> The particular software I use allows saving of the 'trip' which can be > played back in real time or faster or slower. This allows notes to be > taken while you are sitting at home. And yes a coordinate is a > coordinate no matter where it comes from so is usable by anyone. For > instance my location is 44.19:84809N 87:37.37153W. Brrr. Cold country. I'm at 29 55.594N 95 34.872W I'm impressed with the accuracy of your unit (09 & 53). How close can you get with your unit? > My unit uses 4 aa cells and is good for about 4 hours. My Magellan Meridian uses two AA cells and is good for about 20 hours. > The unit is > just a receiver with no read out of it's own so the laptop is a > necessity. No longer. While the unit is, in fact, a receiver, the new ones have built in displays (mine is 1.75 inches wide by 2.25 in high) so they are self contained. > I would guess some one makes a GPS receiver with a direct > read out in coordinates but I haven't seen one. Even better, with compasses, maps, bearing, speed, ETA and Avg Speed indicators. > Won't go into the collision I had with an apple tree while watching my > progress on the laptop while walking around in the back yard. Yep, been there myself. I stepped in a nasty hole because I wasn't watching where I was going and had to limp out almost a quarter mile on a twisted anke.