03-17-2003, 05:24 AM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I think everything you're saying is true but the nice thing about having the map on the screen is if you know where you are supposed to be going, you can turn on your GPS and use the directional arrow to get you there without having to have a way point. [/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]For example, we were on the east side of Fish Lake in a whiteout storm. We hadn't set a way point back to the parking lot at the Fish Lake Lodge but we were still able to go directly back to the Fish Lake Lodge because we had the map on the GPS that showed it and the directional arrow to guide us. [/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I've had both kinds and I definitely wouldn't go back to a GPS without mapping. JMO...[/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]For example, we were on the east side of Fish Lake in a whiteout storm. We hadn't set a way point back to the parking lot at the Fish Lake Lodge but we were still able to go directly back to the Fish Lake Lodge because we had the map on the GPS that showed it and the directional arrow to guide us. [/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]I've had both kinds and I definitely wouldn't go back to a GPS without mapping. JMO...[/size][/font]
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