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Sat, 04/19/2008 - 2:04am

Hi Everyone,
I am new to this GPS receiver stuff and would like to know if all GPS units display my latitude and longitude of where I would be standing at that time.I want to find vacant land for sale and many times they give this info out.
Thanks in advance!!!

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Sat, 04/19/2008 - 2:10am

yes

dmuffler wrote:

Hi Everyone,
I am new to this GPS receiver stuff and would like to know if all GPS units display my latitude and longitude of where I would be standing at that time.I want to find vacant land for sale and many times they give this info out.
Thanks in advance!!!

While standing at the location that you want the lat/long tap on the car icon on the screen and it will display the lat/long and give you the option to save it in Favorites.

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Garmin 38 - Magellan Gold - Garmin Yellow eTrex - Nuvi 260 - Nuvi 2460LMT - Google Nexus 7 - Toyota Entune NAV
Sat, 04/19/2008 - 2:15am

lat and long info

Thanks so much for the info...Will a Nuvi 200 do that? Someone told me only the hiking gps' did that and it threw me off because I want one for the car and hiking.

Sat, 04/19/2008 - 2:51am

Maybe

dmuffler wrote:

Thanks so much for the info...Will a Nuvi 200 do that? Someone told me only the hiking gps' did that and it threw me off because I want one for the car and hiking.

Since Flaco has a 260, there is probably a good chance that the technique works on a 200 also. It does not work on all Nuvis. With the 660, you just go to WhereTo/Coordinates and your current coordinates show up. Then if you click on a coordinate, you can input a new destination.

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Nuvi 660 -- and not upgrading it or maps until Garmin fixes long-standing bugs/problems, and get maps to where they are much more current, AND corrected on a more timely basis when advised of mistakes.
Sat, 04/19/2008 - 2:58am

200 or 260

bentbiker, either way he will be able to find the coordinates

Your way of going to coordinates also works on the 200 or 260

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Garmin 38 - Magellan Gold - Garmin Yellow eTrex - Nuvi 260 - Nuvi 2460LMT - Google Nexus 7 - Toyota Entune NAV
Sat, 04/19/2008 - 7:57pm

650 works

That works on the Nüvi 650,

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Jerry...Jacksonville,Fl Nüvi1450,Nuvi650,Nuvi 2495 and Mapsource.
Sat, 04/19/2008 - 8:12pm

Depends

To FIND a lat, long. go to the where to and then you may need to scroll to the next screen and it could have a coordinates icon, just put in the coord you want and hit go. then it should take you to that spot, Depending on you model,

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Jerry...Jacksonville,Fl Nüvi1450,Nuvi650,Nuvi 2495 and Mapsource.
Sun, 04/20/2008 - 8:15pm

Not all GPSr will give you

Not all GPSr will give you Lat/Long

The StreetPilot 3xx and 5xx don't give you the lat and long.

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Charley - Nuvi 350 - Bel STI Driver - Cobra 29 w/ wilson 1000 - AIM: asianfire -
Sun, 04/20/2008 - 10:07pm

660 nuvi

Tapping the upper left corner icon in the 660 gives you the LAT LONG and sat. positions and sun and a bunch of other stuff if I remember correctly.

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Sun, 04/20/2008 - 10:28pm

Yes, but

jmar254 wrote:

Tapping the upper left corner icon in the 660 gives you the LAT LONG and sat. positions and sun and a bunch of other stuff if I remember correctly.

Only from the menu screen.

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Nuvi 660 -- and not upgrading it or maps until Garmin fixes long-standing bugs/problems, and get maps to where they are much more current, AND corrected on a more timely basis when advised of mistakes.