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Subject: [Leica] my camera bag is getting BIGGER! -- GPS advice
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Mon May 22 13:09:37 2006
References: <86070F417851ED468663EC5459FC8A0513FF@EXCHANGE.asc.local>

Garmin promises to have MAC compatibility by the end of the year. So  
I'd shop Garmin. Their newest models are getting rave reviews from  
macophyles at tidbits.com

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george@imagist.com



On May 22, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> okay -- for reasons that hopefully i'll be able to talk about in the
> weeks ahead in more detail (though those of you who are shrewd will
> probably figure it out without too much trouble), i'm driving across
> america this summer stopping in various places to do a series of
> portraits. i'm thinking that i might want to get a GPS to make
> navigating between all these places easier (i'll be stopping in 16
> cities and probably taking two, maybe three portraits in each).
>
> my thoughts:
>
> 1) i'd like a gps that interfaces with my laptop, since i'll be  
> bringing
> a laptop to store my, er, film, on. it's a mac g4.
>
> 2) after this trip i probably won't use the GPS for ANYTHING  except
> geo caching snickers bars. -- i don't own a car.
>
> so ... i'd like a handheld unit, it doesn't need intergal maps, but
> interfacing to a laptop with mapping is essential. and since i'm not
> going to use it much afterwards, cheap is good, used is good ....
> renting might not be bad ....
>
> any advice on what to get?
>
> kyle
>
>
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