Gps / Chartplotter Question
Phantom,
a GPS just gives your position in different formats of latitude / longitude / elevation. It's up to you to transfer that info onto a map and figure out where you are / where you are going.
A chartplotter actually takes that information and overlays it onto a digital map which subsequently shows your position graphically on the map real time.
Hope this clears it up.
Saugus Boater
p.s. - i've got a Furuno gp 1650 wf. Chartplotter with built in fishfinder. Love it. Don't go out without it (and a nice bizer chart to back it up !).
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