"Gerry Caron" wrote in message
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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "S Narayan" said:
up to 3.01, but don't see any way to add this capability. Are the newer
GPS's like the 196 or 296 storing altitude information?

A while back I looked at the specs on the Garmin web site, and while the
195 definitely does NOT store the altitude, it appears that the 295
*might*. I don't remember what it said about the 196, but I think it
was
the same as the 295.

The 196 DOES store altitude in the track. You can view the track on the
map. If you select the track, you can then select: view | profile and see
the altitude profile for the track. You can also look in the log table.

It's all in the user's manual which can be downloaded from Garmin's web
site.



Well, looks like I have to be satisfied with time, speed and position
information with the 195. It would have been nice to log the altitude and
play it back later.

Thanks for the responses.