Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:14 am

Does anyone have any recommendations for a GPS unit with mapping or Google Earth images?

kanehill · Post by **kanehill** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:30 am

Look into the Garmin (GPSmap60csx) it does just about everything a hand held GPS can do. I have had very good luck and customer support from Garmin, a USA co.

Phoenix_Tom · Post by **Phoenix_Tom** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:22 am

With the heavy duty antenna, you can't beat the 60CSx in the bush. You've got to buy the topo for your area separately though. It comes with a rudimentary basemap but if you plan on using the GPS in a vehicle for travelling, you can also buy / load City Select or Navigator or whatever they're calling it now and have all North American roads, gas stations, stores, museums etc loaded over the basemap.

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:42 pm

Thanks guys. I was looking at the line up of that series and see that the Map 60Cx has 50% more battery life but does not have an electronic compass or an altimeter. Is there any other difference? I'm not trying to cheap out.

Phoenix_Tom · Post by **Phoenix_Tom** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:52 pm

Those are the main diffs that come to mind. The battery life has never been an issue for me. One set will last me more than a week of full time hunting. Of course I keep batteries in my pack though and can plug it into 12V in the truck or ATV. I like the compass and altimter but I carry a real compass too.

One thing I forgot to mention: a 2GB card will hold everything you will ever load on the GPS. I forget if it's mini or micro SD...

mtbyak · Post by **mtbyak** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:43 pm

I like the Garmin Oregon series with the touch screen, it is very easy to use.

I also have a Garmin Legend Cx which is very good as well but find it awkward to use when on my bike, which is why I bought the Oregon.

Have played with the mapping a little bit on both but not a lot & find both to be about the same.

Shoot Straight
Kirk

Gutshot · Post by **Gutshot** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:53 pm

I've got the rino 120. I've had it a number of years now and its always worked well, even in Iraq/Kuwait. But this year it is having problems locating satallite's. I have done everything the customer support suggests and can locate one or two sat's, not enough to get a location lock. The radio feature is ok, not real long ranged. I'd say maybe 1/2 mile at best. Overall, its been a good unit, might just be getting old.

sipsey · Post by **sipsey** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:11 pm

I have the Garmin VentureHC--I dont need the altimeter since its flat around here---You buy the topo map on a disc and download what sectors you wish---neat thing is when transferring info. from unit to computor map--there is a feature up in the header that says --lookup in Google- Earth--then it opens up to the exact spot you have opened and even overlays all your data--pretty neat

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:06 am

What I am looking for is detail like on these maps. I think it is second best to Google Map.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=1016&pvID=2303#

sipsey · Post by **sipsey** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:27 am

Boo---A cool thing about the Garmin map is that it works seamlessly with Google Earth--It has a simple "click on" feature that overlays google earth right over what you are viewing and overlays your waypoints, etc.

Phoenix_Tom · Post by **Phoenix_Tom** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:58 am

Boo wrote:What I am looking for is detail like on these maps. I think it is second best to Google Map.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=1016&pvID=2303#

If you zoom in and look at the maps https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID ... overageTab you will get a pretty good idea of what you'll see on the GPS once the topo is loaded. I just checked my hunting area and it's exactly as what I see on the GPS.

I'm not sure but the guys talking about overlaying Google Earth may be talking about the PC app. At least I've never seen a feature for downloading the Google Earth overlays to the GPS. That would be too cool! I use Google Earth to do desk scouting. One of my areas has 3G reception so I can use my iPhone GPS and Google Earth.

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:01 pm

Bushnell uses satellite images.
http://www.bushnell.com/products/gps/onix400/364000/

Phoenix_Tom · Post by **Phoenix_Tom** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:29 pm

Boo wrote:Bushnell uses satellite images.
http://www.bushnell.com/products/gps/onix400/364000/

Very cool. I hadn't heard that Bushnell was making these. It sounds like you've just volunteered to do a bush trial and review for us!

mikdor · Post by **mikdor** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:47 pm

Hi Boo
I have an etrex legend and am very impressed with the mnap detail the only thing I would like is more capacity. My buddy has the color model and he has 24 mega bytes of storage were I have 8 and the detail is comparable, and your not spending a fortune.
good luck
mikdor

warningshot · Post by **warningshot** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:45 am

over the years i have had the garmin 12 , garmin etrex legend and now the garmin so can't say anything good or bad about other brands ....currently i own the garmin 60c bought it a year after it came out ...great unit ....would definelty buy another...garmin service has been great as well ...hope this helps

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