I'm glad to see I'm not the only one still using ancient Garmin GPS like the GPS V.
What I like about it is that it accepts an external antenna, and years ago I bought an antenna that sticks to the roof of my truck magnetically with a long wire leading to my GPS V. And then the GPS is connected to my laptop and continuously shows/tracks my position on TOPO or MS Streets.
What I don't like about it is that it requires an external antenna to get a good, full-sky signal in the truck. It won't receive much/anything through the roof of the truck, and sitting on the dashboard it only sees part of the sky.
What many/most newer GPSes (those from the past few years) have is the SiRF chip (or similiar by other manufacturers) that provides "high sensitivity" GPS, making it able to get/use a fix on satellites (by being able to correctly interpret weak signals, apparently) even indoors and under heavy foliage cover, etc. Without such a chip your smartphone wouldn't be able to show position indoors...which most can do these days.
What I like about it is that it accepts an external antenna, and years ago I bought an antenna that sticks to the roof of my truck magnetically with a long wire leading to my GPS V. And then the GPS is connected to my laptop and continuously shows/tracks my position on TOPO or MS Streets.
What I don't like about it is that it requires an external antenna to get a good, full-sky signal in the truck. It won't receive much/anything through the roof of the truck, and sitting on the dashboard it only sees part of the sky.
What many/most newer GPSes (those from the past few years) have is the SiRF chip (or similiar by other manufacturers) that provides "high sensitivity" GPS, making it able to get/use a fix on satellites (by being able to correctly interpret weak signals, apparently) even indoors and under heavy foliage cover, etc. Without such a chip your smartphone wouldn't be able to show position indoors...which most can do these days.