I received a handheld Magellan Meridian Color GPS for Christmas. How
good a GPS is this for aviation purposes? Are there any accessories or
software/database packages that are aviation related and suitable for
use with this GPS unit?

Thanks.

Magellan (motto: "Where you go, we go") apparently does not think we go into
the air.

>I received a handheld Magellan Meridian Color GPS for Christmas. How
>good a GPS is this for aviation purposes? Are there any accessories or
>software/database packages that are aviation related and suitable for
>use with this GPS unit?
>

If it has a patch cord for use with a PC, you can probably adapt it. I
use a Garmin III Plus this way. See my page at
www.pipercubforum.com/garmin.htm


all the best -- Dan Ford
email:

see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com
and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com

You can use it to drive another system such as a PDA using
ControlVision software. May not be your preferred answer but it is
worth looking into.

Ron Lee

CJ – I was afraid of that, but thanks for the answer.

Dan – It has a patch cord, but I think the problem is going to be
getting a worthwhile database into the unit. I'll take a closer look
at your web page. Thanks for the help.

Ron – This sounds like the best option – and my wife just got a color
Palm. Are there aviation systems for the Palm?

(Ace Pilot) wrote:
>
>Ron – This sounds like the best option – and my wife just got a color
>Palm. Are there aviation systems for the Palm?

Most likely. go to www.google.com and perform an advanced search with
these three words palm aviation gps to get a start

One site listed is here: http://www.palmaviation.com/software.htm

Ron Lee

Here is another good link

http://www.palmflying.com/navigate.html

Ron Lee

This looks neat too:

http://www.palmflying.com/palmefmm.html

Ron Lee

You can try this,

http://home.stny.rr.com/bkw/315/

it is designed for Magellan 315s but it might work with the meridian


"Ace Pilot" > wrote in message
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> I received a handheld Magellan Meridian Color GPS for Christmas. How
> good a GPS is this for aviation purposes? Are there any accessories or
> software/database packages that are aviation related and suitable for
> use with this GPS unit?
>
> Thanks.