Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information