Garmin 596 Ideas

"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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Paul Tomblin wrote:
In a previous article, john smith said:
Here are a few suggestions for the future Garmin GPS-596...
- flat panel package, one-inch thick (max, including battery)
- replaceable Li-ion battery pack; optional AA battery pack
- a five-inch diagonal screen (as on the 530)
- landscape or portrait viewing select
- XM weather and radio
- higher resolution
- faster processor
- ability to download text (NOTAM's, weather)

- geo-referenced approach plates

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The Garmin 430/530 already displays your position with respect to the
approach course, so I am not sure if georeferencing an actual approach
chart would be worth the extra trouble. What would be useful is to show
the stepdown altitude for each segment. Obviously this information is
available in the database, but I don't know why they chose not to
display it.

This had something to do with lack of WAAS approval.

Al G