Tony Verhulst wrote:

* if I am very familiar with the area, then the moving map adds very
little


I politely disagree. If you get low, it's REALLY nice to see, at a
glance, all the fields within reach. This was my prime reason for going
with a moving map (GN II).

Perhaps we interpret "very familiar with the area" differently. I've
flown out of my airport for 25 years, and know where I'm going to go as
I get low when I'm within 60-70 miles of the airport. It's slightly
easier to select the field by tapping on the GN II screen, but I can get
it off the GPS Nav display almost as quickly using the sorted by
distance list. Ditto for the contest area I usually fly in.

If you can't do that, then a moving map is very useful, and that's why I
always use one when I fly out of my home area; however, we all know
pilots that zip between the same 10-20 airports all summer, and these
folks won't improve their flying experience much at all with a moving map.

Still, they might enjoy using one, and maybe it would tempt them to
explore a bit.

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