Ungaphumi ku-adventure yakho ngaphandle kweyodwa
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uhamba emahlathini, i- geocaching nomndeni, noma ukudoba okujulile kwamanzi, ukwazi ukuthi ukuphi lapho kunikezwa khona isikhathi kuyadingeka. Ezweni lanamuhla, i-GPS ephathekayo iyilingana nobuchwepheshe bebalazwe kanye nekhampasi konke okuhlanganisiwe.
Ukwengezwa kwezici ezintsha eminyakeni yamuva, kufaka phakathi izingozi ezingase zibe khona, ukujula kwamanzi kanye ne-thermometer kuye kwandisa amacala okusebenzisa i-GPS engaphezu kwendlela ehamba ngayo nje. Uma ufika ensimini engajwayelekile, i-GPS ephathekayo ayiyona nje isiphakamiso esihle, kuyinto ebalulekile ukuze uthole isiqondiso sakho, noma nini, noma kuphi.
Bheka izinketho zethu ezingezansi ngezansi, ikakhulukazi ezivela ku-Garmin, ochwepheshe bemboni uma kuziwa kubathengi be-GPS abathintekayo.
I-Garmin sika-64s iyi-GPS ene-top-notch, enezintambo ezigcwele futhi egcwele i-handheld ehamba phambili kuzo zonke izindawo ezilungile. Isikrini sombala wamasentimitha angu-2.6 sishintsha kakhulu uma kuziwa ekuphumeni nasekuphumeni, okwenza isiqondiso sendlela sihambe kalula futhi singenabuhlungu. I-antenna ephawulekayo ye-helix ihlanganisa ubuchwepheshe be-GPS ne-GLONASS futhi ivumela ukuthuthukiswa kwesignali ezindaweni eziyinkimbinkimbi. I-64st ingathola isikhundla sakho masinyane futhi ingakwazi ukugcina isignali yakho ngisho nasendwangu esindayo noma ama-canyons ajulile. Ngamahora angu-16 wokuphila kwebhethri, kukhona ijusi elanele emandleni ngokusebenzisa usuku lonke lokuhamba ngekamelo ukuze ungene.
Uma kuziwa ekuhambeni kwemikhumbi, izici ezingu-64 zihlanganisa 250,000 i-caching elayishwe ngaphambilini futhi amabalazwe we-100,000 ezokuzulazula, kanye nokubhaliselwe konyaka owodwa ku-BirdsEnye isithombe se-satellite. Ukwengeza amamephu angeziwe kulula, ngenxa ye-8GB yememori ebhodini evumela ukuthi uthole ulwazi oluthe xaxa nolwazi olunzulu lwezokuhamba. Ukwengeza, i-Garmin ifaka ikhampasi yekhompiyutha ekhokhelwa i-axis amathathu.
Uma ufuna i-GPS ephathekayo egcwele izici, i-Garmin Oregon 650t ibiza igama lakho. Ngama-ounces angu-7.4 kuphela, i-650t ifaka isibonisi sesikrini sokuthinta isikrini esingu-400 x 240-pixel ngokukwazi ukuxhumana okuningi nokubuyiselwa kwe-LED. Isikrini sokuthinta sifaneleka ezindaweni eziningi futhi singasetshenziswa ngisho namagilavu ezindaweni ezibandayo noma ezimanzi ezingafanelwe ukuxhumana komunwe ngqo. Ukwengeza, ukubonisa ngokwayo kulungisa kokubili ukukhanya kwelanga nomthunzi ukuze kuvunyelwe ukunemba okufanayo kuzo zombili izinhlobo zezimo zokukhanyisa. Ukunika amandla ukubonisa nokunye komzimba we-IPX7 ongenawo amanzi kukhona amabhethri a-AA athengwe ngokwehlukana noma i-pack yebhethri ye-NiMH ehlinzekwa ngamahora angu-16 ngecala elilodwa.
I-650t ihamba phambili ekupheni indawo yakho ngqo usebenzisa i-GPS kanye ne-GLONASS nge-satellites positioning kanye nekhampasi ye-axis amathathu, i-accelerometer kanye ne-altimeter ye-barometric ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe lwenzwa. Ukufakwa kwamamephu we-100,000 okulandelwa ngaphambilini okulandelwayo ngamapulatifomu okuthungatha kahle kanye nokukwazi ukusebenzisana okuningi. Ngaphandle kwamabalazwe ngaphambilini alayishiwe ngu-3.7GB wememori e-inboard, kanye nememori enwetshiwe ngekhadi le-microSD lokubulala amabalazwe angeziwe, kufaka phakathi ulwazi lwezobuchwepheshe noma ukujikeleza ngokujika emigwaqeni. Engeza ekhamera ye-megapixel eyisishiyagalombili yokubamba isilo sasendle kanye ne-Bluetooth yokwabelana ngamamephu nabangani kanye ne-Oregon 650t kufanelekile intengo yokungena.
Uma kukhona amabellane namabhingo oyifunayo, i-Garmin Montana 680 iyindlela engcono kakhulu yokusebenzisa imali yakho kwi-GPS ephathekayo eyenzelwe zonke izinhlobo zomsebenzi. Iyakwazi ukuqoqa amanethiwekhi womabili we-GPS ne-GLONASS, i-Montana inikeza enye ye-reception engcono kakhulu etholakalayo kumadivayisi we-GPS anikezwe ngesandla namuhla. Ku-10.2-ounces, kunzima kakhulu kunomncintiswano wawo omningi, kodwa, ngokubonisa okubonakalayo kwekhredithi lokuthinta isikrini esine-inch enkulu, inika umbono omkhulu wezwe elikuzungezile. Kukhona inkinobho eyodwa kuphela ohlangothini lwamandla, kuyilapho konke okusebenzayo kusetshenziselwa ukuboniswa ngokwayo (nakuba kungenakho ukuthinta okuningi, okusho ukuthi ukusebenza ngokubonisa kudinga umunwe owodwa).
Ngaphandle kwekhamera ye-megapixel eyisishiyagalombili, i-Garmin ngaphambili ilayishe amabalazwe angaphezu kuka-100,000 we-topographical, ama-geoaches angu-250,000 emhlabeni wonke, futhi kufaka phakathi ukuthenga okungezonyaka owodwa ku-satellite yaseBirdseye. Engeza ekhampasi le-axis amathathu, i-altimeter ye-altimeter kanye ne-geotagging yezithombe ezizenzakalelayo futhi une-bevy yezinketho ngaphandle kwe-GPS evamile yokulandelela. Ukwengeza, i-Garmin yenezela okunye okufana nohambo ngaphambi kokuhlela nge-software yabo ye-basecamp, ngakho ungawabelana nabangani noma umndeni. Ukuphila kwebhethri kunamahora angu-16.
Ngesikhathi i-Garmin ngokuvamile ilawula imboni ye-GPS ephathekayo, i-DeLorme inReReach Explorer namahora angu-100 okuphila kwebhethri enza iyunithi ehlukile. Ngokungafani nezinyathelo zendabuko ze-GPS ze-Garmin, i-DeLorme inikeza eziningi zezici ezingaphezu kwe-GPS navigation ejwayelekile, kufaka phakathi imiyalezo ye-satellite yendlela ezimbili kanye namakhono okulandelela we-SOS axhuma kusikhungo sokusesha nokulondoloza. Ukwengeza, i-DeLorme isebenza njenge-tracker ye-GPS futhi inikeza iminithi engu-10 ngezikhathi ezine-hour zokudlulisa indawo. Uma kunesici esisodwa esinqunyelwe ku-DeLorme, ukubonisa, okuyi-1.8-inches, kuncane kakhulu kwe-GPS yanamuhla. Kodwa, kufanelekile ukubhekezela impilo ebhethri ende kunazo zonke kulolu hlu.
Ngama-ounces ayisikhombisa nje kuphela, i-DeLorme ayengeze noma isuse noma yini eyokhipha i-GPS shopper ngesandla. Ngaphandle kwebhethri, ukuhamba okujwayelekile kwe-GPS navigation konke lapha, kufaka phakathi ukudala nokubuka imizila, ukulahla ama-waypoints nokuhamba ngebalazwe esibukweni. Ukwengeza, uzothola imininingwane yomzila njengobanga futhi ubeke endaweni yakho. I-DeLorme inikeza nokubhanqa kwe-Bluetooth ne-smartphone yakho kuhlelo lokusebenza lweselula lwe-Earthmate, olunikeza izibalo ezengeziwe, kanye ne-US NOAA ishadi lokulandwayo ku-smartphone yakho. I-DeLorme iphinde ihlanganise ikhampasi yedijithali, i-altimeter altimeter ne-accelerometer yokusekela okungeziwe kokuhamba.
Isihloko Sokuqoqwa Kwama-310 sabanjwa iso ngoba liletha etafuleni amabalazwe ahlukahlukene anwetshiwe kanye nokusebenza okufanele ungayinaki lapho ukhona emakethe ye-GPS yokuzinikela. Ziyini lezo zici? Ukufakwa kwamaphetheli kule phakethe kuyinto imephu esetshenziselwa ukufakwa kwebalazwe ebizwa ngokuthi i-Magellan ebiza amamephu azo eSommet Series. Lokhu kukunikeza isethi eningiliziwe yezobuchwepheshe kuzozonke izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zezintaba ezihamba ngezintaba emhlabeni jikelele, okungcono kunengubo yokugqoka, ukulingana komuntu oyedwa-indlela yonke yezokwelapha.
Ukwengeza, uzothola imisebenzi emgwaqweni eningiliziwe, izici zamanzi ngisho nemephu yezindawo zasemaphandleni ezikude. Ukubukeka okukhanya kwelanga-ukubonakala kwe-2.2-intshi kubonakala ku-Garmins amaningi, futhi kukhona ngisho nenketho yeGeocaching engenamaphepha evumela ukuthi udonsa amabalazwe okusetshenziselwayo nokubhekisela lapho ungaxhunyiwe ezweni elingaphandle. Ukusebenzelana komsebenzisi akulona nje okuvivinyayo futhi okuyiqiniso njengoGarmin, kodwa lokho kulindeleke. Yimephu ephakanyisiwe yebalazwe eyabeka le GPS ngaphandle kweminye umugqa we-Magellan.
I-Garmin eTrex 30x yi-standout ye-GPS egcinwe ngesandla ene-2.2-inch, 240 x 320-pixel ukubonisa (okuqinisekile, akuyona into enkulu kakhulu, kodwa ihamba kahle kakhulu ilanga eliqondile). Kuhlanganiswe ne-eTrex 30x yikhasi eliyisisekelo esakhelwe ngokukhululeka okuthuthukisiwe, kanye ne-3.7GB eyengeziwe yememori engaphakathi kanye nenkumbulo enwetshiwe ye-microSD slot yamabalazwe angeziwe. Ukuze wenze ukuhamba nomgwaqo ukukhomba okulula, i-eTrex 30x isekela ukwakheka kwe-axis amathathu eyakhelwe ngaphakathi esebenza njengekhampasi ye-electronic kanye ne-altimeter ye-barometric ukulandelela ushintsho ekucindezelweni bese uphawula ukuphakama okuqondile. Ekhuluma ngokukhomba indawo yakho, isamukeli se-GPS kanye nesichazamazwi se-HotFix satetjhi kusiza ukugcina isignali ngisho noma usesikhumbeni esindayo noma ama-canyons ajulile.
Njengomunye wabalingisi bokugcina be-GPS abasebenzisa ibanga labathengi abasebenzisa kokubili ama-satellites e-GPS ne-GLONASS, i-eTrex 30x ibonisa noma "ivula" endaweni yakho cishe ngamaphesenti angu-20 ngokushesha kune GPS ejwayelekile. Futhi ukuhlela uhambo lwakho olulandelayo kuyisimo sezulu, ngenxa yesofthiwe yamahhala yokuhlela uhambo evumela ukuthi uxhumane nabanye abangane noma umndeni ukuthi usebenzisa amadivaysi e-Garmin GPS ukwabelana ngezinhlelo zakho nohambo ne-Garmin Adventures. Ngaphandle kokuhlelwa kohambo, i-eTrex ingagcina imigwaqo engu-200 nama-waypoints angu-2,000 ukwenza uhambo lwakho olulandelayo lube lula ngisho nokuhlela ngaphambi kokuba uphume emgwaqeni noma phezu kwamanzi. Ukugijima ngamabhethri amabili AA, i-eTrex iqhubekela kumahora angu-25 ngecala elilodwa. Ngesilinganiso se-IPX7, idivayisi ayinamanzi futhi ingafakwa ngaphakathi kumitha eyodwa cishe imizuzu engama-30.
I-Garmin eTrex 10 Yezwe Yonke Ehamba Ngezandla I-GPS ihlangabezana namazinga we-IPX7 wokuvimbela ukungena kwamanzi futhi ingafakwa emitha elilodwa yamanzi imizuzu engu-30. Ngakho-ke uyazi ukuthi ngeke kulungiswe yimvula noma ukuqhuma okunamandla ongase uhlangabezane nakho ngenkathi ugijima ngaphandle kakhulu.
I-Garmin eTrex 10 Emhlabeni Wonke Ephathekayo I-GPS ilinganisa ama-ounces angu-9.1 nezinyathelo ezingu-1.4 x 1.7 x 2.2 ngebuso obusobuciko bokubukwa kwe-monochrome engu-2.2 intshi. Iqukethe imizila engu-50 (200 ne-eTrex yayo engu-30x version) futhi inempilo yebhethri yamahora angu-20 namabhethri amabili AA. Abasebenzisi bangagcina amaphuzu angaphezu kuka-10 000 namathrekhi angu-200 alondoloziwe ohlelweni lwawo lokungena ngemvume, okubenza bavakashele amasayithi amadala. Isamukeli sayo se-GPS sinikezwa amandla we-WAAS nge-HotFix no-GLONASS ukwesekwa, ngakho-ke uzohlala unesimo sokusheshisa nesignali ethembekile phakathi nendawo. Iza newaranti yomnyaka owodwa umthengi.
Umzila we-Oregon uyaziwa ngekhwalithi yayo yesikrini ngoba konke kubonakala kugcwele, kukhanya kakhulu (njengokukhanya kwelanga okufundwayo ngokugcwele) okubonisa konke okungamatshizi amathathu. Futhi i-Garmin Oregon 600t ayifani. Kubuye kunikwe amandla amaningi okuthinta, ngakho-ke ungakwazi ukugcoba futhi ulayishe ukuze uthole indawo oqondile oyifunayo. I-600t iza ne-ANT ne-Bluetooth ukusebenza kokuxhumana okungeziwe, futhi kukhona amamephu wezobuchwepheshe ukuze ahambe nesimo sakho esisekelwe endaweni ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukukhuphuka kwakho kuhlela.
Manje, kunama-650t, kodwa njengoba kungcono kakhulu ukuthi singayitshela, umehluko omkhulu kuphela lapha ukufakwa kwekhamera ye-digital 8MP ku-650t. Uma uhamba ngezinyawo, kungenzeka ukuthi uletha ifoni yakho nawe cishe okuyikhamera engcono, ngakho ufuna i-GPS yakho yokuhamba ukugxila ekwenzeni okusemandleni akho: ukubeka kuwe ebalazweni. Ngakho-ke, uhamba no-600t, ngoba uzothola umugqa we-Oregon omuhle kaGarmin wephuzu lentengo ephansi kune-650t ngaphandle kwekhamera ye-digital engadingekile.