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August 20th, 2005 09:56 PM

GPS Question

Just bought a Lowrance H20. What I'm wanting feedback on is the map chips.
Really concentrating on the hot maps chips by navionics. Question is do I
spend the extra 60 bucks on the premium or is the classic version good
enough detail? Also if anyone has any good knowledge on hunting GPSs, would
love to talk to you outside the group. Thanks.

Scott

Charles T. Garrett

August 21st, 2005 02:43 AM

wrote in :

Just bought a Lowrance H20. What I'm wanting feedback on is the map
chips. Really concentrating on the hot maps chips by navionics.
Question is do I spend the extra 60 bucks on the premium or is the
classic version good enough detail? Also if anyone has any good
knowledge on hunting GPSs, would love to talk to you outside the
group. Thanks.

Scott

Scott,

I am not sure about the handheld or the classic chip. I just purchased
the Premium HotMap for my Humminbird Matrix97 a few weeks ago. It has
great details. I spent about two hours one day marking a ledge dropoff on
the river channel so I could troll a 15 foot drop. Later after
purchasing the HotMaps premium chip, I stuck the chip in and went to the
same spot and all I had to do was set my depth color range to 15 feet,
and it showed the ledge drop right along with the route I had spent two
hours marking. I have the Garmin Etrex handheld, and I hardly ever carry
it with me fishing in my boat anymore. I guess to sum it all up, the
reason I went ahead and purchased the Premium chip is, If I was going to
spend this kind of money for my GPS equipment and a chip, skimping on
$60.00 did not make sense. If I was going, I might as well go all the
way.

Charles

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August 21st, 2005 03:50 PM

Rich,

Thanks for the knowledge, but I'm not sure that I'll get all those options
that you do with the color bar and what not. My H20 cost probably half of
what you bought. I intend to get something bigger/better on my new boat
next year, but this is my little handheld first GPS. Of course I guess I
could just buy the premium and cross it over to the new boat?

Scott

IBNFSHN

August 21st, 2005 07:25 PM

Go to the Lowrance web site and take a close look at the Map Create 6 USA
Topo version. I have got a whole lot to learn about it but it sure has a lot
of info. Its a total of 6 CD covering the entire US and it also includes
Hunting databases.

wrote in message
...
Just bought a Lowrance H20. What I'm wanting feedback on is the map
chips.
Really concentrating on the hot maps chips by navionics. Question is do I
spend the extra 60 bucks on the premium or is the classic version good
enough detail? Also if anyone has any good knowledge on hunting GPSs,
would
love to talk to you outside the group. Thanks.

Scott

[email protected]

August 23rd, 2005 12:46 AM

Hey there, thanks for the lead. Unless you could post me a link to exactly
what you're looking at I'm lost. Just spent about an hour on the Lowarance
website. The only things I could see is the improvement in detail with the
HotSpots chips. Didn't see anything where the MapCreate software alone
makes the topo. Sorry, but I just have to plead rookie on this one.
Thanks.

Scott

IBNFSHN

August 23rd, 2005 01:52 AM

Try here, go down to mapping http://www.lei-extras.com/store/default.asp

wrote in message
...
Hey there, thanks for the lead. Unless you could post me a link to
exactly
what you're looking at I'm lost. Just spent about an hour on the
Lowarance
website. The only things I could see is the improvement in detail with
the
HotSpots chips. Didn't see anything where the MapCreate software alone
makes the topo. Sorry, but I just have to plead rookie on this one.
Thanks.

Scott

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