[Xastir] Who's current on Garmin handheld GPS models?
Curt Mills
curt.we7u at gmail.com
Fri Jun 19 13:07:23 EDT 2015
A bit off topic I guess, 'cuz this isn't for APRS use.
I'm getting ready to buy a mapping GPS. I've dabbled in geo-caching,
but hunting / hiking / SAR are the main uses.
I prefer Garmin, and have (I think) narrowed it down to the GPSmap 64
and Oregon series. I want the best sensitivity under tree cover, and
GPS + Glonass.
Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm leaning towards the Gpsmap
64st. The 1:100k built-in topo maps are not super-useful, but might
be handy when I travel and don't have more detailed maps. I figure
I'll buy the Garmin Topo West maps (1:24k) and use those for my main
maps around here. Halfway-decent street maps would be a plus for
traveling.
Anything I need to know about using OpenStreetMaps with any of their
newer models, should I later choose to load my own maps instead of
paying Garmin for updates? I saw one comment on the 'net about the
64st not being able to load unlocked maps, but I'm not enough of a
Garmin nerd to know what that means. Hopefully it doesn't prevent
loading OSM maps or others.
Any help appreciated!
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Curt, WE7U
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