Hi I own the Garmin GPS 60 CSX - the one with the colour screen. I used to own a Magellan 300, no colour screen, no map. If you have a GPS with no map, make sure you have a paper map with you, so you can find out where you really are. Coords are great, but they tell you only numbers, not where you ARE, if you know what I mean. Also, you can move the cursor around the map (on the GPS or on the computer) to get other coords, to mark a point you are not at (ass opposed to adding 500 M North, and ohh.... ummm.... 25 Eastish?). As to colour vs grey scale.. colour looks like a map. Grey scale does not. To compare, take a map and photocopy it black and white. Now try and work with it. Not fun. And it's even worse on a little GPS screen Most come with cables and software so you can move waypoints, tracks even maps from GPS to computer and from computer to GPS. My garmin lets the computer be "live" - ie you can hook it to a laptop in your car, and have a full screen map updating all the time. As to how much you can fit on 8 megs, I've no idea. But I have every Topo map for Ontario from the Quebec border on the St Lawrence, to Niagara, up to Borden / Meaford on and back to Ottawa/Hull. And that with the factory memory. I think it can hold more, but I've not need. On my computer, I have every topo map for the entire country. Your maps on the GPS are only as up to date and as accurate as your maps on disk. That being said, the Garmin are excellent. Can't speak for anyone else, as I don't own them. Hows that? David G Lucas DG Lucas Or Supervisor CF Joint Support Group HQ Kingston, On, K7K 7B4 v - 613 541 5010 xtn 2103 f - 613 540 8568 -----Original Message----- From: kag-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kag-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Nicholas Laan Sent: Monday, 28, January, 2008 08:28 AM To: kag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [kag] gps questions Hey, I am new to the gps crowd and I was wondering if I could ask some questions. I see the debate here is raging over whether you should get simple coordinates vs the map with bells and whistles. I am a bit more interested in getting some sort of map reading but I have a few questions. Is there a huge difference between the greyscale maps and the colour ones? A lot of these devices also note that they come with an American map (+ north america) are Canadian cities such as Kingston well represented? And the final question is do I go with the say 8 or 32 megs of build in memory vs the replaceable memory cards. How large an area can i fit on 8 megs? if i want to switch maps from my computer is it easy? Thanks for the help ktownhiker _____ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.