I guess I still wasn't clear on what I was trying to say. A GPS is
great for knowing where you are on a pre-planned course. A GPS moving
map isn't good for much of anything.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.




Gene Seibel wrote:
...snip... A GPS is
great for telling you where you are, but you've got to know where you
want to be first. I seldom use my moving map.

Completely agree except for one point...

A GPS is excellent at *knowing* where you are, but very few of them (if
any) can transfer that information to you in a suitably efficient way.
So I disagree that they are "...great for *telling you* where you
are..." :-) Trying to interpret that tiny moving map is where the
distractions occur and the potential for error...

Concentrating on CTS, Bearing to next waypoint, and XTE for a
well-planned (and correctly entered) route, is so much easier and more
informative.

Perhaps the GPS is making us forget that it is so much more important to
know where to go next, than it is to confirm where you are now.