Originally Posted by
alcanoe
I enjoy having a GPS, but what makes it or breaks it for me is the software and not the harware. For $30.00/year, Delorme allows you to download an unlimited number of the detailed USGS 1:24K Quads. I must have over 60 by now and have about 8 months left on the first $30.00.
The modern receivers with the new chips do very well under thick tree-cover.
One question and it can be tough to answer, lots of these items have excellent, up to date, US maps, but go to a place outside the US and the maps leave a lot to be desired. I've heard of one unit, not sure which one, I don't have the article handy, that contained a map of a country in South America, where the map was based on a paper map from 1957....