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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:59 pm 
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Any suggestions or tips on a good marine GPS unit? I would prefer a portable unit if possible.

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 Post subject: Re: GPS
PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:16 pm 
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I've got an Eagle Cuda 250i which is combined GPS and Fish Finder. Installed since 2006 and very happy with it. Has been superceded by the 350... http://www.eaglenav.com/Products/Fishfinders/CUDA-350-SMap/

These are actuaklly made by Lowrance I believe, but at a lower price-point. Work really well.

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 Post subject: Re: GPS
PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:45 pm 
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I have the Lowrance M68, which is both a GPS and fishfinder. It works great and have had it for 3 years with no problems at all. The unit on the left is the Lowrance X0G, which is even better. It's a combo auto GPS and a marine GPS. I bought the map chip for the Midwest and it contains all the depths for 1,000s of local lakes. It is very accurate and saved me a couple of times from running into a sandbar or other shallow areas. Since I can use if for driving directions, it's a unit I can use all year round. The only downside is the size of the screen. It's a little small and sometimes a little hard to read when underway going fast and bouncing around. But, at slow speeds, it's no problem at all to follow.

I didn't want to drill any mounting holes in my boat's hull, so I mounted the skimmer/transducer unit on the M68 to a suction GPS mount. I had to do a little trimming of the bracket to get it to fit just right, but as you can see, it worked well and saved drilling holes into the transom and/or having to leave the unit with the boat when I sold it. It held great and only fell off one-time while underway. I tied a lanyard on just in case.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:10 pm 
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The Garmin GPSMAP 431S is the perfect single station GPS and fishfinder for smaller inland lake boats. Complete with internal Antenna, pre-loaded maps and dual-beam fishfinder.


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:29 pm 
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There are many other units dashboard GPS available without a map. The unit is great, especially for the price. I did not pay much for a pioneering device that works so well! I had to buy cards and software, but it was so easy. ebay for iGO8 software and maps, and told them what I wanted, and they just send it by e-mail.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 3:21 pm 
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Did you read this thread?

The Benefit of a GPS System :

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 2:17 pm 
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the largest repository of Global Positioning System knowledge in India. You will find all information regarding GPS in India - if you seek to understand the technology, buy a gadget gps in India, use GPS to track your company or GPS training - you will find resources that we here.Note do not sell GPS devices or provide GPS services, but provide you with useful information and details of various companies and dealers that sell GPS products and services in India.

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