Re: Garmin GPS IV vs iQue 18

From: Rawstorne van Jaarsveld (rawstorne_at_itmaster.co.za)
Date: 12/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:46:11 +0200

Thx Peter!

I have notice some units with CF or SD slots to upgrade the memory. The GPS
V unfortunately doesn't seem to support this. But yes, currently the V has
enough anyway.
Thanks for the info, no one else had a clue how big the maps are.

Rawstorne

"Peter" <prathman@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:pe-dnctrXNPsNivcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
> Rawstorne van Jaarsveld wrote:
>> I think you helped me make up my mind, as I also enjoy hiking and
>> mountain biking, among others. The standalone unit would thus come in
>> handy, because of all the reasons you mentioned.
>>
>> How much memory would you recommend? I don't have a clue how much is
>> needed for the maps. Obviously, the more memory, the more maps. And more
>> maps means less time spent connecting to the PC to load maps. But how
>> much is sufficient?
>>
>> Most retailers recommend Garmin, but don't have anything else in store,
>> or doesn't know anything about the other brands. This indicates good
>> support from Garmin to the retailers.
>
> Probably the determining factor in South Africa would be the
> availability of maps for each unit. Garmin does have the
> City Select-South Africa maps but I don't think they offer
> much for other African countries and I don't know about
> suitable maps of the area for anyone else's GPS units.
> [That may explain why the retailers don't carry other
> makes.]
>
> The table at
> http://www.gpsriders.net/mapsource_sizes.html indicates
> that the Garmin maps of South Africa will fit in
> 17 MB, so that would be a good match for the 19 MB
> memory of the GPS V. I'm sure eventually the maps
> in your area will become more detailed and you'll
> need more memory - but by then there'll probably be
> much better GPS receivers as well.
>
> Since the GPS V only has an RS232 connection it does
> take awhile to load all the maps (probably about
> 40 minutes for the full 19 MB).
>

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