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<blockquote data-quote="valleyforge.1777" data-source="post: 2524701" data-attributes="member: 120357"><p>I am going to back off a little bit on what I said above.</p><p>Turns out that the Garmin GPSMAP 66i device with built in InReach features only has a single receiver for GPS and does NOT include the other (Russian, European, Japanese) systems. That forces the buyer to make a compromise to get the InReach type features. My 66sr has the Russian GLONASS, American GPS, and European Galileo, and the newer ones also include the Japanese QZSS. But that specific model, the 66sr is their only one in the GPSMAP line that includes those multi-system receivers and it does NOT include the InReach. I have used the Garmin GPS units for 25 years and I can say that having the multi-system receivers is a HUGE advantage for accuracy. Not wanting to get political about the Russians, and word has it they have let their GLONASS system age-out a bit, but their system added to our GPS gives a very accurate pinpointing of location. The European system is not fully deployed but already also adds a lot to accuracy on a GPS. </p><p>Our forefathers did amazing things with primitive maps. You can, apparently, walk (and paddle) from St. Louis to the Pacific coast without a GPS device, but Lewis and Clark would have used GPS if it had been invented (Little known fact, they actually started in Pittsburgh, PA, not St. Louis)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="valleyforge.1777, post: 2524701, member: 120357"] I am going to back off a little bit on what I said above. Turns out that the Garmin GPSMAP 66i device with built in InReach features only has a single receiver for GPS and does NOT include the other (Russian, European, Japanese) systems. That forces the buyer to make a compromise to get the InReach type features. My 66sr has the Russian GLONASS, American GPS, and European Galileo, and the newer ones also include the Japanese QZSS. But that specific model, the 66sr is their only one in the GPSMAP line that includes those multi-system receivers and it does NOT include the InReach. I have used the Garmin GPS units for 25 years and I can say that having the multi-system receivers is a HUGE advantage for accuracy. Not wanting to get political about the Russians, and word has it they have let their GLONASS system age-out a bit, but their system added to our GPS gives a very accurate pinpointing of location. The European system is not fully deployed but already also adds a lot to accuracy on a GPS. Our forefathers did amazing things with primitive maps. You can, apparently, walk (and paddle) from St. Louis to the Pacific coast without a GPS device, but Lewis and Clark would have used GPS if it had been invented (Little known fact, they actually started in Pittsburgh, PA, not St. Louis) [/QUOTE]
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