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GPS units

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Subject: GPS units
From: Chris Charles <>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:52:33 +1100
Peter,
Battery life is a problem with iPhone GPS. However an add-on battery pack works 
nicely for me & will run GPS all day.. 
It is not another device to become familiar with, manage batteries for, fill 
another pocket, as would a standalone GPS unit.
And at $12 ebay they are cheap enough to have several.

Chris Charles
+61412911184

Licole Monopods
http://www.licole.com.au

On 13 Oct 2014, at 7:58 pm, Paul Taylor <> wrote:

> On 13/10/2014 6:30 PM, Peter Shute wrote:
>> I believe all the Garmins come with what they call "base maps", which I 
>> assume are much less detailed than the topo maps. Can anyone tell me if 
>> these are usable?
> 
> The base maps are next to useless.
> 
> The GPS Australia forum has links to free topographic and street maps.
>   http://www.gpsaustralia.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=55
> 
> I've used the Contours Australia 5m maps on a Garmin GPSMap 60CSx, and found
> them useful - but a higher resolution display would help.
> 
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