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Re: Gps
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2003 Feb 11, 18:58 EST
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2003 Feb 11, 18:58 EST
In a message dated 2/11/2003 6:46:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, j.colind@SYMPATICO.CA writes:
Gary, I am struck, however, that you’ve been looking at a single unit and haven’t really played with a selection of implementations.
As stated before, I have tried 5 different units. One of them was a Garmin product that was still on the shelf of a Boaters World store. Granted I wasn't familiar with all of the units input modes but telling the unit to go from Grand Rapids to Europe OR Japan resulted in only a rhumb line being displayed. The unit however was going to follow a Great Circle.
Gary Harkins C400 #140 "Cygnus"
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C400 National Association
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NRA Life Member
MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners)
JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)
Gary, I am struck, however, that you’ve been looking at a single unit and haven’t really played with a selection of implementations.
As stated before, I have tried 5 different units. One of them was a Garmin product that was still on the shelf of a Boaters World store. Granted I wasn't familiar with all of the units input modes but telling the unit to go from Grand Rapids to Europe OR Japan resulted in only a rhumb line being displayed. The unit however was going to follow a Great Circle.
Gary Harkins C400 #140 "Cygnus"
Website http://www.hometown.aol.com/htycgary/myhomepage/index.html
Harbour Towne Marina, Muskegon, Michigan Slip C-28
Harbour Towne Yacht Club, Life Member
C400 National Association
United States Power Squadrons-JN
NRA Life Member
MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners)
JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)