I'd say 8 meg is enough if you have a notebook computer to stuff the eeprom as you travel about. I find 16 meg is just barely enough for me as I don't have a notebook computer. It's all a matter of how you are going to use the emap. If you are always leaving on your trips from home, then 8 meg is enough.
The batteries last so long in the emap I can't keep track of how long they last, not to mention it only takes two AA batteries. I always keep those Costco 4 pack of AAs in my backpack.
> -----Original Message----- > From: tOny@netdoor.com [mailto:tOny@netdoor.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 1:41 PM > To: gpsstash@egroups.com > Subject: [gpsstash] Decided on GPS for Gecocaching. > > > After all my research I have decided to go with the Garmin eMap with > 8 meg of memory and the TOPO map CD (instead of the driving/city one). > > I am getting it just for the hiking/geocaching and think the topos > will come in more handy than the city one. I just hope the > bread-crumb resolution and battery life will be cool. > > Thanks for all of your help. I am ordering it on Monday and hope to > have my first geocache (stash?) done this weekend. > > Tony B. > >