GPS questions

Has Lowrance put terrain and/or obstacle data into their GPS yet?

Yes to obstacles. Terrain is an extra $99 option which is now available.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

Terrain is an extra $99 option which is now available.


Do you have any pointers to where I could find this? On their website,
maybe?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Terrain is an extra $99 option which is now available.


Do you have any pointers to where I could find this? On their website,
maybe?

Sorry, no. I'm just relaying what the Lowrance reps at OSH and the sales
reps at the CPA fly-in told me.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I just bought a Lowrance Airmap 2000c and I like it. It comes with all
of the options needed to install the GPS in a plane, car, or permanent
mount somewhere. I have found some useful information in my new
experiences using it:

1) Buy rechargable batteries - NiMH, not NiCad. The alkalines don't
last very long, especially with the backlighting on "high".

2) Read the manual when it comes to using the mapping software that
comes with the unit. It's good, but the manual is needed to get full
capability out of it.

3) Buy a big SD-Ram card. The 32MB card that comes with it is not enough.

4) Call Lowrance and get a new db if yours is out of date within the
first 30 days after purchase for a free current db. (one-time good deal)

5) Enjoy it! It's a fun unit.

You can purchase it (for what I found to be a reasonable price) at
http://www.pacific-coast-avionics.com. I've bought a few items there
and they've always been really good to me.

Happy Landings,

Chris


Jay Honeck wrote:
Terrain is an extra $99 option which is now available.


Do you have any pointers to where I could find this? On their website,
maybe?


Sorry, no. I'm just relaying what the Lowrance reps at OSH and the sales
reps at the CPA fly-in told me.

Thomas Borchert wrote:

Do you have any pointers to where I could find this? On their website,
maybe?

Our new Lowrance 2000C arrived this week, terrain is an add-on that will
take place next month, it will be available through their dealers. I
know ours promised us a price lower than what Jay quoted...

He got the best deal on the original purchase though at Oshkosh...

Our new Lowrance 2000C arrived this week, terrain is an add-on that will
take place next month, it will be available through their dealers. I know
ours promised us a price lower than what Jay quoted...

Really? What price are they quoting now for terrain?

If it gets cheap enough, I may actually spring for it. (Even living in
Iowa! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Our new Lowrance 2000C arrived this week, terrain is an add-on that will
take place next month, it will be available through their dealers. I know
ours promised us a price lower than what Jay quoted...


Really? What price are they quoting now for terrain?

If it gets cheap enough, I may actually spring for it. (Even living in
Iowa! :-)

Jay, I've flown with the terrain feature of a GPS. It is a complete
waste of money for a VFR pilot. It's even useless out here where we
actually have terrain. If where you fly there is a lot of antennas and
you often scud run and are dodging these antennas then an obstruction
database may be of some use.

Jay, I've flown with the terrain feature of a GPS. It is a complete waste
of money for a VFR pilot. It's even useless out here where we actually
have terrain. If where you fly there is a lot of antennas and you often
scud run and are dodging these antennas then an obstruction database may
be of some use.

Yeah, we've got the antennas depicted on both the AvMap and the Lowrance
2000c, and they're nice to have.

And some of 'em you don't even need to be scud running to hit. Those danged
things are thousands of feet tall around here!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Yeah, we've got the antennas depicted on both the AvMap and the Lowrance
2000c, and they're nice to have.
And some of 'em you don't even need to be scud running to hit. Those danged
things are thousands of feet tall around here!

Flatlander!

Jay Honeck wrote:

Jay, I've flown with the terrain feature of a GPS. It is a complete waste
of money for a VFR pilot. It's even useless out here where we actually
have terrain. If where you fly there is a lot of antennas and you often
scud run and are dodging these antennas then an obstruction database may
be of some use.


Yeah, we've got the antennas depicted on both the AvMap and the Lowrance
2000c, and they're nice to have.

And some of 'em you don't even need to be scud running to hit. Those danged
things are thousands of feet tall around here!

Last I heard the tallest man made structure was the TV antenna between
Fargo and Grand Forks at 2000 AGL. The vast majority of antennas are
much less than 1000.