Sun, 08 Mar 1998 01:57:57 +0100 - Message No. 2315
From: Adrian Burkert

Subject: All about GPS and Waypoints


As many of you seem to be in GPS hysteria (xe xe ;-) ) ....

... the most complete GARMIN GPS Site in Europe is Thomas Born's (ATiC 003)
Garminhomepage !

This can be found at: http://www.bridge.de/~tom/index.html

You'll find everything about Soft- and Hardware features of the differnt
models, screenshots, firmware revisions, a review for the good interface
programs for your PC and a lot of information about GPS in general.

See also
ftp://ftp-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/arnd/GPS/peter/index.html for
GPS software !

Or just check the GPS newsgroups archives !

If you have questions for Garmin GPS don't forget to ask the guys at
www.garmin.com - they have a good customer support.

Just to mention there are also other manufacturers as Magellan, Eagle,
Trimble ... as I am not in any way trying to make this a commercial for
Garmin :-)) 

Some info about the GARMIN GPS III software: the map for Europe is in my
opinion not worth the price over here in Europe !!! Garmin won't sell you
an international version in the states (I called them directly in Olathe,
Kansas). But the new software is still worth a tought ... (I don't know
which one to buy either yet)

If you are looking for waypoints in any country try
http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html GEOnet at NIMA for waypoints at
about 1/4mile / 300m accuracy for about 90% of all waypoints (don't use
these when crossing a desert !!!)

If you have technical questions on GPS technology you can also contact me.


Greets Adi

[second navigation lt. MS ATiCa ;-)) cu guys in greece]
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Adrian Burkert  Aathal, Switzerland
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