Article: 105637 of sci.geo.satellite-nav NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 18:01:06 -0600 From: "Louis Cohen" Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: G60CS First Impression Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:01:01 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.160.198.77 X-Trace: sv3-mu9HY3vDXU19hYdGdu8bz93dZAiA2/dDWZkaaJyoZDpUOLrMcAe3OdJ9cjuUBsCiryikCzZtk8x5PXs!pyAWiH8JjWMg/uQHTCAi/Q8SCPoVBky5FcDhO/D0je64mtC1nJx64/VR1lDfBA== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!peer1.stngva01.us.to.verio.net!news.verio.net!news.glorb.com!newsfeed3.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!border1.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:105637 Good - Calculates auto routes much faster than the G-V; 45 sec vs 3-5 minutes for a best route of 100 miles in urban areas with many reasonable alternatives - Lighter and smaller than the G-V - USB map downloads are much faster - 3 minutes vs 20+, for 3 times the map data. Not So Good - Lacks the G-V stored settings for data fields while navigating and not navigating; this is mitigated somewhat because I can go from 3 fields for non-nav to 4 fields for navigating and get my choices that way - With 4 data fields and guidance text on, there aren't many pixels left for the map. The G-V's higher screen resolution was nice here. I guess I can get used to navigating in the car with the small map; the data fields (distance to next and pointer) and the guidance text are the critical parts for navigating, for me, anyway. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Louis Cohen Living la vida loca at N37° 43' 7.9" W122° 8' 42.8"