Mr Ron,
Heard some good things about the new 60csx -and some not so good....these guys use them for Geocaching - check out this forum on it - interesting reading.

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/ind...owtopic=121974

Been using the 60cs for a while now too , good bit of kit - the Altimeter is only any good as your (regular) calibration of it - it uses a combination of air pressure and gps to get its height - it is not bad - it can help you get your location on a map easier by tieing up your location and altitude with contour lines - handy if you are trying to navigate quickly.
If you are static (elevation) you can get the 60cs to take a pressure reading every 15 minutes - even with it turned off - handy for a weather guestimation.
Something you cant apparantly do on the 60csx.

I find the elecronic compass quite handy if im static to at least get an idea of where im trying to head- ive pulled it off the bike or out of the rover and nipped up to the top of a dune to take a bearing by hand, looking for the correct piste, otherwise youve got to keep walking.

Another feature with looking back at your altitude plot is that it tells you what time you were at that altitude and the distance to it - quite handy as a travel log.

The Gpsmap 60 series is very impressive and works nicely with mapsource for auto routing - I might be tempted with the new 60csx when theyve ironed out the software problems - the new SiRF chipset looks very quick and sensitive in poor reception areas and you can load up a 512mb Micro sd card with a lot of mapping - might even be able to use a 1Gb card.....

In the Land Rover I use a Wi-Sys 3910 external antenna roof mounted - great bit of kit, very sensitive and quick to locate even with very low angle satellites.
Cheers
Grif

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Grif

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