There are so many different types of GPS devices on the market today – all with great price tags and they all do some pretty awesome things. I’ve picked the Garmin iQue 3600 PDA with built in GPS, the HP iPAQ rx5915 Travel Companion and the Garmin eTrex Venture HC Handheld GPS to compare. Here [...]

There’s a lot of interest in freely available Points Of Interest files that people can load on or update their GPS with. Lucky for all of us the Internet is a great place where people share and compile information for the benefit of all of us. The people over at The POI Factory have put [...]

Everybody goes out once in awhile and buys a device that’s just a little bit above their head. They usually end up with a less than enjoyable experience from the device and might even feel a bit cheated. I like to get the most out of the hardware that I buy. For me to do [...]

Most consumer GPS devices will advertise that they have an accuracy of about 2-3 meters (6-9 feet), but if you’ve ever imported your position and compared it to a known location you’ll realize your data collection isn’t always as accurate as the specs say. There are a couple of settings on most devices that you [...]

You studied your destination and picked a waypoint to load into your GPS from Google Earth. You have your GPS and you’re now invincible, you throw away your outdated compass and start trekking out into the bush to do some real exploration. Walking out to places where no man has gone bef… Walking out to [...]