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vaq45

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  1. Who has the best price on garmin's 2008 topo-DVD ?-anyone found a cheap source?-thanks
  2. i had a "12" for 10 years and bought a vista hcx--tho i like the vista,i just sold my gps12 and miss it--altho it had no capabilities for maps-it was an all around simple and accurate unit--
  3. I kind of glad that i am not the only one to have this happen--I was at my cabin and its about 30 degrees and this happened-I thought that, as usual, I'm the only one in the whole world that has this problem-i got my vista hcx last week--i will be curious to know if Garmin finds a cure(as soon as they notice the problem)--
  4. Ok then, it's a violation of his License Agreement (EULA). He may have purchased the CD or DVD, and when he installed it he became the licensee. But the license is non-transferable to you, even if he gives or sells the CD/DVD set to you. Contact Garman and they will explain it to you. 1-800-800-1020 (U.S.) -hell with the stinkin rules--go ahead--tell em i said it was ok
  5. I bought a vista hcx and will sell my vista for $70-comes with a 12 volt power cord-works like new---paul
  6. Looking for a garmin Vista CX only--preferrably with all the stuff that came with it---i'm in the st louis area
  7. I have a Garmin GPS 12 i will let you have for $40-plus postage--works great and does it all except maps--paul--e-mail me
  8. Thanks for the help cardinal red-i will look into a 76 series and see what they got--seems like everytime i turn around,i'm looking at metric these days--vaq45 My Garmin (GPSmap 76CS) has 5 options. 1. Nautical (nm. kt. ft) 2. Nautical (nm. kt. m) 3. Statute 4. Metric 5. Yards I have no particular affection for Nautical or Metric, and selected Statute. But I very quickly became dissatisfied with that setting. And I wonder about the portion of your post stating "I do a lot of in the woods hiking and need to measure distance in feet". Above 527.9 feet the Statute setting indicates distances in increments of .01 Statute Miles. That is a graduation of and a subsequent update every 52.8 feet. Only inside of 528 feet will the GPS automatically switch to units of feet, and more reasonable Go To distance updates. So I experimented with the Yards setting. Outside of 1000 yards (.57 miles), the Yards setting is identical to Statute. Inside of 1000 yards the GPS automatically indicates in units of yards. Inside of 33.3 yards (100 feet), the unit automatically indicates in units of feet. I find the Yards setting far superior to Statute, but have had very little success convincing anyone of that. I hope you will find this post informative. Would one of these settings satisfy your need for "feet"?
  9. My Garmin (GPSmap 76CS) has 5 options. 1. Nautical (nm. kt. ft) 2. Nautical (nm. kt. m) 3. Statute 4. Metric 5. Yards I have no particular affection for Nautical or Metric, and selected Statute. But I very quickly became dissatisfied with that setting. And I wonder about the portion of your post stating "I do a lot of in the woods hiking and need to measure distance in feet". Above 527.9 feet the Statute setting indicates distances in increments of .01 Statute Miles. That is a graduation of and a subsequent update every 52.8 feet. Only inside of 528 feet will the GPS automatically switch to units of feet, and more reasonable Go To distance updates. So I experimented with the Yards setting. Outside of 1000 yards (.57 miles), the Yards setting is identical to Statute. Inside of 1000 yards the GPS automatically indicates in units of yards. Inside of 33.3 yards (100 feet), the unit automatically indicates in units of feet. I find the Yards setting far superior to Statute, but have had very little success convincing anyone of that. I hope you will find this post informative. Would one of these settings satisfy your need for "feet"?
  10. My Garmin (GPSmap 76CS) has 5 options. 1. Nautical (nm. kt. ft) 2. Nautical (nm. kt. m) 3. Statute 4. Metric 5. Yards I have no particular affection for Nautical or Metric, and selected Statute. But I very quickly became dissatisfied with that setting. And I wonder about the portion of your post stating "I do a lot of in the woods hiking and need to measure distance in feet". Above 527.9 feet the Statute setting indicates distances in increments of .01 Statute Miles. That is a graduation of and a subsequent update every 52.8 feet. Only inside of 528 feet will the GPS automatically switch to units of feet, and more reasonable Go To distance updates. So I experimented with the Yards setting. Outside of 1000 yards (.57 miles), the Yards setting is identical to Statute. Inside of 1000 yards the GPS automatically indicates in units of yards. Inside of 33.3 yards (100 feet), the unit automatically indicates in units of feet. I find the Yards setting far superior to Statute, but have had very little success convincing anyone of that. I hope you will find this post informative. Would one of these settings satisfy your need for "feet"?
  11. I have a Garmin GPS 12 that i have used and like it, however, i would like to up-grade to a comparable unit--the problem is that my GPS 12 measures distance in metric/miles/and nautical--I do a lot of in the woods hiking and need to measure distance in feet--does anyone make a unit that does that?-i can't seem to find one-or am i forced to go along with the metric syatem--thanks for the help---Paul
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