Article 47660 of sci.geo.satellite-nav: Path: matra.meer.net!news1.best.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!europa.clark.net!4.1.16.34!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!204.71.76.137!news.campus.mci.net!n-f-m From: Jack Yeazel Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Garmin 2+ or III ? Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 21:04:43 -0400 Organization: Un-organized Lines: 42 Message-ID: <3435962B.1F92@peachnet.campus.MCI.net> References: <34397d34.2908139@news.csrlink.net> Reply-To: river5@peachnet.campus.MCI.net NNTP-Posting-Host: s08-pm09.atlanta.campus.mci.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------2FFCC0191B" X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) To: GPSer Xref: matra.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:47660 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2FFCC0191B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit GPSer wrote: > > I am considering purchasing a Garmin for longer road trips. I have a laptop with SA 4.0 and AAAMap and Go. Both GPS compatible. It sounds the the maps on the III aren't all that wonderful or detailed. Other than maps (which I can get off my laptop) is there any other advantage to the III model? Thanks for your opinion. --------------2FFCC0191B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Garmin3.fea" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Garmin3.fea" G-III Ver. 2.00 features added to G-II+ Ver. 2.04 features: NOTE: Some features such as MOB and MARK are activated with LONG keystrokes Highway-water-railroad maps of Western Hemisphere countries (or rest of the world in international version) Map has seven levels of detail Map jumps to any selected Waypoint 100x160 pixil screen instead of 60x100 Four shades of grey screen scale 3-D navigation display with or without waypoint signs 1900 active trackpoints Store ten compressed tracklogs User-selectible fields on most pages 46 Symbol Icons (some count 45) Battery and user timers Routes displayed in alphabetical order Create Route by clicking on Waypoints Pan keys available after jumping map to a Routepoint Lighted keys G-II+ Ver. 2.04 features lacking in G-III Ver. 2.00 Ghanging position Lat/Long or UTM in Simulator mode not possible Pan Keys are disabled after jumping map to a Waypoint Automatic Route creation with the MARK function is not available Only 10-hour battery life  --------------2FFCC0191B--