Handheld GPS by Memory Map
Greetings everyone, it’s me Richard Lopez again, your expert on handheld GPS from SatelliteMap Review.com and today I want to discuss another excellent mapping option, the Memory Map Adventurer series. In past articles I’ve already had a look at some of the outstanding GPS mapping options, including the Garmin Montana 600 series and the Satmap Active 10 Plus. The reason why I have chosen these articles to write about in the main is because of the excellent rendering of the maps. There was a time when GPS handheld devices just gave you the basics: things such as your basic coordinates, perhaps a compass bearing and then some very basic mapping features. But those days are gone, and today’s modern GPS devices are able to render excellent detailed colour maps on screen and then lay over the GPS extras. The Memory Map Adventurer series does exactly this, so let’s have a look at what is on offer.
Memory Map have two models which make up the Adventurer series of GPS, the 2800 and the 3500 model. They are both pretty distinctive, with bright yellow covers – easy to pick out of the bottom of your rucksack! What’s the difference between the two? Well, the 2800 is the slightly less expensive option and is smaller than the 3500, both aspects that some people might actually prefer for ease of use and budgetary reasons inclusive. Both these GPS devices run off a high-sensitivity 50 channel GPS receiver which SatelliteMapReview.com has found to be one of the strongest and most reliable out there and fires up quickly in all conditions.
As I said at the beginning of this piece, what really marks out an excellent handheld GPS device for me is the quality of the mapping. This rings absolutely true with the Memory Map Adventurer series as both the 2800 and 3500 models run off what I call the ‘gold standard’ of mapping, Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey gives simply the best mapping around in the UK and beyond with full-colour renderings of all natural features, tracks, roads and contours. The Memory Map Adventurer series allows downloads which give you all of the features of the Ordnance Survey right there on the GPS screen.
The screen size of the 2800 model is 2.8 inches, and the 3500 model is slightly larger at 3.5 inches. Both operate from a touchscreen interface with the 3500 model also coming with the option of a stylus, handy for those days which are cold and when you are wearing gloves. The 96,000 pixels screen gives excellent rendering of the digital maps. The 3500 model is more rectangular in shape and also has the capability to run Marine charts for use while boating.
Memory Map have something called their V5 map collection which is a range of mapping add-ons which can be used in conjunction with either model of the Adventurer series. You can select which area you want to explore and then buy the appropriate mapping section. There’s full PC software available with both models to allow you to plan routes, store data and transfer information from your GPS to computer and vice versa. The 3500 has an option called the DigitalGPS window which allows you to arrange the interface and how you read the GPS data exactly as you want it.
Well, as with a lot of modern GPS, I could go on and on about the features ad nauseum but if there’s one thing I want you to take away about the Memory Map Adventurer Series it’s the quality of the mapping and the decent digital rendering on-screen – the aspects which are most important to me as a GPS reviewer. Well, thanks for reading – I hope you’ve found this article somewhat informative and remember I’ve got all the top handheld GPS reviewed and compared on my dedicated resource site, SatelliteMapReview.com so head on over to us and check it all out. In the meantime happy navigating.
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