Re: Going from the Garmin III+ to the 60cs. Some noob qustions.

From: Joe Stella (aaa_at_aaa.aaa)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 02:21:59 GMT

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:24:20 -0500, JimS <jc@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:05:10 -0500, "Fred Hiltz" <not@home.ca> wrote:
>
>>Joe Stella wrote:
>>> On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:37:44 -0500, JimS <jc@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>> Today I received my 60cs. I bought it because I wanted to do some
>>>> bushwacking and some geocaching, BUT I'm a little disappointed at
>>>> the lack of road map detail. Nothing even close to what was on my
>>>> III+.
>>>
>>> I'm a bit surprised by this. I used to own a III+, and if I
>>> remember correctly, the only thing the basemap showed where the
>>> major highways. Street level detail was totally absent, and
>>> you could only get it by loading Garmin's Roads and Recreation
>>> maps into the very limited 1.4M III+ memory.
>>>
>>> Now I have a 60CS, and it seems to me that the basemap is pretty
>>> much like what I remember from the III+; i.e. most major highways.
>>
>>I just fired up my GPS-III+ and 60C side by side. The former's base
>>map has many more roads, essentially what you see on a state highway
>>map. One case: here in Burlington VT, the III+ shows all five state
>>highways and a few of the major city streets; the 60C shows only
>>three of the highways and none of the streets. Declutter is off.
>>Looking around the state, I'd say the 60C base map is useful only
>>for major cross-state highways and the interstates.
>>
>>I think the 60C's base map is OK for its major use--routing cross
>>country between cities for which you have loaded detailed street
>>maps like City Select--but little else.
>
>
>Thats what I was refering to.
>Touring by motorcycle I prefer to take the back roads. The III+ gave
>me a pretty good point of reference even if it didn't show every
>backroad. I'm a bit suprised that considering the price of a 60cs, it
>doesn't show as many roads as the III+.

OK I'll take you guy's word for it -- I was just going by memory...

So it looks like you either have to live with the decreased
detail, or try to load City Select maps for the area you are
travelling. If the memory of the 60CS is not enough, then yes
you will have to take a laptop along to load more maps as you go.

The alternative would be to see if you can still exchange your
newly-purchased 60CS for an IQue. The you can get a SD memory
card for the IQue which is a lot larger than the 60CS memory.
Be aware though that the IQue is not as rugged as the 60CS.

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