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Wanderin around... |
DeLorme has been working hard for a long time now to produce their own handheld GPS receiver. First word of the DeLorme Earthmate GPS PN-20 came one year ago at CES and now a release is expected in mid-2006.
Might convince me to stop resetting my Magellan with the 3 finger salute and give them the 1 finger bye-bye wave... This message has been edited. Last edited by: sledgehampster, |
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Geocacher |
Cool.
I'm still looking for the holy grail...a unit that natively reads GPX files that are transferred to it via USB/serial. reepicheep |
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Oops.... |
Wow, that would definitely be the Holy Grail.
Happy Hunting!  -Amazingracer It's about who controls the information Marty! |
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. . . without a cache. |
Above quoted from a DeLorme forum. Given that the last couple of release dates have come and gone, I ain't holding my breath. Still, the ability to have satellite photos on the GPS is intriguing. --------------------- Live Well, Harm None |
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Geocacher |
This looks like a great unit. Now that we have another major player in the market the prices will come down to what they should be. I look forward to seeing the Earthmate GPS PN-20. It sounds like a 60 CS on steroids.
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Geocacher |
I've not really been excited by a GPS receiver except the one I'm currently using (a Magellan eXplorist 500), but I'm really lusting after this one. I'm going to try to hold out until I can get one a little cheaper, but I think I've got to have this one.
"Persistence overcomes stupidity." |
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Recovering Geocacher |
That does look like a nice GPS. I wish one of ya'all would go ahead and buy one quickly and bring it to the Saturday GGA meeting.
 I do like the choice of maps/sat views. I just have a few questions/concerns... How big is the screen? 176px X 220px means nothing to me. How many inches or mm is that? If it runs on it's own lithium ion batteries that are recharged via a special cradle, what happens when it dies in the woods. Will my regular AA batteries work too? I do like to see some competition in the market place to hopefully drive down costs, so it's great to have another player. ~erik~ |
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Neutiquam erro. |
Well the specs say
While it doesn't specificly say, I assume you can remove the Travel Power Kit and put the AA batteries in if the rechargeable die. -----  |
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Geocacher |
Erik - It says 2.2"...to make a quick comparison, the Garmin 60csx is 160px x 240 px....so the Delorme is a little wider and a litte shorter than the Garmin 60csx screen. This is a nice looking unit....too bad it was not out 8 months ago when I bought my garmin 60csx. I do like Delorme PC software much better than the Gamin software....especially since it is included! Jeff  |
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Geocacher |
Looks like it will accept a variety of batteries.
"Batteries The Earthmate GPS PN-20 is a battery-powered device. It can be powered by one rechargeable Lithium-ion battery or two AA batteries (NiCd, NiMH, alkaline, or lithium). Two AA batteries and the Travel Power Kit are included." |
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. . . without a cache. |
It's kinda tricky finding one's way to the DeLorme forum.
Here ya go. --------------------- Live Well, Harm None |
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I uncovered a bug with the GPS and reported it to DeLorme and they're working on it.
It was a little thing like the diplay that pointed to the waypoint pointing between 180 to 90 degrees off and the distance increasing as one got closer. Such a small issue for a geocacher, eh? --------------------- Live Well, Harm None |
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Wanderin around... |
I saw that Rebel. Great how DeLorme is involved in the forums there. Would settle for Magellan just answering an email once in a while.
 Am hoping to move up to PN-20. By the time I get the $$$ the bugs should be worked out. |
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They fixed the bug! Five days from reporting of the bug to it being fixed. Not too shabby.
 --------------------- Live Well, Harm None |
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Beware the Thorns! |
not shabby at all - maybe it's time to look a little more seriously at it
T1 |
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. . . without a cache. |
I've been playing around with the device and so far I kinda like it. The software will directly read the GPX files from GC.COM, I filter them through GSAK to customize it a bit.
For instance, I modify the waypoint name to include the GSAK smartname as well as the GC#:  I also include the cache hint in the description of the waypoint:  So far so good. --------------------- Live Well, Harm None |
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Geocacher |
I just ordered mine. We'll see in 2 to 4 business days.
"Persistence overcomes stupidity." |
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I'm not sure why I didn't see your posting earlier. Am very sorry we didn't hookup at the chili cookoff to discuss.
You're in for a treat. It's a very nice device. --------------------- Live Well, Harm None |
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Geocacher |
The fault is mine, Rebel - mertat and I were anxious to hit the road and do some caching, so we bugged out pretty quickly.
Don't know what I think yet about the PN-20; I'm still pretty low on the learning curve. I was surprised to find that Delorme is still shipping units with the "wrong way" bug you described, as I found when I hunted my first cache with it after work yesterday. But the firmware patch was easy to find and download. I'm certainly impressed that it can acquire satellites from inside my house - even in a windowless hallway. Not quite sure how it manages that, but it makes me think it make perform pretty well in heavy tree cover. "Persistence overcomes stupidity." |
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