Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx

$532.00 $497.00+ GST

The Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx

The GPSMAP 60CSx adds several performance-enhancing features to the popular 60-series products, including a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, barometric altimeter and electronic compass.

Pinpoint Your Location — and Direction

GPSMAP 60CSx: Put the great outdoors in the palm of your hand




 

 

 

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Features

With the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx, you can find your way in almost any conditions:

  • High-sensitivity GPS receiver gives you improved satellite reception even in heavy tree cover or deep canyons
  • Barometric altimeter provides extremely accurate elevation data
  • Electronic compass can determine your heading and direction, even when you're standing still
  • IPX7 waterproof case can withstand an accidental dunk in the water and still perform
  • Large, colour TFT display makes viewing the screen easy, day or night
  • Built-in autoroute basemap, including major roads, exits and tide data, gives you automatic, turn-by-turn directions

Add More Detail

Connect the 60CSx to your computer with the USB cable, and you can load map data or transfer routes and waypoints. You can even purchase microSD cards that are preloaded with MapSource maps, which means you don't have to connect to your computer. The microSD card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you never have to worry about water getting inside.

FAQS

What do c, s and x stand for?

Many Garmin GPS units have a combination of the letters C, S and X after them. These indicate the following capabilities.

  • Colour - that the unit has a colour display
  • Sensors - that the unit has sensors such as the bariometric altimeter and electronic compass
  • eXtendable - that the unit supports additional memory cards to expand the capacity for maps and other data (note that this only applies to the newer GPSMAP models, and doesn't include some of the older models such as the 12XL)

However, Garmin has not appeared to have used these labels consistently. It is assumed that this is because of marketing and naming reasons.

Has geocaching been in the news in New Zealand?

Even though some of us have been geocaching since 2000, it was not until 2005 that we had news articles appearing in New Zealand publications about geocaching.

Is there an official geocaching organisation/website?

There is no official geocaching organisation or website at this point in time, as there is no international organisation or association of geocachers that can grant such official status.

There are geocache directory sites that call themselves official, and whilst they may have a very comprehensive geocache listing services, they cannot claim to be official as there is no organisation to grant official status.

The New Zealand Recreational GPS Society does not claim to be an official geocaching organisation for the reason mentioned above, as well as only being able to represent a subset of geocachers in New Zealand.

What websites list geocaches?

There are two websites that provide comprehensive listings of New Zealand geocaches. 

 There are a number of other sites that list geocaches, but these currently do not have many New Zealand geocaches listed on them.

How did geocaching start?

On 1 MAY 2000, President Clinton announced that the US Department of Defence would disable Selective Availability on the Global Positioning System. This meant that civilian (as opposed to military) GPS units would see the error drop from 100's of metres down to around 5m. This meant that overnight a consumer GPS could be used to repeatedly return to the same co-ordinates (previously you could have been a couple of hundred metres out).

Two days later, Dave Ulmer in Oregon, USA went out and placed the first GPS stash - as they were called initially. Dave then went on to post a message to the sci.geo.satellite-nav newsgroup.