Posted by John Collins on August 31, 19101 at 14:24:24:
In Reply to: Re: GPS: Garmin or DeLorme? posted by Guy Zachary on August 27, 19101 at 21:55:04:
My father travels with a laptop running Delorme with the Delorme Earthmate receiver. It's very accurate, easy-to-use.
I don't have a laptop, but I do run Delorme's Palm software (Solus) with the same Earthmate receiver (and a connector to fit the Palm). The Palm version is an improvement over nothing, but it definitely lacks the power and changeability of the laptop-run version.
We've used the Delorme (laptop) for some ghost-towning. It worked well, although it doesn't know all the secondary roads. It took us off a bladed road onto a rougher road in Nevada. After a few minutes, we ran back into the bladed road.
I'm strongly in favor of Delorme, not knowing too much about Garmin. I've used a handheld version without maps, and not had much success.
Good to know other ghost-towners are getting into GPS.