Posted by Guy and Zachary on August 31, 19101 at 21:33:59:
In Reply to: Re: GPS: Garmin or DeLorme? posted by John Collins on August 31, 19101 at 14:24:24:
: 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.
So my information that Ihad recieved initially was correct? When using the palm you #1 can not change the maps you have to be totally prepared in advance, as you would upload them onto the palm? Correct? and thus limiting your usage...correct?
Since at this point you seem to be the authority on using the palm version, please share more information regarding delorme and palm connected to earthlink.
Thanks Guy and Zack