Now I will have to make a supplemental power supply and rig it into the gps dataįor my most common use, logging data for mapmaking, it seems that the H will do what I need, and the price was right. The Legend works well for this, but I have to use a serial to usb converter with it, and theĬonverter doesn’t provide enough power to the unit, which causes it to shut off, even with batteries in the compartment. I had hopes of using the H with my laptop and some navigation software, but without gpsd compatability I can’t do that. The Lenny release of Debian, but not the Sarge) and the Legend-H is not listed as a working model on the current website for gpsd. The H only has the propriety Garmin USB protocol, and only works on very recent versions of gpsman, (I found it to work on The Legend has both the proprietary Garmin protocol and the NMEA protocol, and works well with the gpsd and gpsman programs on linux. The eTrex Vista C is Garmins exciting, pocket-sized handheld with color screen, automatic routing, longer battery life, barometric altimeter and electronic compass. I was expecting for this to be irritating, but find the fast response of the unit to page changes to make it actually preferable to choosing a page from the drop down list. While the Legend provides a drop down list of pages from which to choose, available on every page, the H only allows page changes by cycling through the pages, although the configuration allows for removing pages from the list which will cycle. Garmin Etrex Vista Sport GPS Retro Review: 120K subscribers 41K views 9 years ago Now a decade since its original release, the Garmin Etrex VIsta remains a rugged sport GPS that. Also, the “welcome message on the H only stays on for about ten seconds, whereas the Legend keeps it on for about thirty, long enough to read it. The Legend has a more detailed basemap than the Legend-H. I have run the two units side by side and find that the Legend-H responds more quickly to page changes than the Legend, and seems to be more sensitive, even getting data from satellites inside the building I’m writing this in now. I bought a Legend-H as a backup for my existing Etrex Legend when I saw it advertised for $90 at the local Best Buy.

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