Thu, 05 Mar 1998 12:40:44 +0100 - Message No. 2287
From: Martin Franz

Subject: Re: It may sound crazy but...


Jassas Phoebus !
> GPS
Thomas Born www.bridge.de/~tom/index.html has the best information
regarding Garmin products, GPS, software for GPS and so. I'm shure, you
will surf hours there :-))
Also Adrian has some info on his site (and already helped me :-)

As a GPS newby, I can give only few answers:

> I would like to know some prices of a good GPS system, and wich one you
> prefair. 
I have Garmin II Plus. I'm very impressed by this little device. BUT: I
still have no "real world" experience...just have it for three weeks.
I mount it on my bike with the bycicle holder (about 20 dollar) and
already made a 12Volt plug for it.

> Also, how about the possibility to download/upload betwin
> PC-GPS maps and waypoints, is it possible? 
Yes. There are freeware programs for that. There are also programs,
where you scan a map and then be able to define waypoints/routes via the
map.

> How? Is a normal serial
> connection enough, or do you need a special system?
Yes and no. The garmin plug is speciall (and expensive). you find a
cheap alternativ via Tom's pages (the ugliest connectors on world). You
get a raw Garmin plug for the price YOU want to pay...

> monney, but not in Greece.
I ordered mine in America. It is cheap there. But I bought a lot of
custom, so, in the end it turned out, that I saved nearly 0 schillings,
and guarantie is now also a problem.

regards, Martin
P.S. Micha and I found out, that the "blue" euro atlas greek map
(1:300.000) has a grid printed on, which resembles lat./long.   
PP.S. the GPS is for Africa !  Hear that, Mr. Sakis ? :-)

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