Don't know much about the 705, but I've been running a Garmin GPS60CSX for several years now both for touring and for brevets. If you use AA's, they will last for about 24 hours. If you use NiMH rechargeable, they will last 10-12 hours. So she could recharge them nightly, or put in a couple of fresh AA's every other day. You can put the entire U.S. on the card, so she could pre-plan the entire route on Map Source. Just be sure to bring the appropriate paper maps as well, as the unit really isn't much good when you're trying to look at the big picture. Hope she has a great ride! In a message dated 12/26/2008 2:22:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
At 10:07 AM 12/23/2008, you wrote: > > I bought the NA maps on an SD card earlier this year. I haven't had > > any need to load maps on the unit itself, but I've had no issues > > loading routes that I've laid out on Bikely.com with the 605 attached > > to my MacBook Pro. Garmin also has OS X compatible drivers for > > communicating with the device, and upgrading the firmware as well. > >The problem with buying NA maps on a card is that you don't get access >to MapSource. While MapSource is a piece of crap, what I've found is >that the data you get out of MapSource is an order of magnitude better >than Bikely or Google Earth (and I work for Google, so you know that >I'm big fan of Google in general). When it comes to designing routes >in an unfamiliar place (which is the main reason for me to have a GPS >unit in the first place), I've found that MapSource consistently built >better routes that I would not have been able to find on my own, >especially with the adjustable settings in the driving speed and road >size preferences. If you're buying the NA maps for the purposes of >getting your rides onto a computer or to show others your favorite >rides this is not an issue. If you're planning a tour across France or >Japan and you've not familiar with the places you'll be riding >through, bite the bullet and get the maps on DVD. My daughter may be biking across the US for a charity group this summer. She will likely NOT have a computer with her (though I could change that, I suppose), but would still need to plan bike routes, on a daily basis, and distribute ride sheets to the other participants. The last time she did this, in 2007, she was not a leader and the routes were planned at the last minute and were often awful - like taking the shoulder of an interstate with traffic whizzing by at 75 mph and tiny fragments of steel belting from tires causing flats every few miles. I would like to give her technology to help her plan safer and more pleasant routes. A bike-mounted GPS would be, I think, a good idea, but it would have to have a battery life of 12 hours or so and it would be better if the batteries could be replaced the next day in case they stopped at a campground rather than a church. Any suggestions for a solution? -Doug Shaker Expert Support Inc. mailto:[email protected] 201 San Antonio Circle, #102 voice: 1-650-739-0844 Mountain View, CA 94040-1234 fax: 1-650-739-0814 **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
