copperhead Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I'm looking for a GPS that I can use while offroading, mainly so that I can find trails (mostly local township roads) and mark where they are at so I can find them later. I found a good deal on this: http://www.garmin.com/products/iQue3600/# It's a Garmin iQue 3600, which is also a PDA (something else I've been thinking about buying). Should I get it, or would something else be better suited for what I'm looking for, and worry about a PDA later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Well, you'll be getting a free Blackberry 7200 in a couple days, so the PDA part is covered man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Are you flying solo, or going with a group? I had good luck with the rino line when I was deployed, they are prety damn ruged, and having the 2 way that you can boradcast your position with is handy. Battery life leaves a little to be desired, but we where getting ~8 hours on a set of batteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 check out hackaday, you can build your own high quality GPS for cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 check out hackaday, you can build your own high quality GPS for cheap. Well, aren't you just the Bob Vila of gadgets! You're building projectors and GPS recievers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTHER91 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 jason please tell you arnt sending messages on here to someone who is in the next room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 jason please tell you arnt sending messages on here to someone who is in the next room What's great is that he had even said that to me in person before making that post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 What's great is that he had even said that to me in person before making that post. Actually, I made the post first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 There aren't many GPS unit you can buy with the roads we run on them. You'll have to make sure you can buy software for it to include those roads. They are getting better every day though so maybe there are some nice ones out now. The next one I'll buy will probably be one of those PC bases units that are basically an antenne that connects to your laptop or PDA. That will enable you to use alot of different software to track your position. Those antenne also provide the best signal in the type of terrain you see in ohio. We're about to go into vinton county and do a full survey of the roads there. Theres a huge dispute going on down there now that may cause some trouble for our next novice ride, but we're working on it early. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTHER91 Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Lmao Nerd Alert Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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