Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:22:30 +0100 - Message No. 2770
From: Philip_ROBERTSON@paribas.com

Subject: Re: Hand held GPS units


Pete, Hi

I got a GPS 38 about 2 years ago - sounds like the prices may have come
down a bit since then - I paid £175 from Kelvin Hughes the boat chandler in
London.

I don't think you can get a handlerbar mount for it because that seems to
come with the later models. I'd be interested if there is one though.

I'm not a great expert - I used it in Iceland and northern Scotland - I
think I would use it more if I had it mounted properly but it was only in
the featurless landscapes and large distances between gas stations where I
needed(?) it. You still need a map and direction finding capability is a
bit limited as you really need to be moving to judge direction accurately.
I don't find the waypoint facility that useful as measurement is really for
straight line routes. A useful gadget on the ferry though :-).

In summary I navigate with a map and if I need to know exactly where I am
on the map like when I switch to reserve or I'm off the track then I use
the GPS.

Phil
I heard something about date-rollover problems with GPS actually sometime
in Aug 1999 rather than 2000. I don't know how true this is.



dipper@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de