Howdy

Geek · 01-04-2007, 7:26 AM

Hey gang,

Z here. I own a Garmin GPS V. It has served me well over the last 4-5 years that I've owned it. I've been meaning to upgrade to something with a little more memory but I haven't had a dire need for it as of yet.

Max · 01-04-2007, 5:42 PM

You never have a dire need for that which you do not have unless you already have it, did that make sense?

I bought a 60csx and immediately got a 1 gig card for it. It's nice for my insanely set tracklogs and loading most of the flightpaths whenever I travel...but if I all I did was local travel yeah, the internal memory would probably suffice.

But the V isn't autorouting right? ...you need some memory for the NT8 maps.

Geek · 01-05-2007, 4:33 PM

It has the autorouting, but it only has 19mb of memory

Not much by a longshot. But then again, I wouldn't want to load gigs of map data over a serial connection anyway.

It's really meant to be more of a personal GPS for backpacking and stuff.

Andy · 01-05-2007, 9:02 PM

The 76S I have is the same way. 24 meg of memory (not autorouting though). Depending on the version of Mapsource, I could load all of California, or just a few sections. Garmin's US Roads and Recreation software fits all of California in less than 24 meg. It doesn't have all the POIs of City Navigator or Metroguide, but has the roads.

01-04-2007, 7:26 AM	#1
Geek Join Date: Jan 01 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 28	Howdy Hey gang, Z here. I own a Garmin GPS V. It has served me well over the last 4-5 years that I've owned it. I've been meaning to upgrade to something with a little more memory but I haven't had a dire need for it as of yet.

01-04-2007, 5:42 PM	#2
Max 'tis the season for seat time Join Date: Dec 28 2006 Location: Near Boston, Ma. Posts: 873 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Howdy You never have a dire need for that which you do not have unless you already have it, did that make sense? I bought a 60csx and immediately got a 1 gig card for it. It's nice for my insanely set tracklogs and loading most of the flightpaths whenever I travel...but if I all I did was local travel yeah, the internal memory would probably suffice. But the V isn't autorouting right? ...you need some memory for the NT8 maps.

01-05-2007, 4:33 PM	#3
Geek Join Date: Jan 01 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 28	Re: Howdy It has the autorouting, but it only has 19mb of memory Not much by a longshot. But then again, I wouldn't want to load gigs of map data over a serial connection anyway. It's really meant to be more of a personal GPS for backpacking and stuff. __________________ OS X

01-05-2007, 9:02 PM	#4
Andy Survey Says? Join Date: Dec 29 2006 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 532	Re: Howdy The 76S I have is the same way. 24 meg of memory (not autorouting though). Depending on the version of Mapsource, I could load all of California, or just a few sections. Garmin's US Roads and Recreation software fits all of California in less than 24 meg. It doesn't have all the POIs of City Navigator or Metroguide, but has the roads.