John Proctor wrote:
On 2005-02-13 21:04:14 +1100, "Dennis Pogson"
said:

Général Électrique wrote:
Hello

I want to buy a chartplotter but first what is the best chart?

What you tink?

Regards

Chartplotters are toys, laptops are not!



Dennis.
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Dennis,

I agree in all except one aspect. The displays on most laptops
relegates them to the nave table. They certainly are not daylight
viewable. That is one area where the purpose built chartplotter can
come out ahead. Also most laptops I know don't come close to an IP56
rating ;-)

BTW, got the CD TX

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John Proctor VK3JP, VKV6789
S/V Chagall

John,

Agreed, the use of laptops in the cockpit is a no-no with the present screen
brightness/contrast. I have looked at the Garmin gpsmap 76cs, but it's price
in UK puts me off. Will have to get my brother in Canada to nip across the
border (he lives in Niagara) and get one from Wallmart or similar. See my
sig. below, these are mind-blowing! Cows and sheep from 200 miles up?
Impossible! Seriously, the contrast on the latest Mr Sid's is out of this
world!


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