Summit, Legend, Vista and StreetPilot III prices reduced

The prices have been reduced on the eTrex Summit, Legend, Vista and
StreetPilot III. Our price on the Summit is $190.00 and the StreetPilot III
is now $700.00.
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Darrel Goheen
GPS@tvnav.com
http://www.tvnav.com

In article <belgrc$ig$0@206.126.64.51>, Darrel Goheen says...
>
> The prices have been reduced on the eTrex Summit, Legend, Vista and
>StreetPilot III. Our price on the Summit is $190.00 and the StreetPilot III
>is now $700.00.
>--
>
>
> Darrel Goheen
> GPS@tvnav.com
> http://www.tvnav.com
>


Darrel -

Do you have a recommendation on a good handheld GPS for a beginning geocacher?
And do you have any thoughts on whether a built-in compass is something I ought
to be looking for (or should I just break out my old Silva compass?)?

- Andrew Langer

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"Andrew Langer" <Langrrr@aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <belgrc$ig$0@206.126.64.51>, Darrel Goheen says...
> >
> > The prices have been reduced on the eTrex Summit, Legend, Vista and
> >StreetPilot III. Our price on the Summit is $190.00 and the StreetPilot
III
> >is now $700.00.
> >--
> >
> >
> > Darrel Goheen
> > GPS@tvnav.com
> > http://www.tvnav.com
> >
>
>
> Darrel -
>
> Do you have a recommendation on a good handheld GPS for a beginning
geocacher?

That would depend on several things such as how much you want to spend,
do you want maps and map loading capability and do you intend to use it for
other things such as car travel? Please call us and we would be happy to
help you decide.

> And do you have any thoughts on whether a built-in compass is something I
ought
> to be looking for (or should I just break out my old Silva compass?)?

For geocaching I think an electronic compass could be helpful but not
required.
--


Darrel Goheen
GPS@tvnav.com
http://www.tvnav.com

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:39:55 GMT, Andrew Langer<Langrrr@aol.com>
wrote:

>Darrel -
>
>Do you have a recommendation on a good handheld GPS for a beginning geocacher?
>And do you have any thoughts on whether a built-in compass is something I ought
>to be looking for (or should I just break out my old Silva compass?)?
>
>- Andrew Langer
>
I'm not Darrel, and I look forward to his response, but:

Most any GPS would do well for that. Two brands with many appropriate
models are Garmin and Magellan (www.garmin.com and www.magellangps.com
respectively.

I would suggest one that can interface with a PC (almost all on the
market now). Nice to be able to back up your data, and load points
from your PC.

WAAS can improve accuracy a bit, from within 10 meters 95% of the time
to within 3 meters 95% of the time.

The electronic compass will add significantly to the price, and reduce
battery life. It will not be more precise than about 2 degrees.

You would need to carry a real compass (I'm not biased ;-)) as backup
anyway, as batteries can die, and a midrange one can get you to 1
degree or even 1/2 degree.

gpsinformation.net is a good resource, and will link you to many
others.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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Darrel,

Anything you hearing about on the "radar" screen to replace the GPS V yet?
Something with, say a SD card?


"Darrel Goheen" <GPS@tvnav.com> wrote in message
news:belgrc$ig$0@206.126.64.51...
> The prices have been reduced on the eTrex Summit, Legend, Vista and
> StreetPilot III. Our price on the Summit is $190.00 and the StreetPilot
III
> is now $700.00.
> --
>
>
> Darrel Goheen
> GPS@tvnav.com
> http://www.tvnav.com
>
>
>
>
>

Gary S. <Idontwantspam@net> writes:

>The electronic compass will add significantly to the price, and reduce
>battery life.

-- if you configure it to be switched on for most of the time, it
will. If, for example, you configure it to switch on atuomatically
only when speed is less than 0 kph (in practice this seems to be about
0,4 kph in my eTrex Summit) for more than 3 mins, and you switch the
unit off when taking a long stop, it won't have much effect on battery
life.

If you only switch it on manually when you want it (one keypress), and
keep it mostly off when you don't, it uses even less :-)

The only way the compass eats batteries is when you leave it on all
the time, which is as silly as leaving a torch switched on when you
don't need it. That eats batteries too :-)
--
Chris Malcolm cam@inf.ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3085 DoD #205
School of Informatics, Edinburgh University, 5 Forrest Hill,
Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK. [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/ ]

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 11:50:29 +0000 (UTC), cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk (Chris
Malcolm) wrote:

>Gary S. <Idontwantspam@net> writes:
>
>>The electronic compass will add significantly to the price, and reduce
>>battery life.
>
>-- if you configure it to be switched on for most of the time, it
>will. If, for example, you configure it to switch on atuomatically

>If you only switch it on manually when you want it (one keypress), and
>keep it mostly off when you don't, it uses even less :-)
>
>The only way the compass eats batteries is when you leave it on all
>the time, which is as silly as leaving a torch switched on when you
>don't need it. That eats batteries too :-)

No disagreement that it is possible to minimize the battery usage, but
the extra steps could mean it doesn't happen.

If your flashlight is out, and you see it on when not needed, you can
turn it off.

But some have a bad design, and the switch turns on inside your pack
and runs down the batteries without you seeing a thing. With the GPS
electronic compass, it is less obvious when it is on.

Also, for some uses, the compass may be needed much more of the time.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
------------------------------------------------
at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom