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BurnieM

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  1. Most Magellans have 2,000 (too small IMHO) tracklog points and therefore having the abillity to copy multiple copies from the tracklog to the SD card is required. One limitation is that you can only display one of the saved tracklogs on the GPS, just like you can have several waypoint files with 500 waypoints each but can only display one lot of waypoints. I do not believe that the size is adequate and it appears to me the use of the SD card is more to get around firmware design limitations. It is disappointing that Magellan continued these limitations in the new hardware, eXplorists. While a bigger Garmin tracklog would be good, 10,000 points is pretty large already and I wonder how many people would want or could use a larger tracklog (or multiple copies) ? Yes, you could add Magellan like features but at a cost of less usable and friendly user interface.
  2. Interesting that people want to be able to see how much space is left on the memory card (Why? MapSource tells you when it is loading maps) and also want to see the file structure on the card (Why?) I work with Garmin and Magellan units all day and IMHO the PC like file structure on the eXplorists makes them one of the most user unfriendly GPSs that we have. Garmin; please do NOT apply this unnessecary and unfriendly mod to the x series
  3. You could do an map upgrade on the primary unit that you unlocked the mapset for. (Yes, I know this costs something) You will find that the second unlock can be used for a different unit to the second unit that you unlocked the earlier maps to.
  4. Everybody understands that MapSource is a generic name for all of Garmins mapping products right ? If you want an auto-routing product then you want City Select or City Navigator. MetroGuide and Topo are non-autorouting products.
  5. City Navigator Australia is cheaper in Australia It is AU$349 (about US$280) It is the cheapest product that will do 'turn by turn' auto-routing in Australia MetroGuide Australia is AU$175 (US$140) PS City Navigator Australia v6 will be available on 15 May and has added a lot more rural coverage. Size has also gone up from 61 MB to approx 140 MB.
  6. It is confusing to tell beginners that they can create their own maps. Yes, they can but we are talking hundreds of hours and it is not straight forward.
  7. Your friend is right. Someone has loaded maps that are not unlocked for your unit. Load some maps (or even a single map segment) and they will overwrite what is in the unit. They need to be unlocked for your unit or from a map product that does not have an unlock code (such as WorldMap).
  8. Why? MapSource will always delete the maps in the unit before downloading a new mapset.
  9. Previously; GPS V GPSmap 176 Current; GPSmap 276C (with City Navigator, MetroGuide and BlueChart) Foretrex 101 (with wristband )
  10. A Garmin GPSmap 276C will do what you want but it ain't cheap. If you really do not need the voice prompts then a GPSmap 60C will do the rest at a better price.
  11. So (some of) you hate the French because they pointed out the lies that your politicians were telling ? (now proved) Does this make sense to anyone ?
  12. The GPS V does not have POI on the basemap. You need to load City Select (or Metroguide) to get both city streets and POI. Expect the GPSmap 60c to be similar to most other Garmins in it's mapping (except that mapping is not included in the package like it is with a GPS V).
  13. Because the angles change when you assume a different position of the centre of the earth
  14. CORRECTION; you can download Mapsource (the viewing/loading program) at no cost
  15. Different datums assume slightly different postions for the centre of the earth. AGD66 (Australian Geodatic Datum 1966) is 200 metres different to WGS84 and this is a pretty typical difference.
  16. I also use a RAM mount. Mine is on a motorcycle with a suction base for car use. http://www.gpsriders.net/gps_raptor.html http://www.gpsriders.net/gps_4wd.html The Garmin mounts have never inspired me but then maybe motorcycle use puts extra demands on the mount. GPSRs do not bounce very well at 110 kph !
  17. It really depends what you want and what you need (not usually the same!). If this is your first unit then stick with the GPSmap 176C and try out the features. I have just purchased a GPSmap 176 (monochrome) with 64MB card and RAM mount. My first GPS was a GPS V (which I still have). My primary uses are Motorcycle road riding and 4WDing. I selected Metroguide Australa as it has much better rural mapping than City Navigator Australia. Altho I do not have 'turn by turn' auto-routing I still find the address find function very useful in the city with a straight line goto. I decided to upgrade (yes, it definitely is an upgrade for my use) to the GPSmap 176 because; it has a bigger screen (the GPS V has slightly sharper resolution but more of the map can fit on the GPSmap 176 screen). the map re-draw on the GPSmap 176 is much faster than the GPS V the GPSmap 176 has expandable memory cards (slight negative is the excessive cost of Garmin cards) Negatives on the GPSmap 60 (and Meridans and Sportraks too) the vertical mounting position is not the best for visibility (blocks road view) in the car. On any unit that you will read both in bright sunlight and at night; make sure that it has a very wide brightness range; very high for sunlight and very low for night use. This ability is far from standard on many units altho the Garmins seem to be better than most. I deliberately picked the monochrome model as the screen is more readable in bright sunshine (mainly on the motorcycle).
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