richardtb Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Hello all, I've been looking for a gps handheld unit to use for hiking and mountain biking. I also want to be able to connect it to a computer I have in my car. I will be using MS Mappoint to do real time tracking of my route which will be displayed on a vga screen mounted to my dash. While doing research I came across this site which sounds like it could be alot of fun. My question is what would be the best unit to get for under $200 which would meet my needs. I was thinking the etrex legend or the Magellan Meridian Gold. Has anyone hooked either of these up to a laptop or something in their car to track their progress with similar software? How did it work? Quote Link to comment
ckhd Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 I vote for the Meridian Gold. I have Meridian Platinum, which is almost the same as a gold. I have hooked it to my laptop and have done realtime tracking in Delorme TopoUSA and in USA Photomaps. I haven't tried it in Mapsend Topo yet, but I'm sure it can be done. Make sure you get the cig/data cable if you are using it in your car, it will save you a bundle in batteries, just buy it from Best Buy or somewhere that isn't going to charge you the full on 40 something dollars for it. my 2¢ Quote Link to comment
ckhd Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Oh, I dind't answer how well it worked hooking it to a laptop. In Delorme, it was great. Spot on. In USA Photomaps, the sofware will put a dot accoring to a grid. When you go down a road that is running, say, NE/SW, it will plot zig-zag dots down the road. Nothing to do with the GPS, just limitations in the software. Quote Link to comment
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