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EQUIPMENT REVIEWS:
DELORME EARTHMATE GPS PN-40
As seen in JPFreek Adventure Magazine, Winter 2008 - Review by Mike Fissel - Contributing Editor
Here Is What They Say About It:
The Earthmate PN-40 is a high-sensitivity, high-performance, bright-color-screen handheld GPS that offers an unrivaled selection of display options
including up-to-date DeLorme Topo USA topographic maps, color aerial imagery, USGS 7.5-min. topographic quad maps, and NOAA nautical charts.
- New--Blazing-fast, high-sensitivity 32-channel STMicroelectronics Cartesio chipset
- New--Dual-core processor for instantaneous map and satellite imagery redraws, even with large aerial imagery files and multiple maps layers
- 360¡ raster rotation sets the PN-40 apart from other common GPS handhelds. With 360¡ rotation road, building, and other images really are on your
left or right as you look at the map and walk, bike or drive
- New--3-axis electronic compass with included accelorometer performs when held in any positionÑwhile in motion or standing still
- New--Sensitive barometric altimeter for reliably accurate altitude readings
- WAAS-enabled for accuracy within 3 meters
- New--Now supports SDHC high-capacity SD cards (up to 32 GB) for fast and direct map transfer from the included maps discs
Here Is What WE Say About It
Jeep Expeditions was lucky enough to get one of the first PN-40 units available and here is out story in plain talk,
for anyone who depends on GPS for off-highway, back country excursions and/or daily use in the city.
First off, the PN-40 has a very bright color screen that is readable in the brightest sunlight, much
like the PN-20 (also reviewed in this section). Secondly, is that Delorme uses the same high resolution
Topo 7 software that you use on your home PC or laptop. Unlike the "competition", you can also download
USGS Topo Quads and high resolution aerial images by purchasing a $29.95 subscription. How cool is that?
Plus, you can switch from map to map, look at your position from the Topo 7 software view, switch to the Topo Quads,
then switch to the high resolution aerial images. The new PN-40 acquires a 3D fix much faster than many
other units due to the new 32 bit GPS chipset, but that's not all.
The PN-40 takes SD cards up to 32GB to store all the maps you will ever need on any trip. Compare that to the
2GB for the PN-20 and the 2 to 4 gigs for most of the other units currently on the market. In addition,
it has 512mb of built-in flash memory over and above the memory dedicated to the base maps. Add to this a three
axis electronic compass and the barometric altimeter and the PN-40 is a clear winner. It can store 50 routes
10 tracks with 10,000 points per track and 1,000 separate waypoints!
The included Delorme Topo 7 software has the same street level info as the Delorme Street Atlas software
so your PN-40 will always let you know where you are without having to switch back and forth from Topo to Streets.
Try that with any other Topo software product on the market today. To give you and example of just how much more detailed the maps of
Topo 7 are than the maps available for your Garmin, you can put half the country on a 1GB SD card for your Garmin GPS. For the same 1 GB
of memory, you can squeeze in all of Arizona with little room left over. While that might be good for a trip down the interstate from sea to
shining sea, it won't satisfy your needs for GPS in the back country. The Delorme software is so detailed that a 32GB card will hold only
about 80% of the US. Do the math and you're decision to buy Delore will be very easy.
Did I mention that it was easy to use? I took my PN40 out of the box, loaded the Topo 7 software onto a 32GB SDHC card and
in less than an hour (I don't read manuals) I was an "expert" in how to use it. With the Topo 7 software loaded onto your home PC
or laptop, you can plan out a trip or review past trips. It's easy to upload and download from the PN40 to your PC and from you PC to
the PN40.
Compare the PN40 with the Garmin Colorado series at $600. The Colorado seems to be closest in features from what I could tell but even the color ETrex at $249
can’t stand up to a head to head match with the PN-40 in my opinion. It's clearly a better unit for the money based on it's highly detailed maps, the availability
to download USGS 1:24,000 Topo Quad and high resolution aerial images plus there is no extra expense to buy routable street maps with the included Topo 7 software.
At a price point of under $300, Delorme wins by TKO hands down!
A minor consideration for some, you can share you tracks and waypoints with your buddies Garmin via a GPX download, but they still don’t have the
detail and map choices that you'll have with the PN-40.
I might also mention that the basemaps for the DeLorme unit are for the entire planet! Something that Garmin does not offer for the occasional world traveler.
Power and speed, features, ease of use and Topo 7 software make the new PN-40 the leader of the GPS pack by leap an bounds!
Available online at DeLorme.com and many fine stores nationwide for under $300 depending on accessories.
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