What is the best handheld gps for hiking and mountain biking? Is garmin handheld gps best handheld gps for hiking and more expensive , sensitive so that they find the signal when in the woods?
The Garmin handhelds with the x in the model number all use the Sirf III chipset and a sensitive antenna. These models are the 60cx and csx and 76cx and csx and some of the newer etrex series have the x designation. Among our fellow hikers the most popular is the 60csx (I use the cx …

What handheld GPS good for Panama? I want to be able to get GPS coordinates from various places in Panama and then place them on a Google map. Do I need a special handheld gps, software, etc.?
Theoretically all gps’s will work. Although if you want one that will show you your co-ordinates on a map within the GPS itself you will need one that has a Panama map stored in it’s memory. If you just want to get the co-ordinates and them put them on a map later than …