New, Updated, and Interesting Items
on Joe and Jack's Website
for March, 2000
31 March 2000
A link has been added to AVwebs Aviation GPS Hand-held Comparisons and Reviews by Mike Busch.
Under: Hardware and Software Reviews.
26 March 2000
Niels Kistrup list of Garmin DATA FIELD definitions attempts to identify and explain the data fields available on Garmin receivers.
Under: Information.
Joe and Jacks Lowrance GlobalMap 100 Receiver - First of its kind has been updated to use screen shots from the Garmin GPS III+ rather than the GPS III.
Under: Feature Items.
Joe and Jacks Comparison of Lowrance GM-100 Screen Photos with the Garmin G-III+ has been updated to use screen shots from the Garmin GPS III+ rather than the GPS III.
Under: Hardware and Software Reviews.
18 March 2000
Garmin recently posted a firmware revision for the eTrex (2.05).
Under: FAQs - Hardware.
David Johnson has updated the WinCE and Psion pages.
Under: Links to GPS Hardware and Software Products.
Joel Garza's page now includes the GPS III+ in his comparison of the Garmin eMap and StreetPilot.
Under: Hardware and Software Reviews.
Joe has added a discusison of why The maps in my GPS are not accurate.
Under: FAQs - Hardware.
A discusison of Routes and Tracks: What is the difference? has been added by Dave Martindale.
Under: FAQs - Hardware.
08 March 2000
Garmin recently posted firmware revisions for the GPSMAP 130/135/175/180/185/215/225/230 & 235 Sounder to add support for DGPS scanning capability and LORAN TD offset support.
Under: FAQs - Hardware.
06 March 2000
Comparison of Garmin eMap Features to the StreetPilot - by Joel Garza is a detailed and interesting comparison beteeen these two receivers with graphics.
Under: Hardware and Software Reviews.
05 March 2000
Garmin Europe has provided "target dates" by which they expect to have various EUROPEAN MapSource and MetroGuide maps available.
Under: Hardware and Software Reviews.
We have a couple of new items in our Miscellaneous (non GPS) Tidbits + FREE Tahni section.
Under: Other (non-GPS) Items.
01 March 2000
Garmin G-III PLUS (and others) shut off when I "hit a bump": How can I fix this problem? Garmin now has a formal "fix" for this problem.
Under: FAQs - Hardware.
Jack has updated the Garmin Firmware Revisions, Features, and Update/Upgrade page to include the StreetPilot updates.
Under: FAQs - Hardware.
Bitmaps and Vector Maps: What is the difference? Dale Depriest tells us all.
Under: Geography - Maps, etc.

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