GPS question about maps

Thanks Robin,
Your suggestion gives me something else to consider. Looks like I would have to buy OziExplorer CE (only $40) to run on the PDA. Can you point me in the right direction as far as PDA's go? I have never even looked at one before...

Mike.

Hi Mike

I haven't analyzed PDA's for over a year and could not really do justice to the subject currently.
There have been a number of posts here though by satisfied users with different combinations ranging from fully self contained uints to those using remote blue tooth gps receivers for collecting the position information.

These days their is a massive range and I hope to check them out more at our local Wandin 4wd show this weekend.

The range goes from fully integrated car pc type units that directly run Ozi and can switch to automatic routing systems like those at vmscarpc.com.au to your standard $300 PDA's

For me when looking at these things I look first at the ability of the unit to be seen and used when driving.
While I have most systems and maps I have learnt never to rely on the mapping accuracy and still today mostly use GPS maps as a guideline and load my own tracks before each trip.

So I personnally choose the Garmin 276c gps which has a high brightness high resolution screen. Sort of equivalent to VGA resolution.

A number of PDa's have VGA resolution these days including those from dell however this tends to put the cost up.

Thanks Dio for the tip. I haven't yet bought a new GPS, and it looks like I will stick with my old Garmin 126 and laptop with ExploreOZ, this means I can use all my digital maps, I will probably buy a smaller laptop or a PDA for the display as the big issue for me is really the size of the laptop in the vehicle.
Mike.