Re: GPS where no maps are available

<GlobeTrotter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OK, so am I right in understanding from you
> that the Garmin GPSmap 60C is therefore NOT an
> appropriate choice for navigating a city for which
> no vector map exists?

right - but there is no place on earth without vector map. It's only a
question of details.

> Since the link you
> sent was a raster map, I guess most of the Garmin
> models are out?

As many told you - a mapping unit is better (and more expensive) than a
non mapping unit. The PDA units are perfect in a car but not for outdoor
use.

> So perhaps I'm just better off getting
> a non-mapping model after all?

you can use both ;-)

> I guess I don't understand what the big deal
> about maps is, if the unit can work by saying
> "2 km north, turn left, 500m, ..."
> Wether street names are on there or not
> doesn't seem that big an advantage.

No unit can say any word without an autorouting vector map.
Without maps you just can follow a track line by looking on the screen.

> Oh, note that I would also use the GPS on
> the water.
> And on the water, I guess it's all the
> same anyways?

The basic techniques are the same.

hth
Anton
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