I have a terrible sense of direction too: heck I got lost on my flight check
ride!!!!! (Capn' Bob's gonna LOVE that!). But a GPS without a map database is
worthless; you aren't going to want to enter coordinates!! I haven't seen any
of the new handhelds, but some of the older ones didn't have maps. Make sure,
of course, to get one that has maps that you can use, too. A road map ain't
much good in the woods, and a topo ain't much good on the road.
I did rent a car last year that had a talking GPS map. You entered in your
destination and it told you what to do. It worked great, but the voice was a
very annoying female voice, and it actually got agitated sounding when I made
wrong turns!!! Croikey, it was like driving with me wife!!! Did I just say
that?
Geoff "WrongWay" Branch
----- Original Message -----
From "Rick Fisk" <refisk at chartermi.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: GPS Questions - No LBC
> A friend of mine has a terrible sense of direction. He bought a handheld
> Magellan GPS unit to use when he went deer hunting in the northern woods of
> Michigan. He lost the GPS unit in the woods. LOL
>
> Rick
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