G'day to those with interests in GPS units.
We replaced our old Magellan bought from Birds Australia with the
latest XL - which is the largest handheld they make - but which also
comes with an attachment to the car windscreen. It can also be
connected to a Windows computer to obtain 3D pictures of the lay of
the land. On the units screen it can show the topo map contours. It
can store on board, on card and on computer many way-points and
routes. I have been testing it out. and find it is very fast at
locating your position, changing direction in car or on foot as soon
as I do. It even works inside out house!
It reports its own accuracy and I am regularly getting 2-4m.
We bought it at the 4WD & Fishing Expo in Melbourne for $300 off the
normal price. There is a desert program that is almost ready for the
Aussie outback - which can be bought as an extra.
Definitely worth a look at.
happy navigating
Mike Tarburton
On 24/11/2006, at 5:03 PM, Dave Torr wrote:
Did an archive search and there were some posts a year or so back
basically
suggesting that Magellan were perhaps best avoided. Anyone got any
more
recent experiences and recommendations on a suitable unit?
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