marine <span class="highlight">gps</span> chartplotters

Remember they don't do voice guidence navigation but would be really great with Tracks4Australia installed

Plus it has depth sounder - good for creek crossings:)

The now discontinued Magellan FX324C Chartplotters were popular - you could run DiscoverAus from them. Main issue of using a plotter is of course they are bolted to car. If you have any plans of moving more than 10 metres away from the car to do some real exploring you will need a handheld as well...so a more universal set up (eg PDA or Large screen handheld GPS) is the better value for money.

Cheers
Greg

i think i'll get one with a sounder

the 296 does voice

Member No 1
Rap on knuckles for you .......the 296 is an Aviation gps, it's size is the same as the GPS Map 276C ,
Phillip wanted large screen Marine unit'
Anyhow this unit would be no good for you Member No 1 the warnings would be going off constantly.... ...so sorry , ya can'y have one

[ Garmin delivers terrain awareness in an intuitive Terrain mode on the GPSMAP 296. The unit combines GPS position, GPS altitude and topographical mapping to give pilots a vivid depiction of potential terrain hazards. ] [Terrain proximity cautions and alerts pop up as digital thumbnail images in the lower left-hand corner of any page whenever a potential hazard conflict looms ahead. ]

www.ja-gps.com.au/gpsav-map296.html

it also says...."Now with voice guided mapping for vehicles, etc etc"

and it is large screen...its defintiely larger than my hand held

Your gonna end up in that fish pond ....... without a GPS if ya , if ta gonna be Cantankerous,

Robin
You have done your work well

The Navman would on,y be suitable for Marine use , Knowing the quality of Navman's you probably can't install any other mapping software except marine.