Now your past has caught my interest... I did some searching and came
across a site... What do you think of this:

http://www.cockpitgps.com/data/

It looks like this guy has made a database to add into the ifinder for
all airports and navigation points. Very interesting... Might just do
the for 25% the cost. What to user defined waypoints show up as on
the screen? Can you make a special graphic for it?

i'm sold on lowrance. for about 150$ they'll sell you an ifinder trail
model moving map gps (i've got one) that will get you from here to
there and back again just fine. altitude and ground speed included and
the electronic guts are the same as the big boys. hang it from the air
vent in a 172. it does not have the avaition map database but you do
have a current sectional, don't you? it's even got a "nearest airport"
feature. i finally bought a 1000 to get more avaition information but
really, the 1finder (same case and guts as the 500) is just a great
little machine.


dan


Mike Alexander
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
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