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Old 17th June 2002 | 10:29
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distaff_beancounter
 
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I think that the difference between Garmin GPS models, are:

"Outdoors" is designed mainly for walkers, climbers, etc, & shows towns, roads, footpaths etc.

"Aviation" are designed for aircraft use, & has a database, of airfields, controlled airspace, etc. You can then buy regular database updates from Garmin, for a fee, for your GPS.

The "Aviation" model is well worth the extra cost, as it gives you far more relevant information, eg nearest airfield, (if you are having a panic!) & whether you are about to infringe controlled airspace. Without the aviation database, you would need to do a lot of data imputting yourself, in order to get anything useful out of it.
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