Garmin GPS II
 

Is his any good?anyoneknows how much they go for?
Garmin says it is discontinued .does that mean i will not find
accesories,and updates?what else do i need to look for?

Any info on this will help
best regards
gs

I've had one of these for about 7 years and it just won't quit! I'd
imagine that it's worth very little - say $35-$45 at most - but =
definitely
worthwhile. Of course, the cheapest eTrex is a much, much better =
performer
for about $75 (?).

The pros on this unit include that it was the first of this form factor
which is great. I had a GPSmap76 which I thought was disappointing for =
its
readability and its need to be standing on edge to get a good satellite
reading.

The cons include that it is obsolete, multiplexes satellite readings =
(slow
to sync up), is a bit short on track point storage.

If you can get one cheap, do it!

LB

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:32:06 +0000 (UTC), "G S"
wrote:

Is his any good?anyoneknows how much they go for?
Garmin says it is discontinued .does that mean i will not find
accesories,and updates?what else do i need to look for?

Any info on this will help
best regards
gs

G S wrote:
Is his any good?anyoneknows how much they go for?
Garmin says it is discontinued .does that mean i will not find
accesories,and updates?what else do i need to look for?

Any info on this will help
best regards
gs

William the Conqueror used one of these to navigate from Calais to Hastings
and thought it was a super instrument!

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Dennis Pogson wrote:

G S wrote:
Is his any good?

William the Conqueror used one of these to navigate from Calais to
Hastings and thought it was a super instrument!

It's a little-known fact that he was actually bound for Bournemouth
for a relaxing seaside holiday, but ended up in Hastings as a result
of a navigation error.

This was because his own GPS was literally stabbed to death in an accident
at an informal darts match in a Calais vinotheque, so a replacement was
hurriedly procured locally. His fleet was already more than half way to
Bournemouth by the time his navigator had come to grips with the instruction
manual for the unfamiliar Garmin (he was used to a Magellan), and so when
they switched it on, the position displayed told them they'd gone too far.

They duly turned back and the rest, as they say, is history.

What went wrong?

Because the navigator was busy frantically studying the manual, he didn't
personally supervise the DR navigation, which he had delegated to an
apprentice. Once the GPS was up and running, the apprentice's EPs, which
were in fact accurate, were dismissed as obviously erroneous.

Unbeknownst to the navigator, who hadn't quite gotten round to digesting the
manual's "advanced features" section, the GPS receiver, having been supplied
for the French market, had been factory-pre-programmed to default to French
datum, which of course back then was based on the zero meridian going
through Paris.

Ronald Raygun wrote:
Dennis Pogson wrote:

G S wrote:
Is his any good?

William the Conqueror used one of these to navigate from Calais to
Hastings and thought it was a super instrument!

It's a little-known fact that he was actually bound for Bournemouth
for a relaxing seaside holiday, but ended up in Hastings as a result
of a navigation error.

This was because his own GPS was literally stabbed to death in an
accident at an informal darts match in a Calais vinotheque, so a
replacement was hurriedly procured locally. His fleet was already
more than half way to Bournemouth by the time his navigator had come
to grips with the instruction manual for the unfamiliar Garmin (he
was used to a Magellan), and so when they switched it on, the
position displayed told them they'd gone too far.

They duly turned back and the rest, as they say, is history.

What went wrong?

Because the navigator was busy frantically studying the manual, he
didn't personally supervise the DR navigation, which he had delegated
to an apprentice. Once the GPS was up and running, the apprentice's
EPs, which were in fact accurate, were dismissed as obviously
erroneous.

Unbeknownst to the navigator, who hadn't quite gotten round to
digesting the manual's "advanced features" section, the GPS receiver,
having been supplied for the French market, had been
factory-pre-programmed to default to French datum, which of course
back then was based on the zero meridian going through Paris.

Fascinating, the history of these GPS II's, I would definitely buy it for
the historical value alone!

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so should i be happy one comes with the boat i want to buy?
i guesss overall the answer is ,since its there i cant go wrong .......
i was just interested to see if it is any good ,to depend on......