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SAUGUS BOATER · 10-02-2007, 07:48 AM

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 !).

10-02-2007, 07:48 AM	#6
SAUGUS BOATER Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Saugus Massachusetts Posts: 84 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	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 !).