[TowerTalk] GPS receivers

[Alan C. Zack]

One thing I have found in using my Magellan 300 is I had thought I 
could use it to point to true North for me.  But it seems it will only 
  point to North while you are in motion, it won't when you are 
standing still.  How does the Garmin handle this?

Michael Urich wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 07:02:17 -0600, Gerry Smith <w6ter at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>A friend who is a real outdoor type and a kayaking instructor swears by
>>Garmin. He thinks Magellan is junk, by the way.
> 
> 
> Mike wrote
> 
> I don't disagree that Garmin is by far is a better unit than the
> Magellan.  I however don't consider the Magellan to be junk.  I've
> compared my Magellan against Garmins three times the cost and they had
> the same Lat-Lon down to the 5th decimal place and +/- 5 meters <16
> feet> of elevation.

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