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From: JF Mezei on 30 May 2010 14:48
This may be OT:

On a flight over clouds, I had internet access (gogoInFlight) and fired
up Google Earth, plugged in my garmin GPS and Voila ! I had a satellite
image of the ground below me without the clouds. And it moved "live" as
the plane moved.

Only problem was that my GPS had barometric altitude and insisted I was
only at 2500m altitude (cabin pressure) intead of roughly 10km where
planes normally fly, so Google Earth's view was from 2500m altitude.
From: John Varela on 30 May 2010 21:06
On Sat, 29 May 2010 00:11:11 UTC, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com>
wrote:

> Was thinking about buying a new GPS system, but not sure if it would
> work on a Mac. I am just getting tired of the many limitations of my
> BlackBerry GPS. I am not sure as to what model I would buy, just need
> something cheap, and something simple. I dont wish to mess a whole lot
> with it, just need something superior to my BlackBerry GPS. I just get
> so sick and tired of the constant downloading all the time as I enter
> new regions. Although for some reason the Sprint Navigation program does
> not do this as I drive to locations. Google Maps is sluggish, and BB
> Maps is a little faster, but not by much. But Sprint Navigation only
> works as a direction finder app, and not as a map GPS, as what I have
> seen done wit modern GPS systems.

Any TomTom GPS will do what you want. I bought a refurbished unit
for less than $100 and have been very pleased with it, and use it in
preference to my several-years-old $800 Garmin.

--
John Varela

From: Mike Rosenberg on 31 May 2010 14:16
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> > Any TomTom GPS will do what you want. I bought a refurbished unit
> > for less than $100 and have been very pleased with it, and use it in
> > preference to my several-years-old $800 Garmin.
>
> Did no see any of those at Walmart.

Well, first, it's not as if WalMart is the only store on earth or even
in your area.

Second, according to their web site, WalMart _DOES_ have TomTom units
for sale in their stores.

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From: John Varela on 31 May 2010 21:08
[Garmin and Magellan groups deleted.]

On Mon, 31 May 2010 17:49:50 UTC, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com>
wrote:

> In article <dxizd0mOwXzR-pn2-z8TwLp8Pm19r(a)localhost>,
> "John Varela" <newlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 29 May 2010 00:11:11 UTC, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Was thinking about buying a new GPS system, but not sure if it would
> > > work on a Mac. I am just getting tired of the many limitations of my
> > > BlackBerry GPS. I am not sure as to what model I would buy, just need
> > > something cheap, and something simple. I dont wish to mess a whole lot
> > > with it, just need something superior to my BlackBerry GPS. I just get
> > > so sick and tired of the constant downloading all the time as I enter
> > > new regions. Although for some reason the Sprint Navigation program does
> > > not do this as I drive to locations. Google Maps is sluggish, and BB
> > > Maps is a little faster, but not by much. But Sprint Navigation only
> > > works as a direction finder app, and not as a map GPS, as what I have
> > > seen done wit modern GPS systems.
> >
> > Any TomTom GPS will do what you want. I bought a refurbished unit
> > for less than $100 and have been very pleased with it, and use it in
> > preference to my several-years-old $800 Garmin.
>
> Did no see any of those at Walmart.

I bought mine at http://www.tomtom.com/page/refurbs. You can buy one
like mine for $60 + S&H.

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John Varela

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