Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today that it was introducing the GPS 72H with new, state-of-the-art features including a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, and a fast USB interface – all in an easy-to-use handheld that floats.

“Since 2002, the GPS 72 has been the handheld of choice for the boater that wants a simple, rugged, and reliable navigator,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president for worldwide sales.  “Now, with a high-sensitivity receiver, boaters can acquire a position fix quickly and easily.”

In addition to improved GPS satellite reception, the GPS 72H can quickly transfer waypoints, tracks, and routes via its fast USB interface, as well as the tried-and-true NMEA 0183.  Battery life has also been improved to 18 hours (typical use).  Like the legacy GPS 72, the updated 72H is fully waterproof to IPX-7 standards (submersible in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes).  Best of all, the unit floats, in case of an accidental dunking.

The GPS 72H features built-in celestial data, including tide tables, sunrise/sunset times, and a fishing and hunting almanac.  Like its predecessor, the GPS 72H stores up to 500 waypoints and 50 routes.

The GPS 72H includes a wrist strap, a quick start manual, and digital owner’s manual.  The unit is expected to be available in the October 2009 for a suggested retail price of $149.99.  Visit www.garmin.com for more information.

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The Garmin GPSMap 76CSx is packed with features that experienced mariners require. This

Garmin GPS 76CSx

Garmin 76CSx is insanely accurate, high-sensitivity GPS receiver by SiRF that tracks your position even in canyons and tree cover. It also included a 128 MB microSD card for storage of optional map detail. The 76CSx is ready to take you anywhere on the water as a highly capable unit. Even, the Garmin 76CSx is a good companion for an outdoor adventure, which it crosses over from nautical maps to forest maps to city navigator maps.

The 76CSx designed to present mapping and trip information clearly and accurately in any lighting conditions with 256-color TFT color display – 2.6Inch. If you’re walking in the sunshine, then the bright sunlight-readable color TFT display color screen will show you the details with no trouble. As well, if you’re walking in the pouring rain, your unit will stay protected.

You’ll get up to 20 hours of battery life from the unit, while using two AA alkaline batteries.

The Garmin 76CSx also let you retrace your path with feature the 10,000 point automatic track log; which can save 20 tracks (500 points each). And there’s a lot of option for easy viewing, plus a dual-position display mode.

The unit also includes built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt; sun and moon calculations; and audible alarms for anchor drag, arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint, and clock.

Another type of GPSMap 76CSx has integrated electronic compass and barometric altimeter. The unit’s barometric altimeter system features automatic pressure trend recording while providing current elevation, minimum/maximum elevation, ascent/descent rate, total ascent and descent, and average and maximum ascent and descent rate. And the electronic compass allows you to get accurate headings while standing still.

The 76CSx’s trip computer provides odometer, stopped time, total time, moving average, overall average, max speed, and more.

Meanwhile, a fast processor allows the 76CSx to provide turn-by-turn directions, quick auto-routing and audio alerts when you use the optional MapSource software, which can be stored on the unit’s microSD card. With the USB or serial port interfaces, downloading information is quick. The 76CSx can share navigation instructions with repeaters, plotters, and autopilots using the dedicated serial port.

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By Yenie S. Darian

GPS was originally intended for military applications, but over the past couple of years, more people are taking

Auto Navigation System

advantage of it to make easier to find out where they are going, plan their journeys, and keep track of where they are.

Today, the people who spend many hours in their car, truck, or SUV and the people who do extensive travels need the benefits from an auto navigation system.

Most people might just be thinking of one concern, which they will decide the best navigation unit they really need. There are simple things that you need to know are the different auto navigation systems and determine which of these units your needs more.

The different auto navigation systems on the market today:

• Stand-alone Auto Navigation System provides the most detailed and complete mapping utilities.
• Multipurpose Handheld Navigation Devices do not have the full-detailed information that the former can offer you than Stand-alone auto navigation.
• Laptop/Palm Based Systems is better, if you already have your Palm or laptop devices and you often bring them with you while traveling.

How you can use the auto navigation system and GPS technology during your every travel:

• Before you get in your car and start the engine, of course, you need first to Planning your trip and where your destination will be. Auto navigation system will help you to give the best direction.
• While you are in travel, there are some points that you might need to eat some or stop for a while to take rest. So keep track of gas station, malls, hotels, restaurants or theatres.

GPS in the Auto Navigation System allow easy navigation that it tells you exactly where you are and lets you find the shortest way that you can reach your destination. Traveling was never been this easy. And you no longer need that huge atlas or the commercial tour guide. It’s mean you can save fuel, money, time and energy.

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The number of devices that contain GPS units has increased, since GPS technology begins, such as a GPS unit installed

Portable GPS System

in car, in boat etc.

The devices that contain portable GPS systems are used for emergency, business purposes and other very serious matters even as a fun stuff.

• Today, the mobile phone is a device that is most likely to contain GPS system, that useful to give their location in emergency case if they would call 911.
• The people that work in delivery business, sales, repair and other job that need to find their way around, are use to track their positions and keep track of their phone calls with PDA.
• Some software can create routes that are efficient by grouping customers together by their location that used in conjunction with GPS units.
• A portable GPS system also use by surveyors to map fields, plan roads and set survey boundaries or markers.
• Laptops can also be equipped with a Global Positioning System and software to use the signal for mapping, traveling and many other purposes.
• Fire services and Police also find new ways with different types of portable GPS system to save lives every day.
• You can use GPS system to track your own position, the position of someone or something else too. Even, the smaller GPS units can be used to track pets and other things that might get lost.
• Competitive glider pilots use portable GPS units to present proof that they reached the race markers.
• Geocaching is a game that is played using hidden emitters a GPS signal and players with PDAs compete to find it.
• Camera and Watches today can be found with GPS system, the possibilities of their uses are seemingly endless.

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By Yenie S. Darian

A long time ago, the boaters or mariners consulted star charts and latitude/longitude numbers to figure out their way

Marine GPS Navigation

back to land. But these days, for the accurate tracking system that some could not discover, only need Marine GPS Navigation, that use anywhere from 12 to 24 satellites to figure out positioning. GPS Navigation System use for make it easy to find your way back to shore in unknown waters, navigate at night, and find large fish or avoid rocks.

Marine GPS Navigation Systems is more accurate and less hassle than previous methods to tracking you on the open sea. For safety reason, it doesn’t only can keep you from getting lost, but you can map ways around tropical storms at sea, or alternate routes.

Then, Marine GPS Navigation Systems continue to get more sophisticated, and come in hand-held models, all the way up to marine GPS navigation lap top computers. You can find a marine GPS that can do whatever you want it to, like navigation or get topography in foreign water bodies. In the larger cruisers and yachts, Marine GPS Navigation Systems used in to “auto-pilot” ship, and navigate back to port in the dark of night.

Before buying Marine GPS Navigation Systems, do research for all types, models and function that you need. It depend on what you will do, like whether it will be for river fishing or ocean adventures, for commercial fishermen or recreational fishermen. For example, commercial fishermen would need them to not only get them back to shore, avoid the paths of storms, and find fish, but might need alarms for shallow reefs or other alarms.

Finding Marine GPS navigation systems is easy at retailers, even especially on online store, the choices are unlimited.

When you finding Marine GPS navigation systems, this is all about of the number of functions that are required for what you will do.

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