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what is the bare minimum for a gps unit that a new geocacher would need (i'm new)? I'm thinking about scrounging around and getting one SUPER cheap, and I'm curious what it is that I'm 'really' looking for.
Those rhinos are cool... is there an advantage to getting one with 'mapping' for instance? i already have two way radios which are fun to have around, so i guess I don't need that...
any help is appreciated!
what is the bare minimum for a gps unit that a new geocacher would need (i'm new)? I'm thinking about scrounging around and getting one SUPER cheap, and I'm curious what it is that I'm 'really' looking for.
Those rhinos are cool... is there an advantage to getting one with 'mapping' for instance? i already have two way radios which are fun to have around, so i guess I don't need that...
any help is appreciated!
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Re: basics for a gps
Thu, March 3, 2005 - 1:05 AMYou really want some way to get waypoints into the GPS besides typing them in on whatever godawful interface your manufacturer provides. A serial interface is fine for this.
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Re: basics for a gps
Mon, April 11, 2005 - 6:11 PMI use an eTrex Legend, and the Garmin clixstick isn't too much of a P.I.T.A. to enter coordinates. A serial interface via my iPAQ would be keen for programming it, tho. (Have a serial link cable for the iPAQ, but all I know I can do via that is import data to MiniStumbler)
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Re: basics for a gps
Thu, March 3, 2005 - 3:01 AMI have a Garmin eTrex and I love it. I bought an upper end model a couple of years ago for about $200 and it has been a great tool for me. Now you can probably get a lot more bang for your buck!
cheers~
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Re: basics for a gps
Sun, March 6, 2005 - 11:04 AMagree about the etrex thing, i've got one and ma quite happy with it (except the lanyard broke off, feh) and a serial interface is indispensable.
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Re: basics for a gps
Tue, March 8, 2005 - 2:14 AMThanks for the advice. I was also after one. I have just place a bid on ebay...
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Re: basics for a gps
Tue, March 8, 2005 - 2:54 PMI have 2 Garmins, an older III+ and an eTrex Vista. The III+ has a quadradial antenna which makes it more usable in heavy tree canopy but other than that the Vista is more usable for geocaching in every way. The compass and altimeter are strictly frills but I consider the mapping function very important as we travel a lot and love to download topos and road maps to the GPSr. Once you have loaded the wayponts for the caches into it you can just view them on the mapscreen and decide which ones to go for and can usually plan an efficient route to get them all in the right order. The eTrex Legend does all this stuff but does not have the compass/altimeter. I'm fairly sure if you buy a non-mapping GPSr you will be looking for one before too long. WAAS is also nice but doesn't work everywhere, depends on where you live.
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Re: basics for a gps
Wed, March 9, 2005 - 3:38 PMI like the Garmin fortrex 201 myself. Wrist held and waterproof so I can take it kayaking.
Only two problems...
1) The antenna is too small so I loose the signal easily.
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Re: basics for a gps
Thu, March 10, 2005 - 9:35 AM> 1) The antenna is too small so I loose the signal easily.
> 2) I lost it.
ha ha.. oh man! well... too bad it doesn't ping itself every once and a while... you know? -
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Re: basics for a gps
Mon, April 11, 2005 - 8:03 PMYou can't go wrong with the eTrex. It's rugged and user friendly. I have a eTrex Vista and a GPSMap 60CS. That one has a color screen, 55MB of street map storage, and an altimeter. But remember, you get what you pay for. I love having the street maps on the GPS, and it's very easy to navigate with it.
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