Can you easily see major rivers of the world? Including the river itself and names?
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The globe shows major rivers and there are names where it is not too cluttered up with towns, etc.For example the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers along with their tribs are shown, yet no names appear.While the Snake, Colorado and Mississippi are all labeled. I'd recommend a larger globe if you need that detail (given that California is but an inch long at this scale.
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The globe shows major rivers and there are names where it is not too cluttered up with towns, etc. For example the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers along with their tribs are shown, yet no names appear. While the Snake, Colorado and Mississippi are all labeled. I'd recommend a larger globe if you need that detail (given that California is but an inch long at this scale.
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I love this globe. It's the perfect size for me and tips up, down and around so that I can quickly find what Ii'm looking for, including many rivers, seas, lakes etc. But not all. I use it as I read and watch the news and to show my grandchildren where in the world things are. happening. "Major rivers" is a bit subjective. I don't want a bigger globe, but you might consider it if you have space for it.
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Yes, it has maps of US Lakes. There are other more detailed maps available which provide more detail.
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Yes!!!! Beautiful Panoramics! It's so easy too, you just hold the button and go from one side to the other and it stitches it together perfectly for you! You don't have to line anything up or anything like that :)
212707
It does show navigational bouys and channel markers. The GPS is very clear for inland waterways.
1407590
it has all the maps for saltwater coastal areas.I suggest that you go to boaters world or West Marine
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It comes preloaded with a marine coastal chart map. But if he is going deeper inland on the waterways he can down load an additional comprehensive Blue Chart g2 with even more detail. He will have to install an Micro SD cart of 16 gig byte to store it on. But it should serve him very well.
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Yes you can map with your finger on the display (our use your pc) anywhere in the world and it will follow the contours and show Google streets where available. Funily enough I ran through the streets of Rome yesterday and New York today.
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I wouldn't say so. just the coordinates are important. the low quality map data that comes with this would not add to the info you are getting.
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You have to buy the appropriate chart set. The 78SC comes with a Worldwide Basemap but this is not satisfactory for precision navigation. I bought the Garmin Lakes & Rivers chart set for the US. This includes even really minor streams, lakes and rivers. This chart set includes data where rivers (inlets) meet the gulf or other coastal water. If you plan to navigate one of the coastal areas away from inlets, then you need to buy one of the blue water chart sets. You can download a purchased set (but have to physically install a memory card purchased from one of your local vendors) or buy a memory card from Garmin with the chart set already loaded. The download is faster if you are in a hurry.
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Yes. Watch this YouTube video and it will show you your options for viewing methods. http://youtu.be/J3A13-ggKIA
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Yes, anyway in the user manual there is a web site to download any map and software
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No not as far as I know. Ours was loaded with a basic map of America and we had to purchase all the maps we wanted. Hope this helps.
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Yes you will be able to view them, but will need a word processing such as MS Word or Apple Pages to edit the documents.
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Hi, Yes you need to download maps for each particular region. I have experience with tourist map but not for city navigation. And while it is great for hiking it could be less convenient in a dense city area.Attila
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Yes. You can read the street names - almost better on the B/W printed version than on the color screen.
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you can down load maps from any where and can set it up for any where no sd card it's extra, the topo maps show the hills and valley in color and streams roads
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Different areas of the world have different formats for viewing. This machine let's you view all of them