Upgrade Advice

[+xmashl]

I am thinking about upgrading my GPS unit sometime soon, mostly to get a WAAS enabled unit. Currently I use a Magellen 315.

 

One of the features that I really like about my Magellen is that on the compass screen, it displays the position of the sun and moon, since you can plot a more accurate course than one based on the motion of the GPS unit. I've been looking through the manuals on the Garmin website, and I haven't seen any mention of a similar feature - do Garmin units have this?

[+Renegade Knight]

That is a cool feature and so far as I know the Garmin's do not offer this. I do know it's not on the GPS V. I've got a PDA app that does the same thing but it would be nice to have it on the GPS where I might actually use it.

[+JeepCachr]

I am thinking about upgrading my GPS unit sometime soon, mostly to get a WAAS enabled unit. Currently I use a Magellen 315.

 

One of the features that I really like about my Magellen is that on the compass screen, it displays the position of the sun and moon, since you can plot a more accurate course than one based on the motion of the GPS unit. I've been looking through the manuals on the Garmin website, and I haven't seen any mention of a similar feature - do Garmin units have this?

That is a pretty cool feature. Most GPS's will give you a bearing which you can use when your not moving as long as you have a compass.

 

I just got a foretrex 201 and I really like it. You probably need to define a few more of the features you'd like before others could come up with recomendations.

 

Stuff like-

Color

mapping (amount of memory)

electronic compass(makes the sun/moon thing not necessary)

waas

budget range

[Neo_Geo]

The 60C/S has this feature (well, sort of). In the photo below - the upper left screen shot shows the satellite page. If you look at the top of the outer circle (North), you'll see a little ball with a red circle in the center. That indicates the last known direction of movement. Then the center screen-shot shows the Sun & Moon page indicating the relationship between the two relative to the compass rose. I've never been disoriented with my 60C

 

 

Edited May 18, 2004 by Neo_Geo

[MacBandit]

My Garmin Etrex Vista also has the Sun/Moon page identical to the one shown for the 60C in the middle of the photos above. Not in color on the Vista of course.