Fix for Altitude

I've noticed you can get lat and long if you define a POI or input an address, but I haven't played with it that much.

As far as altitude goes, I'd say they just left it out because it would be one more thing to have the software calculate. Just a guess though.

 

GPS is usually less accurate in altitude than in lat/lon ... maybe they're worried about confusion, bickering, liability, etc.

 

Current Lat and Long are available in the compass mode (p54) in the Nav Sys Manual.
I also would like to get Altitude.
Also a satellite reception display (thanks for the secrete code) sky map along with a estimated accuracy indicator, would be a good feature. Travel statistics such as current, average and max. speed.
I took my Garmin on an air flight and kept the max speed (458 mph) for a long time.

Their mapping is good I like the display and display options. But as for the rest, I have wonder if the developers of the S/W ever took a look at the other GPS systems?

 

Lots of software projects have a 'base' version, then a modded one for each customer. The customer defines the feature set and their 'look and feel', and that's what gets shipped.

I wouldn't be surprised if some of the other GPS systems are the same base software with different mods and a different look...

 

So I'm guessing that an upgrade will come out and for the paultry sum of $200 and only then can we upgrade from the "base" and get a full featured GPS (after all we paid for the GPS in the first place).