Re: Garmin GPSMAP 60, vs. Garmin GPSMAP 76S, vs Magellan Platinum (Can't decide which!)
From: Peter (prathman_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/24/05
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:35:33 -0800
Roy wrote:
> From: "Bill" <bill2004oct@bayouconcepts.com>
>>Garmin GPSMAP 60, vs. Garmin GPSMAP 76S, vs Magellan Platinum
>>
>>My Use Requirements:
>>-Great Smoky Mountains Hiking
>>-Woody/submerged Swamps of Louisiana (bonsai tree collecting)
>>-Vacation Road Trips (family of 5)
>>-NO exploration of un-marked trails
>>-NO outdoors camping of any sort
>>
>>Question 1: Compass Issue
>>Between the Garmin units, the GPSMAP 60 has everything and more than
>>the GPSMAP 76S, but NO COMPASS. Is that very important or can I get
>>enjoy the unit by just taking headings?
Can be a convenience at times, but certainly not essential. Best to
have a regular compass along anyway and you can easily transfer
a bearing to that. While moving the GPS-based compass in all
receivers works fine.
>>
>>Question 3: Expandable Memory
>>The only hiking I'll do in the near future will be with 3 kids under
>>12 on well marked trails. I don't think I'll need memory hogging TOPO
>>maps too often. Will the Garmin's 24meg memory serve my needs (listed
>>above) or will the Magellan Platinum outshine the Garmins on that
>>feature?
It won't be an issue for hiking, but it might be on one on those
vacation road trips you mention. If you'll have a laptop along
then you can easily reload maps along the way, but otherwise
you'll find it pretty easy to use up the 24 MB in the 76S or
Map60. Having the detailed maps is a big benefit on a family
road trip, not only for finding your way to your planned destinations,
but also for checking the choice of restaurants in the next town,
checking phone numbers of hotels/motels and calling ahead for
reservations, seeing if there's a discount gas station a block
or two away instead of the premium-priced one right on the highway,
showing you where the nearest emergency room is if there's an
unfortunate accident or sudden illness, etc.
>>
>>How I break it down:
>>I'll pick the Magellan if the memory is important enough to out-weigh
>>the poor screen resolution.
Also check the Magellan Meridian Gold - same features as the Platinum
except for the a barometer (not even used for altitude), and a
compass (which it doesn't sound like you really need).
Be sure to include the cost of the mapping software in the purchase
price comparison.
>
> If you want to load detailed street maps into the receiver to use on
> your vacation road trips, one very compelling advantage of the GPSMAP 60
> over the 76S is that you can load the maps into the 60 by USB, while the
> 76S is serial only, I believe. Loading 24 MB by USB takes minutes;
> loading 24 MB by serial connection takes hours.
>
> IMO this far outweighs any advantage of a built-in compass. I have a
> 76CS and I like the compass, but it's only a convenience. I still carry
> my non-electronic compass as a backup, and use it as a protractor for
> plotting positions on maps (try that with a GPS receiver!).
>
> Since neither of the Garmins does autorouting, you will be able to load
> fairly large areas into 24 MB by not loading the autorouting data.
The GPSMap60 will do auto-routing, either using the very limited
basemap or with optional CitySelect maps. But 24 MB will definitely
put some limits on the range of a vacation trip covering a few states.
No
> one can really know whether it will be enough for your purposes, but I
> would guess that it will be. One nice thing about Mapsource products is
> that the maps you load don't have to be contiguous. You could load only
> the large urban areas you will be passing through on your trips. Even
> without autorouting, you'll find that having street level detail when
> driving is helpful and useful.
>
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