gps Garmin or Maggellan or ?
Submitted: Monday, Jul 29, 2002 at 00:00
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darryl
Tossing between a garmin emap or a maggellan meridian gps. Does anyone have any comment on either. I understand the garmin base map system is being upgraded mid august. Interested in ease of use and quality of maps.
Thanks Darryl
Reply By: Member - Nigel - Monday, Jul 29, 2002 at 00:00
Monday, Jul 29, 2002 at 00:00
I can't comment on the Magellans as I've never used one and I don't even know anyone who has one.
I have a Garmin and there are a lot of them around, and some are farily old and still going strong.
Also you can get non-genuine plugs for the Garmin and reasonable prices from GPS OZ.
But be aware that not all Garmins run off 12 volt, so you may need a regulator.
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Follow Up By: P.G. (tas) - Monday, Jul 29, 2002 at 00:00
Monday, Jul 29, 2002 at 00:00
Thanks Nigel, reinforces my previous argument on costs! I will
check out that website before I buy an external antenna or anymore accessories, I've been baulking at these costs for six months. Cheers.
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Reply By: Tim - Tuesday, Jul 30, 2002 at 00:00
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2002 at 00:00
I have a Garmin Emap, and have found that the base map is very outdated and inaccurate. However I find the Emaps features are great and easy to use in conjuction with OziExplorer and the Auslig 250K Raster maps. I can create a track at
home using OziExplorer and upload it into the Emap, this has saved me from taking a wrong turn and getting lost a number of times on outback tracks.
I went for the Garmin as I was able to find someone that threw in a genuine Garmin Dash mount and combination 12v and PC cable with the unit. The dash mount is only stuck on with what appears to be double sided tape (easy to relocate) but it holds extremely
well. I have had bolts falling out of the dash and CB areials stripping themselves while going over some extreme corrogations in NT but the GPS didn't move.
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