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Sounds like it's working fine then.

I've had my Garmin GPSMAp 60c for a few weeks now. When I first got it I was regularly getting accuracy to +/- 3m. About 10 days ago that went down to 6 or 7m at best and now no better than 5m with an occasional 4m now and then. Also WAAS seems to have no effect on the accuracy. I'm wondering if WAAS is at fault, atmospherics, the GPS or me at fault. I live in Bristol, England. Anyone know a way of getting the general status of the GPS accuracy in a region? A government website maybe? Love the 60c in every other way though, and even this is not a real problem, i just got curious.

Curiously i also looked at the 60c, but cut'n'paste a post I made on the lycos Magellan Meridien group. Me being lazy. Any problems with EU Basemaps?

From anoher thread there seems to be a problem replacing the BaseMap yourself(Europe for the US version), that may be the catch...................

Could anyone tell me, from their own experience, what level of import duty I'll end up paying if I buy a GPS from a US website to the UK? The initial savings look impressive but I bet there is a catch..... e.g. A Meridian Platinum from GPSDISCOUNT.COM $305 = GBP161.00 inclusive of shipping I've seen info stating that I'd end up paying about 25% in Import and VAT. This would mean a cost of GBP201 against the cheapest price I've found from a UK website of GBP294 at globalpositioningsystems.co.uk There is the downside of hassle/cost of any warranty return however nearly GBP100 is not to be sniffed at....

I hope this does not come under the subject of chat.... I've been monitoring these threads after arriving, after much deliberation, at the decision to buy an STP. I don't think I will be now. It seems unbelievable that Thales have not announced their recognition of a problem along with their solution. Thales have lost a customer they nearly had.