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infow(at)mts.net
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:33 pm Post subject: Magellan GSP

Anybody out there with a Magellan 315 hand held GPS?



Ron

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dougsnash(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject: Magellan GSP

I think that is the one I have, good little unit.



What do you need to know?



Doug MacDonald

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NW Ontario, Canada



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--- "R.D.(Ron) Leclerc" <infow(at)mts.net> wrote:



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 Anybody out there with a Magellan 315 hand held GPS?

 

 Ron


	


       

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rsteele(at)rjsit.com
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Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: Magellan GSP

I don't usually rant but this is a huge sore point with me.



<flame on>



I don't have a 315, but I do have a Megellan 210.  It works ok.  I  

actually like the user interface, but I'll never buy anything from  

Megellan again.  The 210 is very basic, so I bought the detailed maps  

of North America.   You are made to feel like a complete criminal  

trying to get these maps installed.  It was at least a 10 step  

process to get the maps registered to both the computer used to  

download them to the GPS and to the GPS and this included sending  

personal information over the internet to register with Megellan.  I  

have no idea what will happen if I need to use a different computer,  

and I pretty sure that if the GPS breaks there is no way I'd be able  

to use the detailed maps on a new one.  Oh, and the software on the  

PC that is required to download the maps is, in my opinion very  

poorly designed.  I was so mad by the time I was done I wrote a nasty  

email to their support site saying I'd never own another Megellan  

product.  And I won't.



</flame on>



Ron



On Aug 5, 2007, at 6:32 PM, R.D.(Ron) Leclerc wrote:



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 Anybody out there with a Magellan 315 hand held GPS?



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dredmoody(at)cox.net
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:56 am Post subject: Magellan GSP

My experience with my Lowrance Airmap 2000 and my flying buddy's Garmin 396 is that his cost was twice mine, he got fewer fringe benefits thrown in (Ram mount stuff, map creation software, terrain avoidance display etc.) and has a significantly smaller screen. If you want to update to weather radar display and/or you are a serious full time pilot, go Garmin. If you want a very nice affordable, viewable GPS to use in the air and on the ground, check into a Lowrance. 

Getting by with a non-aviation GPS seems like false economy to me with the exception of backyard jaunts in an ultralight. No offense intended here, just my opinion based on my somewhat limited experience.

Dred

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