This table contains a comparison of the various products in the
Garmin handheld GPS line. Instead of building a table entry for each
product they have been grouped by family. The older multiplex units
are represented by the G-38/G-40/G-45XL and the 12 channel parallel
units are represented by the G-12/G-12XL/G48. The original mapping
products are shown in the table entry for G-III/GIII+. There are
special columns for the emap, etrex lines and 76 family. The etrex
has two columns due to the split in the family coverage based on the
click stick hardware. There is also some support for an electronic
compass and an altimeter with vertical profiling. These are unique
features in a few Garmin units. There is no specific coverage in the
table for the G-II, the G-II+, the G-III Pilot, the G-12CX, the 12MAP,
or the GPS-72. Instead these units are represented as note entries at
the bottom of the table. The specifications for other Garmin units
may be able to be implied from the table but no guarantee can be made
for their applicability. The Rino products have the same gps
specifications and features as the Venture and Legend.
General Notes for table.
Notes:
1. 12CX is a 12XL except it has 2048 tracklog, 3 color display,
1000 waypoints, waypoint maintenance improvements, 35 hour battery
life w/battery save, dedicated zoom keys, temperature 5 - 131 F
2. III Pilot is like a III except - no saved logs, no MOB, has Jeppeson
database support, HSI compass display, vertical navigation support
3. III and III+ has configurable average speed.
4. 12MAP - A 12CX hardware and case design with audible alarms.
Software features and display are the same as a III+ except no display
rotation.
5. II is the same specs as other multiplex units except it in a III case
design with rotatable display
6. II+ is like a III except no maps and has lower resolution display and
much less customization.
7. keypad if used counts as 4 keys but may be used for 8 positions on
units without separate keys.
8. Information for final destination available on G12 family and G45
family only on active route screen. Not on a navigation screen.
etrex and emap report this on backtrack routes. emap reports this
on route page.
9. Etrex, emap reports on the active route screen but, active bactraks
show ETE and Dist on main screen. Note that emap, etrex calculates this
differently from other units.
10. Etrex summit, vista, 76S contains another screen for vertical
profiling. Can be customized to display barometric profiling.
11. Etrex and Emap display some live data on menu screens. Both will
display active route data and the emap has a trip screen that displays
average speed, max speed, and odometer read outs. The setup screen is
the only place on the emap to display time in seconds.
12. Emap and new etrex's computes nearest from cursor position
- the others from present position.
13. GPS V - satellite screen, map, compass (position), trip guidance.
14. The European basic etrex is like the USA Camo except for color.
15. Based on the US version, you can buy some units in other languages.
16. The GPS 72 is like the 76 except there is no provision for
an external antenna and the screen resolution is 120x160.
17. The Rino products have the same gps specifications and features
as the Legend and Venture. Of course physical sizes are different.
In addition the Rino product supports waypoint comments of up to
30 characters with a default of the date and time.
All support English/Metric/Nautical units for speed, distance, altitude.
| Feature | 38, 40, 45XL | 12, 12XL, 48 | III, III+ | V | Emap | Etrex, Camo, Summit | Venture, Legend, Vista | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grids | ||||||||
| DDD.ddddd | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| DDD/MM.mmm | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| DDD/MM/SS.s | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| TD | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Loran |
| UTM/UPS | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| MGRS | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Military |
| OSGB | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Great Britain |
| Irish | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| Swiss | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| Swedish | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| German | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| French | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | . |
| Indo So LCO | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | . |
| India | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | O, IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIIA, IIIB, IVA, IVB |
| Maidenhead | N | Y | III+ | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| New Zealand | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| Taiwan | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| W. Malayan RSO | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| Dutch Grid | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| Qatar Grid | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| Finish KKJ27 grid | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| User Grid | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| Navigation Data | ||||||||
| Location | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | lat/lon or grid |
| Dual Location grids | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Lat/Lon must be one |
| Altitude | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Speed | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Track | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | aka Course |
| Bearing | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| ETE | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | time to go |
| ETA | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | |
| XTE | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Course error |
| CTS | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | To Course |
| VMG | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | |
| TRN | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | |
| ETAD | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Note 8,9 ETA at Destination |
| ETED | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | ETE at Destination |
| Dist to Next | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | . |
| Dist to Destination | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Note 8,9 |
| VS | N | N | N | Y | N | Summit | Vista | Vertical Speed |
Dale DePriest
revison
99/9/8 initial release
99/12/23 minor fixes
99/12/27 changed maidenhead reference.
00/1/7 added more data
00/1/11 added etrex and many more fields to compare this product
00/1/13 fixed some etrex specs.
00/2/1 added 2.04 III+ changes.
00/3/7 add new 4.57 G-12 changes and 2.04 etrex changes
00/5/29 added emap
00/6/10 updated nearsest info - emap ete
00/7/6 added etrex summit
00/7/29 updated some emap data.
00/10/8 updated emap and etrex for new release
00/12/15 corrected some numbers.
01/1/11 added new etrex models
01/2/12 added compass and altimeter information
01/4/1 added 76 and more data on new etrex models.
01/4/9 updated 76 data.
01/9/24 added GPS V. revised some entries 01/10/7
02/4/22 updated 76S data and comments on European etrex.
02/6/14 added some data on the GPS V.
02/8/9 added gps 72.
03/3/5 added note on Rino