When reviewing automotive gps navigation models I firmly believe in offering real world reviews and not some canned “always positive, never touched it” gps review. Saying that i would like to offer you the reader a mini review & first hand gift giving experience of a fantastic easy to use automotive gps.
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Streets can oftentimes be confusing especially when the landmarks of a number of street corners basically look the same. Would it be great if you have an automotive handheld GPS system? But what is GPS, anyway?
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I have gotten the above answer asked about a million times and have answered it abo
ut a million times. “What is the difference between the GPSMAP 496 and the GPSMAP 396?†Just today I thought that hey maybe its a good idea to write up the differences on the site to clear up any confusion anyone may have. I consider both GPS units as top notch aviation units. You really cant go wrong with either one.
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I have been involved with aircraft and avionics for many years. It just so happend that right when i got involved with
avionics the latest and greatest were the new “handheld aviation gps’s”. One of the things many people have problems with the unit is how to operate them.
Many pilots say that “the same button does a million different things, its too confusing!” Of those people many think that its crazy not to have a touch screen as the user interface rather than a bunch of buttons that seemly do some many different things.
My question to you is: Does a touch screen gps seem more of a advantage or a disadvantage and for that matter does a touch screen anything belong in a Aircraft?
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Due to national budget cuts, Nationwide Differential GPS maybe be no longer available! According to GPSWorld, National Differential GPS (NDGPS) is endangered and not offered anymore. Read more here! Dont worry all your handheld Gps’s will still work!