Amazon.com Product Description With the Legend Cx, Garmin has updated a much-loved device with expandable memory on a microSD card so you can load optional map data for your hiking, hunting, and other outdoor excursions. Add to that a bright, full-color TFT display, automatic routing, and long, 36-hour battery life, and you've got a great companion for your next outdoor or boating adventure.
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The Legend Cx features a bright color screen, 36 hour battery life, microSD card maps, and more.
You can use the Legend Cx's memory card slot with preprogrammed microSD cards from Garmin (sold separately) that provide topographic maps, city streets, and nautical charts. In fact, the unit is compatible with most Garmin MapSource products, including BlueChart, City Navigator, U.S. Topo 24K, and U.S. Topo and Recreational Lakes with Fishing Hot Spots. The unit comes preloaded with an Americas autoroute basemap that provides automatic routing capabilities, including highways, exits, and tide data. You can even get turn-by-turn directions when you're driving, and an integrated trip computer provides odometer, stopped time, moving average, overall average, total time, max speed, and more.
As on all eTrex units, the primary controls are located on the side of the unit, so you can operate it with one hand. An innovative rocker switch on its face makes inputting data easy, and with it you can scroll through menus or pan the map page. Fast USB connectivity makes loading charts and maps quick and easy, while navigation instructions can be shared with repeaters, plotters, and autopilots using NMEA protocols through the dedicated serial port. Additionally, the case is water resistant to IEC 60529 IPX7 standards (can be submerged in one meter of water for 30 minutes).
Another key feature of the Legend Cx is the 10,000-point automatic track log; 20 saved tracks (500 points each) let you retrace your path in both directions. There's also a large-numbers option for easy viewing, as well as a dual-position display mode. Lastly, the unit includes built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt, plus sun and moon calculations.
If you like the features of the Legend Cx but require an electronic compass and a barometric altimeter, check out the Garmin eTrex Vista Cx.
What's in the Box Legend Cx unit, 32 MB microSD card, USB interface cable, MapSource Trip and Waypoint Manager CD, lanyard, owner's manual, and quick-start guide.
Product Details
64 MB microSD card for MapSource data gives you the versatility of adding highly detailed maps
256-color, sunlight-readable display makes it easy to distinguish map details and see where you're going
Support for English, Spanish, Portugese, and French languages.
Automatic route generation, off-route recalculation, turn-by-turn directions with alert tones
Mini-USB port for fast, convenient download of map data from Garmin's entire library of optional MapSource CDs using a PC
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Great GPS
Review Date: August 23, 2006
Reviewer: R. Linder,
Finally, the perfect handheld GPS. The addition of microSD cards to the eTrex line has made the ultra portable unit the perfect companion to carry with you on all your adventures - land, sea, or trail. Although the unit comes with a 64mb card, I purchased two 1gb cards. When you own a Garmin Mapsource product, you are allowed to use it on up to two units. I already own Recreational Lakes and Fishing Hotspots, as well as CitySelect which came with my Garmin GPS V Deluxe which I still use all the time locally in my Jeep and on one boat because of the mounting ability and NMEA output. The GPS V, however, is limited to 19mb and is now utilized in the regions I most frequent. Unlocking CitySelect for the eTrex Legend Cx was simple at the Garmin website. I would recommend first updating the software in the unit to the latest version, which is now just a few keystrokes with Garmin's Webupdater software downloaded from their site to handle the large capacity cards. On one card, I have Recreational Lakes East and CitySelect for the entire Northeast and MidAtlantic regions. On the other card I have the remainder of the US and Canada. The cards are smaller than the fingernail of your little finger. The eTrex Legend allows you to enable all or whichever Mapsource products you want. When not using it on the road, I disable the CitySelect to take full advantage of the Recreational Lakes software. If you do not own a mapsource product already, then purchase CityNavigator which I believe Garmin has updated the most for the points of interest and new roadways.
For my needs, the Legend series is ideal. If you climb mountains, ski in the wilderness, or are involved in search and rescue then the Vista series would be better because of the more accurate altimeter and compass.
I really like how easy the screen can be read in bright sunlight. The battery life has exceded my expectations, but always carry some spares and you should purchase a 12V adapter for use when a socket is available, especially if you want to turn up the screen brightness.
If all you want is a car navigator, then this is not the ideal unit. It is pretty much a handheld, although after some fiddling around I found the best way to mount it in a vehicle is with velcro. There is an available windshield bracket. The 60Cx and 76Cx may have better acquisition in canyons or under canopy in rainforests, but the smaller size of the eTrex series will allow you to carry it with you virtually everywhere.
The more I use it, the more I love it. Hope this was helpful.
Finally (nearly) unlimited storage in the eTrex line
Review Date: March 8, 2006
Reviewer: tjz, Colorado Springs, CO USA
I bought this along w/ a 256 MB microSD card. Using MapSource US Topo, you can fit nearly half of the western US maps into the unit.
The screen is bright and easy to read while on foot, but it is fairly small for in car use.
Also, if you have the "Topo Streets & 3-D Views" supplement to the popular National Geographic Topo! line, you can transfer waypoints and routes between the GPS and the Topo! program. Just call it a "Legend C" and adjust the number of routes and waypoints / route. I'm sure Topo! will have a patch someday which has the Legend Cx in it by name.
It is very sturdy and being able to power it through the USB connection is very nice for at home and in the car use.
Does everything I want it to do.
Review Date: November 11, 2006
Reviewer: 71Stang, California
My first GPS was Garmin's iQue (Palm PDA + GPS) and it was a disappointment mainly because of its VERY limited battery life. This little gizmo is just great.
It is responsive - meaning that it powers up quickly and locks to sattelites in a decent time. It is quite sensitive - when hiking I can have it in my light jacket's pocket with open flap and it stays locked. Its processor is fast enough - so when you pan around the map, the screen refreshes pretty quickly. (Note - This is with "normal" setting for detail. If you enable all the detail then it starts to slow down. Also, it slowed down for me when I loaded up the memory to more than 300MB). The display is very good too.
Most important: 1. the buttons and the menus are reasonably intuitive. I could imagine them a little more easier to use, but they are quite good as they are.
2. the battery life is great! Two AA batteries have been enough for me to go on a week-long business trip, use it here and there to find directions, etc., and come back home with plenty of juice left over. I have not run it continuously on a back country hike to know if the advertised 30 hour battery life is really correct. But let's put it this way - I never worry about turning the unit off quickly to conserve batteries - I'm just careful to not leave it on unnecessarily. Just keep a pair of spare batteries with you and you'd be fine.
So, if you want a portable mapping GPS that will be there when you need it, buy this one and be done with it.
PS: I got conflicting information on the following so I'm clarifying it here - if you already own the MapSource map software, you can install it on a maximum of two devices.
Best Value Handheld GPS
Review Date: May 24, 2007
Reviewer: C. Alfaro, Chile
I think this is the best value for a handheld GPS, it is true that Vista CX has an additional barometric altimeter and electronic compass (that allows you determinate North when you are not moving), also is true that Nuvi's have greater screen, but Vista CX consumes more batt and costs $50 more, and Nuvi's are bigger (although if you want a GPS for using in your car, I recommend any Nuvi or StreetPilot).
Almost all was said in previus reviews: Legend CX had very good screen definition, fit in my had, has memory card slot, battery last a lot, make routes really quick and accurate, had several ways for viewing routing information and you can connect it to PC's.
About maps: Legend CX (and Vista CX) comes with a basic built-in world map, "basic" means map shows all cities in the world, coastlines and greater highways, no more than that.
Probably (almost sure) you'll want to have a detailed map of your home location or of the location you go to travel on next vacations. Well, first of all you have to buy a memory card with more capacity (I recommend at least one of 524Mb), consider that detailed data of one State (USA) uses about 50Mb (+/- 10Mb). Then, you have to buy software: Metroguide or City Navigator both managed by Garmin's software Mapsource, what is the difference?, well Metroguide costs about half than City Navigator; you can download data from Metroguide to several Garmin GPS, City Navigator comes lock, so you can use it only in ONE GPS; but with City Navigator, GPS can make a route to the destiny, that means GPS calculates fastest route, including directions of where to turn and how. Nevertheless, on Internet are patches like "Metrowizzz", those kind of software permit that Legend makes routes similar to City Navigator. Finally, I have to say that are detaled maps for almost any country, you could visit Garmin's website to see where to buy maps for other locations different than USA, Canada or Europe.
I can finally use a GPS unit!
Review Date: May 2, 2006
Reviewer: Robert A. Baker, Las Vegas, Nevada
I think I have owned two GPS units in the past...but, needed a new one to help navigate the backcountry while snowmachining here in Alaska. After purchasing the Topo map series, learning how to save the maps to my unit via the flash card, I am so in love with this unit. Once you install the Topo map software, you will need to update from Garmin and then you can export your routes in a variety of forms; i.e. pdf for email sharing, file extension .gpx for other users and to layer over Google Earth. Great unit and package!
Curtis GPS Navigation System Model # GPD359B features a 3.5-Inch touch screen with 320 x 240 pixels resolution, internal memory to support Canada and 48 State map, SD/MMC slot for additional memory capacity, 4:3 Ratio, USB 2.0 to connect to your computer, built in speakers, rechargeable Li-ion Battery, 100mAh, Tele-Atlas, Auto Route calculation, 11 million points of interest, built-in internal antenna and 3.5mm stereo headphone jack. Includes Car Adapter, Touch Pen, USB Cable, Ear Buds and Car Mount.
Product Details
3.5-Inch Touch Screen with 320 x 240 Pixel Resolution and SD/MMC slot for additional memory capacity as well as USB 2.0 to connect to your computer
Internal memory supports Canada and 48 State US Map with Auto Route Calculation and 11 Million Points of Interest MAP is Tele-Atlas
Built in speaker and internal antenna and 3.5mm stereo headphone jack
Includes Car Adapter Touch Pen USB Cable Ear Buds Car Mount and rechargeable Li-ion Battery 1000mAh
Supports WMA MP3 WAV audio files and supports WMV AVI and ASF movie files also supports photo browsing for JPG BMP GIF TIF and PNG picture formats
Outdoor navigation meets touchscreen simplicity in Dakota 20. This rugged, palm-sized navigator combines touchscreen navigation, high-sensitivity GPS with HotFix satellite prediction, barometric altimeter, 3-axis electronic compass and microSD card slot in one affordable, power-packed punch.
Touchscreen navigation, high-sensitivity GPS with HotFix satellite prediction, and a worldwide basemap. Click to enlarge.
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2.6-inch touchscreen with easy-to-use interface.
Touchscreen navigation for the great outdoors.
Touch and Go Dakota 20 makes outdoor navigation effortless with a tough, sunlight-readable, 2.6 inch color touchscreen display. The interface is easy to use, so you'll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. Both durable and waterproof, Dakota 20 is built to withstand the elements: bumps, dust, dirt and water are no match for this rugged navigator.
Get Your Bearings Dakota 20 has a built-in 3-axis electronic compass, which shows your heading even when you're standing still or not holding the device level. Its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude, and you can even use it to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions. And with its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver with HotFix satellite prediction, Dakota 20 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons.
Find Fun Get into paperless geocaching with Dakota 20 by quickly downloading up to 2,000 caches, with information such as location, terrain, difficulty, hints and description--no more paper print outs and manually entered coordinates. Visit our geocaching pages for more information.
Explore the Terrain Dakota 20 comes with built-in worldwide basemap, so you can navigate anywhere with ease. Adding more maps is easy with Garmin's wide array of detailed topographic, marine and road maps, available on microSD card.
Share Wirelessly With Dakota 20 you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other compatible Dakota, Foretrex, Oregon and Colorado users. Now you can send your favorite route or geocache location to a friend easily. Just touch "send" to transfer your information to similar devices.
What's in the Box Dakota 20, Lanyard, USB cable, Owner's manual on disk, Quick start manual
Product Details
Sunlight-readable, 2.6-inch color touchscreen display
High-sensitivity GPS with HotFix satellite prediction
Built to withstand the elements: bumps, dust, dirt and water
Preloaded with a worldwide basemap plus has 850 MB of free internal memory for map transfers
Includes 3-axis tilt-compensated electronic compass, barometric altimeter, microSD slot, and wireless sharing between units
The GPSMAP 76 is designed to provide precise GPS positioning using correction data obtained from the Wide Area Augmentation System. This unit features a built-in quad helix antenna for superior reception and can provide position accuracy to less than three meters when receiving WAAS corrections.The GPSMAP 76 has an internal memory capacity of eight megabytes. In addition, it comes with a built-in basemap of cities, coastlines, lakes, rivers, interstates, and interstate exit information and a database of nautical navaids.This unit has eight megabytes of internal user memory for storing optional MapSource - detailed maps, including marine cartography. This memory is preloaded from the factory with worldwide cities (populations greater than 200, 000) and nautical navigation aids such as lights, buoys, sound signals and day beacons. The GPSMAP 76 is also preloaded with tide data for the United States.An extra-large display measuring 1.6"W x 2.2"H gives users a clear view of information, while a waterproof case means the GPSMAP 76 will keep working well even if it has been submerged in water. Even more amazing, this unit will actually float if accidentally dropped in the water.
Amazon.com DeLorme, famous for its topographic and street map detail, has created a GPS receiver to enable anyone to use a wide variety of detailed maps and aerial imagery for all outdoors activities. The Earthmate GPS PN-20 is a low-cost, high-sensitivity, fully integrated handheld GPS that delivers capabilities previously unavailable at any price.
DeLorme maps and imagery on a handheld GPS
GPS for wherever you go. On Trail.... On Road... On Water....
An All-in-One Handheld GPS Solution from DeLorme Includes Topo USA 8.0 DVD mapping software with full U.S. topographic and street maps, plus aerial imagery
NMEA-compliant 12-channel receiver
Fast acquisition times, outstanding signal retention
High-resolution 2.2" TFT color screen for total clarity under a variety of lighting conditions
75 MB of user-available internal flash memory
SD card slot for up to 2 GB additional memory
Holds up to 10 tracks (10,000 points per track), 1,000 user-defined waypoints, and 50 routes
Aerial imagery available for free download
Pre-loaded worldwide highway/major road base map
Waterproof to IPX-7 standard
Impact-resistant rubberized housing
On-device road routing
Runs on 2 AA batteries (included) or available lithium-ion rechargeable battery
WAAS-enabled
Device dimensions: 2.43" W x 5.25" H x 1.5" D
Weight 5.12 oz.
Why the All-in-One PN-20 Handheld?
Maps Included No extra maps to buy. Includes DeLorme Topo USA 8.0 DVD software with full, updated U.S. topographic & street maps to export as needed to your PN-20. Also includes an on-device highway-level world base map.
FREE Aerial Imagery Downloads Includes $100 worth (400 sq. km) of DeLorme Aerial Data Packets of your U.S. areas of interest. Download Aerial Data Packets containing black & white aerial imagery (DOQQs), Sat-10 colorized satellite imagery, and scanned USGS 7.5-minute quads using Topo USA’s NetLink tab.
Multiple Views of the Same GPS Location On-device data layering lets you select which map or imagery type to see of your GPS location. Switch among data types to gain a comprehensive view of where you are--it’s revolutionary and provides a whole new level of geographic detail.
Bright Color Screen Works in bright sunlight to total darkness. Sharp brand screen featuring the latest transflective screen technologies to maximize visibility under a variety of lighting conditions.
Rugged and Waterproof Conforms to IPX-7 waterproof standard with impact-resistant rubberized housing for a solid grip. Concealed battery compartment with SD card slot. Includes two AA batteries.
High-Performance Technology Features STMicroelectronics chipset with SiGE RF front-end and DeLorme firmware for outstanding signal acquisition and retention. Works equally well under dense foliage or in-vehicle.
Easy Exchange of Maps, Tracks, and Waypoints Exchange pre-cut multi-state routable regions between Topo USA on the desktop to the GPS, or select only the specific, customized areas you want--topographic maps and imagery. Exchange routes, tracks, and waypoints between the GPS and Topo USA (two-way transfers).
Extensive On-Device Memory 75MB of internal flash memory available in addition to the preloaded world base map. Holds up to ten tracks (10,000 points per track); 1,000 user-defined waypoints; and 50 routes. SD slot also available.
Powerful Topographic Software Included The included Topo USA PN-20 software is loaded with additional capabilities for use on a desktop PC. Create automatic road and trail routes, elevation profiles, and realistic 3-D flyovers. No extra charge to you--a $99.95 retail value by itself!
A Powerful Partnership
Earthmate GPS PN-20 and Topo USA The Earthmate GPS PN-20 with included Topo USA 8.0 DVD software provides a complete two-way map data, waypoint, and track log transfer capability:
Maps Included
It's a powerful way to create and save detailed GPS-accurate maps for use on the desktop software and on the GPS.
Prepare exactly the maps and imagery you want on the desktop, including waypoints, tracks, and automatically generated routes, and then transfer to the Earthmate GPS PN-20
Once you’ve been in the field or in-vehicle with the Earthmate GPS, transfer your new and updated waypoints and track logs back to the Topo USA desktop software and edit and save within your map files
Topo USA/Earthmate PN-20 Map Exchange Overview DeLorme has pre-cut U.S. multi-state regions within the included Topo USA software. This allows you to update the world base map on the GPS with more detailed routable U.S. highway and major roads for your region(s) of interest. This design maximizes user-available, on-device internal memory for even more detailed topographic maps and imagery you cut from Topo USA of your precise areas of interest. The Eastern 1(A) multi-state region, as an example, requires 12 MB, with a total of 75 MB available on the device. These precut regions are located in the left window of the Handheld Exchange dialog, which is also where your map packages, waypoints, and tracks will be stored once created. (Note: you can store up to 2 GB of data on an SD card. The SD card slot is located within the battery compartment, beneath the batteries.)
The PN-20--Topo USA 8.0 System comes with:
Street and Topographical Maps
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Detailed U.S. Street & Topographic Maps
Cut & transfer custom map packages of the exact coverage you want
Detailed vector-based maps created from the USGS topographic data & the latest DeLorme U.S. street & trail network
U.S. land cover including bodies of water, wetlands, forests, mountains, glaciers, grasslands, rock cover & more
Contour lines with elevation numbers
Fully routable when combined with the corresponding Regional Highway map
By default, saved map packages include data zoom levels 8-17 (which translates to a scale of 4 miles through 40 ft). Saved maps display all roads, land cover, and contours.
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U.S. Regional Routable Highway Maps
Convenient, precut multi-state regions--transfer from Topo USA to your PN-20, as needed
Major highways & major roads
Required for road routing on the PN-20
Regional maps cover scales of 4 miles to .25 miles
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The DeLorme World Base Reference Map
Preloaded on the Earthmate GPS PN-20
High-level map includes country borders, highways & major roads
Displays interstates and major highways at scales of 500 miles to 8 miles
Created by DeLorme's staff of professional cartographers
Aerial Data Packet (ADP) Downloads--400 sq. km FREE! Comprised of the three layers for a chosen area.
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USGS 7.5-Minute Quad Maps
FREE download into Topo USA as part of your ADPs
Transfer from Topo USA to your PN-20, as needed
The authentic scanned USGS 7.5-minute paper quad maps
Show roads, trails, buildings, large natural landmarks & other unique features
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DOQQ (Digital Orthoquads) B&W Aerial Imagery
FREE download into Topo USA as part of your ADPs
Transfer from Topo USA to your PN-20, only as needed
Detailed, black & white, satellite imagery
Provide a unique aerial perspective, ideal in off-the-beaten-path environments
View logging & 4WD roads, bodies of water, and other natural features from above
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Sat-10 Color Satellite Imagery
FREE download into Topo USA as part of your ADPs
Transfer from Topo USA to your PN-20, only as needed
10-meter colorized satellite imagery for viewing large geographic areas
Provides high-level views of vegetation, topography, and large, visible geologic formations on the Earth's surface
Natural color satellite imagery derived from merging SPOT 10m panchromatic & Landsat 30m multi-spectral scenes
Product Details
An All-in-One Handheld GPS Solution from DeLorme
High-resolution 2.2 TFT color screen for total clarity under a variety of lighting conditions
Fast acquisition times, outstanding signal retention
Holds up to 10 tracks (10,000 points per track), 1,000 user-defined waypoints, and 50 routes
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