Best handheld gps device for mapping

[49er12]

I’m sure some of you more experienced detectors have used some of these handheld devices and other brands, if I may ask u your experience and if they really help you when you have to find some properties and frankly old sites thanks gang.

 

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[A#1]

Honestly, I prefer an Samsung brand Android cell phone.....or a tablet. I use both, tablet in the truck, cell in my pocket.

Really a much more versatile and useful tool than a standalone GPS.

I have an app thats like a current plat map of my whole state. OnxHunt (yearly subscription)(Requires cell service, or "some" internet)

I have a app that provides all the functionality of a GPS, plus older topos, satellite view, basic road map, track recording, and I can take pictures and noted with every waypoint i mark. I can also export all that to Google earth on PC, or import marked places from Google Earth. Backcountry Navigator (free or low cost single purchase)

I have an app where I can overlay jpeg of an older map, and see my GPS location in 1885. Maprika (free)

You don't need cellular service to use the hardware, just a WIFI connection, that you cand also find free if you look around.

With cell service you can add in realtime weather. (free)

I owned a couple Garmin units, they were okay, I gave them away. My Toughbook laptop has built-in GPS, and can realtime on Google Earth, but I never use it. I get all I need from the above.

 

[Flipperfla]

For navigation, research, google earth, mapping, Gaia,live track log, portable use an I pad air2 with a Verizon jetpac for wi-fi and a Garmin glo2 with Bluetooth link with the iPad for real-time navigation in the truck. Great for bringing up all sorts of data, maps, Google Earth real-time. When getting down and dirty I use a Garmin 76CX that I can load topo software or marine charts. Waterproof, it even floats! I just load my numbers of prospective sites and into the woods I go. I can load the marine charts and it mounts in my Skiff and interfaces with its electronics. I also keep my track log for research and logging grid patterns on beaches. I worked at a West Marine and sold all makes a models of GPSs for years. Garmin is one of the better manufacturers, easy to use, good customer support.