I have questions about GPS hand held devices before I buy one?
We go hikeing repeling, and caveing in the spring and summer we always take our cell phones but what about a GPS device? We have never owned one before but are looking to purchase one. Do they require service like a cell phone where you have to pay a monthly charge? We need something with North Georgia topo maps are the maps already on them or will we have to down load them? My questions may sound like Im stupid but I have no experiace with these divices! I need a hand held one any suggestions on which one I should purchase and how much it will cost me?
I have always liked Garmin and after you buy it the only thing else you need to get for it is updated maps. So when you purchase one make sure that you have one with preloaded maps or at least a disc so you can put in maps. But they run off of satellites. A Garmin Rhino is pretty cool because it also has the 2 way walkie-talkie in with it and if there are other people around you with one you can put in there information and it will show you where their location is if it is in within a certain area. I think it will run you within the 200 dollar range. Good Luck
I'm in the market for a hand-held GPS. Does it require any softwear to install? I hope not.?
I've looked at dozens of different GPS via websites but none say anything about having to download infomration to the GPS via the computer. I'm not very computer literate, so I'm hoping the computer is not necessary. Thank you.
The average hand-held GPS, for hiking and the like, don't require any software installation. Turn them on and let them acquire the satellites. I would recommend one that has at least basic maps rather than just puts up a breadcrumb trail on a otherwise blank screen. I do think Garmin is one of the better units.