet once, and I lost
everything that was loaded. Luckily it dried out and still works, but I had
to re-load all the programs.

BTW, the iPaq also can be used for WiFi and for music like an iPod. My iPaq
is an old unit, but I have seen a new one called a Travelmate or something
like that. But, what i would really like to find, is a waterproof
do-everything PDA or better still a waterproof Ultra Mobile PC (These still
don't seem to have caught on)

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Peter Bennett wrote:
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:36:22 -0400, Keith nuttle
wrote:

Cna the functionallity needed of a GPS for navigating on water be
combined with the functionality need for navigating on roads and high
ways.

I would be nice to have one unit for in the car and on the boat.

A GPS receiver optimized for road use is likely to be pessimized for
marine use :-)

It seems that many of the road-use receivers have features like "road
lock" - as long as the GPS position is within some small range of a
road, the GPS will show you as on the road, rather than where you
actually are. I saw one boater complaining that while he was passing
under a bridge, the (road-aware) GPS suddenly showed him on the bridge
and adjacent road, rather than in the river where he really was.

Land-oriented receivers may also omit the very useful "highway"
display that shows cross-track error and relative bearing-to-waypoint,
as it is of very little use while driving but essential (IMHO) on the
water.

On my Garmin one can easily turn off the road lock and either the
highway maps or waterway maps, as needed. It seems to work great for both.

Stephen

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Ken Heaton, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia wrote:

If you decide Garmin is for you make sure you read the thread on this
newgroup titled "Am I going to hate Garmin more than Micro$oft?"
started by Roger Long.

You know, if I had simply registered the GPS when I bought it just after
Christmas, the Garmin system would have worked fine and I probably would be
singing praises of it now, except for the cost. I was also trying to load
charts at the end of a long day, hit a glitch in the web site, and suddenly
seemed to be going around in the kind of circles most of us have gotten into
at one time or another with software installation.

I've since heard from a professional delivery captain who has had similar
issues with other systems but no problems with Garmin.

Garmin's rather paranoid attitude towards piracy does predispose one to
expect the worst when a glitch is encountered. Now that the files are
loaded into the GPS, I think my expectations of continual problems have more
to do with the general state of the computer world than Garmin. I'm
actually feeling rather optimistic about it.

I now think the underlying system is fairly robust and will help insure that
they make enough money to stay around and support their products. They just
need a better web site designer.

--
Roger Long

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Peter Bennett wrote:
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:36:22 -0400, Keith nuttle
wrote:

Cna the functionallity needed of a GPS for navigating on water be
combined with the functionality need for navigating on roads and high
ways.

I would be nice to have one unit for in the car and on the boat.

A GPS receiver optimized for road use is likely to be pessimized for
marine use :-)

It seems that many of the road-use receivers have features like "road
lock" - as long as the GPS position is within some small range of a
road, the GPS will show you as on the road, rather than where you
actually are. I saw one boater complaining that while he was passing
under a bridge, the (road-aware) GPS suddenly showed him on the bridge
and adjacent road, rather than in the river where he really was.

Land-oriented receivers may also omit the very useful "highway"
display that shows cross-track error and relative bearing-to-waypoint,
as it is of very little use while driving but essential (IMHO) on the
water.}

I use a Map60CS for both, but as my car usage is rare (I can actually find
my way to the Supermarket without it!), I would say buy it with a view to
using it on the water and treat it's use in the car as a bonus.

Dennis.

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It only takes a few menu selections and button pushes to disable the
"road lock" procedure. The tough part is remembering the precise
sequence. Fortuantely for me, Garmin has .pdf file versions of the
owner's manual at their website for all the units that I have.

No matter whose system you buy, check first on line to see if they
have this handy feature. It may not make or break a particular
choice . . . but it is nice to have.

take care . . .

John