Re: What software would be the best for both driving and backcountry hiking?

On Mar 21, 8:56 am, GPS Software Hub <person...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My dad is buying a laptop and wants it to be gps capable any special
requirements for the laptop. what software would be the best for both
driving and backcountry hiking? he would switch from the laptop to a
handheld when hiking would the software be able to go on both
machines?

thank you so much!.

I use Delorme Earthmate PN-20 for driving and hiking. It is my first
GPS device, bought it about three months ago, I spent over a month
comparing with other GPSs before deciding on the PN-20. I'm very
pleased with it except for its relatively poor battery life. With LI-
ION battery I purchased from Delorme, it last only about four hours at
most. Delorme just released a new firmware for the PN-20 which
enables a "hybrid display", like Google Map's roads displayed over
satellite, but better because Delorme adds contour lines. Basically,
you can load raster maps and enable the TOPO 7 vector map's road and/
or contour lines to show over a raster map. This is a new cool
feature and as far as I know not currently available on ANY other GPS
device. I just used it hiking and I must say it's very useful if
you're into display details. See the feature list here...
http://delorme.com/support/supporttemplate.aspx?id=380

toochan
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