Garmin E Trex GPS
Our relatives came to visit from Santa
Claus, Indiana, and wanted us to show them around the New
England States. They were traveling using a Garmin E Trex GPS.
We had never seen one before. He said that
since he traveled a lot for his business that it came in very handy.
As we drove along, he explained how it worked. He marked the location where their hotel was at, and then marked the location where we lived. They were then able to track their route. I know it kept them from getting lost several times, traveling from their hotel to our house.
The screen for the Garmin E Trex is not in
color, and is very basic to use. I asked her to hold it up so we could take a
picture of it. It sits on top of the dash. You can see that it has a wire which
plugs into the cigarette lighter outlet. It has a built in antenna.
Here's some Basic Information about the Garmin E Trex Legend GPS
"With the eTrex Legend, Garmin has loaded a full basemap of North and South America into one small unit. The Legend is also designed to provide precise GPS positioning using correction data obtained from the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). This product will provide position accuracy to less than three meters when receiving WAAS corrections."
"The basemap contains lakes, rivers, cities, interstates, national and state highways, railroads and coastlines. The eTrex Legend is also equipped with additional memory totaling eight megabytes. The added memory allows the eTrex Legend to accept downloaded map data from Garmin's entire line of MapSource® CD-ROMs, including Fishing Hot Spots®. The eTrex Legend comes in a brightly-colored translucent blue case that really makes the unit stand out. New to the product design, Garmin will include marine aids to navigation in addition to the basemap. These navigational aids will be pre-loaded into each unit from the factory."
"Database: Marine Point Database
Basemap:
Americas Highway
PC interface cable
Wrist strap
User's guide
Quick
reference guide
Specifications
Plotter/Moving Map Features
Basemap
Built-in Americas Highway, basemap with oceans, lakes, rivers, cities, interstates
or major motorways, principal and major thoroughfares and political boundaries.
Factory preloaded with Marine Point Database.
MapSource®: Compatible with most Garmin® MapSource products including MapSource BlueChart® marine cartography, MetroGuide®, and Fishing Hot Spots®. Accepts up to 8 megabytes of downloaded map detail.
Navigation Features
Waypoints/Icons:
500 with name and graphic symbol
Tracks: Automatic track log; 10 saved tracks
let you retrace your path in both directions
Route: 20 reversible routes with
up to 50 waypoints
Trip computer: Current speed, average speed, time of sunrise/sunset,
resetable maximum speed, trip timer, and trip distance
Map datums: More than
100
Position format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs, and other
grids
Performance
Receiver: WAAS-enabled, differential-ready,
12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites
to compute and update your position
Acquisition Times: Warm: approx. 15 seconds
Cold: approx. 45 seconds AutoLocate®: approx. 5 minutes
Update Rate: 1
second, continuous
Accuracy: Position: <15 meters, 95% typical* Velocity:
0.05 meter/sec steady state
DGPS Accuracy: Position: 3-5 meters, 95% typical*
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
WAAS Accuracy: Position: less than 3
meters (10 feet) RMS Velocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state
Dynamics: 6g's
Interfaces:
RS232 with NMEA 0183, RTCM 104 DGPS data format and proprietary Garmin
Antenna:
Built-in patch
Size: 4.4"H x 2.0"W x 1.2"D (11.2 x 5.1 x 3.0 cm)
Weight: 5.3 ounces (150 g) with batteries
Display: 2.1"H x 1.1"W (5.4 x 2.7 cm) high-contrast LCD with bright backlighting
Case: Waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7 standards
Temperature range: 5°F to 158°F (-15°C to 70°C)
Data storage: Indefinite; no memory battery required
Internal Memory: 8 MB"