Re: Magellan vs Garmin?

From: Steve m... (Stevem5215_at_PLEASEno_spam_.com)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 01:44:07 GMT

I bought the Magellan SporTrak Topo unit last year on a trade in program
with my older Map330 (which had died) and it was a great deal. The Topo
unit is much better and in reality I have never loaded any maps into it
because the Topo unit has the whole United States built in. I've found the
mapping data to be fairly accurate but it's not perfect by a long shot. I
too use Winxp to download my tracks and have no problems using the serial
port. Most data downloaded is small in size and very quick transfers. The
Topo came with a CD that has the maps as well and the tracks overlay on it
nicely. I'm working on a updated Topo map of our snowmobiling area for the
club. This is much easier to generate compared to my older method of
Waypoint + and SA.

Steve m...
Here's a couple examples of what I've gotten with this combination:
http://www.lhsc.net/Northtrails.jpg
http://www.lhsc.net/Southtrails.jpg
These are from the Laurel Highlands Mountain areas of Southwestern
Pennsylvania

"Greenman" <winpigsfli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:be92b19.0411070849.23727411@posting.google.com...
> I'm thinking of buying a Magellan Colortrak GPS unit. I have some
> questions?
> I'm leaning towards the Magellan Colortrak because it will hold more
> routes (20) as opposed to the Garmin (e-Trex Vista) which will hold
> only 10. The Magellan for it's price has a color screen and the
> Garmin for a similar price has only a black and white screen.
>
> #1 Can you upload a topo(third party) map to the Magellan gps that
> will show all the details of that map (a Delorme Gazetter Map for
> example) and will show your position on that map?
>
> #2 Who has more third party compatible maps Magellan or Garmin?
>
> #3 I run Windows XP on my computer and have heard that people have
> problems getting the computer to recognize the GPS unit?
> \
> Thanks in advance,

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