Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: GPS :: Anybody use the Garmin GPSMAP 62s?
|
Author | Message Text | ||
Frenchy19 |
|
||
Corsair |
|
||
Frenchy19 |
|
||
Corsair |
I love my GPS, won't go without it. |
||
Frenchy19 |
Red Pine Mapping |
||
schweady |
|
||
schweady |
|
||
butthead |
quote Sylbill: "Could someone that has purchased the Red Pine Mapping software comment as to how good it is. Would you buy it again for a trip to Quetico? I plan on purchasing a Garmin 62s or 62st in the near future." scroll down to find a link to screenshots butthead |
||
Sylbill |
|
||
butthead |
Lots of info and discussion on Garmin and other GPS units. butthead |
||
nctry |
quote Frenchy19: "Red Pine Mapping has a BWCA/Quetico product that is reasonably priced ($59.95). It is currently available for PC users, and according to an email I just received from the company, there will be a Mac version available in late February. I'm thinking of trying that... I don't use my GPS in the BW. But I might if I had something very detailed. |
||
TMakela |
Had the Vista HCX. Had to replace it... Lost the thing. The guy at the kiosk pointed the 62s out to me, and I thought hard about it and left with it. By and large I didn't feel I 'needed' the larger screen, the added internal memory or the faster drawing (not mentioned in the handout) but end up coughing up for it. I have heard that the model I had was being discontinued. My initial review after loading up my past tracks, waypoints and points of interest and playing with it is that it is a step up. It seems to initialize and locate position faster than my previous model. The menus have largely stayed the same. Most features seem to be the same as well. There are some added features but ones that I may not use, pictures asigned to waypoints for one... Seems like a lot of extra work but it could be a long winter. The zooming and panning around does appear to refresh faster. So far happy with it. Now to get lost... |
||
schweady |
(See my earlier post asking about the Oregon 450 for the reasons that I'm dumping my ExpeditionC. I've already found multiple sources for suggestions/fixes, none work.) Who has opinions on the GPSMAP 62s? Happy with the display? With the mapping features? I'm not sure if I'd go with the 62s or the 62st, and confused by which of the many add-on mapping features make the most sense to drop $$ on, including topography DVDs or microchips. I'm familiar with LakeMaster and Navionics cards for lake depth mapping, and adding the LakeMaster microchip to the 62s seems like a given, really enjoying having that in my ExpeditionC. (I do believe, however, that I'll need to download BWCA campsite and portage info, as that is absent on the Garmin LakeMaster chip... where's the best source for that?) I probably would have just sprung for the 62s (or some Garmin unit...) already, except for the many questions brought up by the very different interface. That, and the ExpeditionC keeps teasing me with flawless performance on occasion. (Just yesterday on the bike trails, however, it showed its impossible side and I am back to shopping.) Thoughts? |
||
TMakela |
There's a ton of stuff I'm looking at doing with all the POI's and everything else as well. Winter downtime putzing projects. With all of the information available out there I'm glad I did pick up a unit more accommodating. I 'liked' the Vista HCX but this was a move in the right direction. |