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Re: [ST] Garmin 2610 vs 276C and mounts



In your message regarding [ST] Garmin 2610 vs 276C and mounts dated Sun,
31 Jul 2005 12:36:24 -0400, Rupert Galea said that ...

>RG- I have been looking at GPS units.
>RG-
>RG- The 276C seems to be better in every way (much nice screen, can run on
>RG- battery) EXCEPT it cannot take regular compact flash cards so you are
>RG- stuck with an expensive Garmin 256MB card. Whereas with the 2610 you
>RG- can put a cheap 2GB card in and have all the maps for the US.
>RG-
>RG- Does anyone have any experience with these? What are people using for mounts?
>RG- Rupert

276C

http://www.sprint-st.org/gps.html


Now with temperature data logging ;-)

http://www.sprint-st.org/tours/spain_2005_index.html#Temperature

A 256MB data card will hold sufficient maps for a 4000 mile trip around
Europe*, alternatively the whole of Spain and Portugal takes 122MB, the
whole of UK & Eire 166MB.

I suspect that road density is higher in Europe than in most parts of the
US (except major cities) and thus the overhead on memory per square mile
is probably higher in Europe.

Anyone in the US with MapSource and City Select should be able to tell us
what that memory requirement is for parts of the US.  Impressive as the ST
is I doubt you would be covering the whole of the US in one trip ;-)


--
Mike Bostock
http://www.toothfairy.co.uk/
Wales & SW ST Riders
http://www.sprint-st.org/

'99 Red ST





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