Aviation+Street GPS

Charles Talleyrand wrote:


A Garmin GPSMAP 96 with the MapSource CD-ROM. It runs 375+99= $474.
This is not the color unit and only has 13M available for street
data. I have no idea if this is enough. And the screen is small.
But it's a Garmin, which means the interface is liked by me.


That's not nearly enough memory. I know what it took for the PDA with
those other two programs. So when I got the 296 I had to buy a memory
card, I bought the biggest one Garmin offered, 512MB. The price was
terrible but whaddyer gonna do? I was taking a trip so I downloaded the
entire states of Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota and Minnesota.
That was about 36 MB. So if the 96 doesn't have a memory card option
it won't work.



A reconditioned Garmin GPS Pilot III for about $300, and any street
gps for another $300. Total $600. The screens will be larger.

The Pilot III screen is the same size as the 96 screen. I've had them both.

In a previous article, Newps said:
those other two programs. So when I got the 296 I had to buy a memory
card, I bought the biggest one Garmin offered, 512MB. The price was
terrible but whaddyer gonna do? I was taking a trip so I downloaded the
entire states of Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota and Minnesota.
That was about 36 MB. So if the 96 doesn't have a memory card option
it won't work.

My 296 has a 256Mb memory card and I'll curse Garmin to my dying days for
not using a standard memory form factor like SD or CF. Putting in detail
maps for the entire drive from Rochester NY to Oshkosh fills it up.

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