[pct-l] Which GPS should I buy? (Jim Cribari)

[Halfmile]

As BillB said, the Garmin 24K maps are DVD are a good way to go:
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=35407&pvID=36718
Amazon usually has a good price on this DVD.

You will need a microSD card for your Etrex. I suggest you get a 4 GB
once since they cost so little these days.

You will also want Garmin's free POI loader software:
http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/

WIth POI loader you can easily load 6,600 of my PCT waypoints. If you
really don't want to buy maps for your GPS you can just load my free
waypoints and navigate with them. It's a pretty elegant solution when
used with my free printable maps from www.pctmap.net although I like
having the 24K maps loaded.

-Halfmile



On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote:
> Just was checking our Magellan's website. Seems with the Magellans also you
> must buy maps from Magellan or perhaps AccuTerra. not much better.  bummer!
>
> guess I'm stuck waiting until someone makes third party maps available. I'm
> not holding my breath. ;-)
>
> Tortoise
>
> <> Because truth matters! <>
>
> On 05/27/10 17:52, Tortoise wrote:
>> I bought a Garmin etrex vista HCx.
>> It seems to be accurate as GPSs go. The sensitivity is good so it works
>> under tall redwood trees. It is also light weight.
>> For hiking, the preloaded basemaps are almost useless -- it will show major
>> roads but nothing else.
>> I find the menu structure confusing and somewhat illogical.
>>
>> The big negative is that one can only load Garmin supplied maps. If you
>> think you may want to load topos or other maps, then I would NOT buy
>> Garmin. On some of the other series, the Garmin web site indicates there is
>> some way to create custom maps but my brief look indicates this process
>> could be difficult.
>>
>>
>> Tortoise