Re: Choices in GPS devices



"Dr. William R. Boone" wrote:
>
> My wife and I will be traveling to Alaska in a couple of weeks. I am looking
> for a good device that can be used to navigate roads as well as one that I
> can take off the trail when given a set of coordinates. I like the voice
> directional feature, and any other niceties. Does such a device exist?
> Thank you
> Bill

The closest to these requirements is the the Garmin Quest:
http://www.gpsinformation.us/quest/questrev.html

However, you might be interested in this experience:
http://www.gpsinformation.org/jack/Alaska/alaska_gps.html

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Jack

Get general GPS information at: http://www.gpsinformation.net/
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