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Paul:: I have an old Garmin GPS-90 on my rams horn wheel. I have also a Garmin Street pilot III which I use in the motorhome. My work requires that I be in specific places to make radio frequency field strength measurements with great accuracy in position. I use the GPS 90 for this. I can call up a multitude of map origin databases, and obtain triple digit repeatable accuracy with the lowly old GPS 90. The Street pilot III which is a 295 in street clothes, is beautiful to look at, and the maps move underfoot, but without expensive database memory cards, it will not hold all the information needed to produce seamless cross country Topo mapping. City to City is pretty easy with the "Go-to," function, but if you are operating close to the edge of the map data that has been uploaded into the unit , it can be frustrating. Last year I wanted to purchase a GPS-COM unit for the Coupe, and the Garmin looked pretty good, but the maps look Archaic compared to other GPS's and seemed to lack a great deal of detail. I think the new 196 is a good machine, although it is black and white (monochrome) it is not the battery cannibal that the 295 is. Just some thoughts. Wayne Woollard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul M. Anton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:19 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] GPS > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Hey I'm glad GPS came up. How many of you Coupers are using the Garmin > GPSMap 295? > Opinions? Good and bad points? How easy is it to say call up an airport & do > a direct to > while in flight? > > I am presently using the King Skymap IIIC a large screen color GPS which is > a real nice > GPS. However I am tempted to sell it and get the Garmin. The reason being is > that I could use > the Garmin both in the plane and on the road. It is a lot smaller and I > could put it either > on the yoke (I have rams horn control wheels) or the glare shield. I > presently strap my > King to my leg since it is too large for any place else. > > Cheers: > > Paul > NC2273H > > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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