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Marine gps recomendations, please

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dj

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GPS newbie, here.

I wish to purchase a gps unit for my boat. I will be fishing
in/around Green Bay, WI, Sturgeon Bay, WI, and Western Lake Michigan.
I would like to have an image of the lake (Lake Michigan) on the
screen with depth markings and contours and other marine markings. I
would like to be able to mark fishing hot spots for later retrieval
and return visits. The boat is an aluminum cuddy walkaround and has a
hardtop. If a handheld could satisfy the above needs, it would add the
benefit of taking it on infrequent trips to Canada when I go fly-in
fishing. Though, the main use would be as a fixed unit on the boat.

Please offer hardware recs and software recs if the base map of the
unit does not offer depth marking details.

Street mapping and aviation fun features will likely not be utilized.

Lowest total cost (hardware/software) is a prime consideration for
this, essentially, single application device.

Thank you.

Dan
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Sam Wormley

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Try: http://www.trimble.com/products/catalog/marine/nt300d.htm
http://www.trimble.com/products/pdf/nt300d.pdf
http://www.trimble.com/products/pd_mr.htm

Andrew Kalinowski the GPS Nut

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Apr 9, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/9/00
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From handhelds, they are two reasonably priced options I know of:

Lowrance GlobalMap 100 + interface cable + Navionics Echart chart (see
review on our website)

Magellan Map 410 + interface cable + MapSend CD Marine (C-Map NT Compact
chart)
Review of the Map 410 should be posted on our website by the end of the
week. A review of the MapSend will follow in couple of weeks.


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"dj" <djmail@no_spam_pipeline.com> wrote in message
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> GPS newbie, here.
>
> I wish to purchase a gps unit for my boat. I will be fishing
> in/around Green Bay, WI, Sturgeon Bay, WI, and Western Lake Michigan.
> I would like to have an image of the lake (Lake Michigan) on the
> screen with depth markings and contours and other marine markings. I
> would like to be able to mark fishing hot spots for later retrieval
> and return visits. The boat is an aluminum cuddy walkaround and has a
> hardtop. If a handheld could satisfy the above needs, it would add the
> benefit of taking it on infrequent trips to Canada when I go fly-in
> fishing. Though, the main use would be as a fixed unit on the boat.
>
> Please offer hardware recs and software recs if the base map of the
> unit does not offer depth marking details.
>
> Street mapping and aviation fun features will likely not be utilized.
>
> Lowest total cost (hardware/software) is a prime consideration for
> this, essentially, single application device.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Dan
> djmail_no_spam@no_spam_pipeline.com
>
>

dj

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Apr 9, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/9/00
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Thanks for the info. I will be looking for the review.

Dan


On Sun, 9 Apr 2000 14:28:44 -0400, "Andrew Kalinowski the GPS Nut"
<And...@gpsnuts.com> wrote:

>From handhelds, they are two reasonably priced options I know of:
>
>Lowrance GlobalMap 100 + interface cable + Navionics Echart chart (see
>review on our website)
>
>Magellan Map 410 + interface cable + MapSend CD Marine (C-Map NT Compact
>chart)
>Review of the Map 410 should be posted on our website by the end of the
>week. A review of the MapSend will follow in couple of weeks.

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