Good God, half the cell phones on the planet have GPS built into them. I used a Motorola Razr as a GPS on my last trip to Virginia a couple of years ago. iPhones and Blackberry's and Palm Pre's have them and the ability to link them to Google Maps. Job's done.
Why carry a separate GPS? I don't get it. --Curtis Robert West wrote: > I'm finally getting rid of my Delorme Earthmate GPS unit. It has served me > well these past 10 years................. I will certainly miss having to > boot up my laptop, plug the thing into the serial port of my OLD laptop > because the newer ones do not have the serial port and to use that USB to > serial adapter is more fun that I could handle.... Then hope and pray that > the batteries in the Earthmate are still good for I always forget to check > before I go out............ But with that said, I need a replacement. > > I've been looking at some small Garmin all weather units but they seem to > stress geo-caching and hiking. If I had time for that, it may get my > attention, but I own a small business that I started because I needed to be > more flexible with my time. Working 80 hours+ a week is about as flexible > as it gets so no, I do not have time for that sort of crazy, high on life > sort of living. > > I simply need a GPS that I won't break (or be too badly damaged) when I drop > it off a 70 foot AP (it will happen, trust me), that will not be ruined when > I forget it on the top of the same AP and go home and it just happens to > rain overnight, can be recharged in the van and will give me the two pieces > of information I really desire......... My location coordinates and how > high I am. Someone else can mess with all those other functions, I'd have > to give it to my 4 year old to figure that stuff out anyhow, I just need to > know where and how high. > > Anyone have a good recommendation on a handheld GPS unit? (I guess I could > have just said one line but it's not as fun) > > Thanks in advance. > > Robert West > Just Micro Digital Services Inc. > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
