This lightweight, waterproof unit raises the bar to offer a color, highly reflective display that's viewable in almost any lighting condition. It also features auto-routing for navigation to the trail and great Geocaching screens.

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Buy GPSMAP 60C between March 1st and July 5th 2005 and receive a $50 rebate directly from Garmin. Click here for details.

Due in January, the GPSMAP 60C is a new all-purpose unit packed with exciting new features and delivering the kind of color that consumers want in their handheld GPS’s. This lightweight, rugged, waterproof unit offers a 256-color, highly reflective display that provides easy viewing in almost any lighting condition. This transreflective TFT technology provides excellent viewing while maximizing your battery life (30 hours, typical use).

Extra features include rapid automatic route calculation, an integrated outdoor calendar, a dedicated geocaching mode, and indoor/outdoor GPS games that turn the outdoors into a giant gameboard.

Here's the unit that does it all. With 56 MB of map memory, you'll find there is plenty for optional maps including MapSource Topo for the trail and MapSource City Select for navigating the streets and highways of your civilized world.

Features Include:

>> Sunlight-readable display with 256-color transreflective TFT display (1.5" W x 2.2" H; 2.6" diagonally); color operating system with new look-and-feel Faster processor, with auto routing, turn-by-turn directions, and audio alerts along city streets or trails when using MapSource® City Select® or 24K Topo software (optional software)

>>56 MB of internal memory for storing map detail

>> Permanent user data storage

>>Each day’s best hunting and fishing times—along with sunrise/sunset times—on the integrated Outdoor Calendar

>> Special geocaching navigation mode

>> Geolocation games, such Virtual Maze, Nibbons, Geko™ Smak, and Memory Race

>>Fast map transfer, with support for both USB and serial port interfaces; navigation instructions can be shared with repeaters, plotters, and autopilots using NMEA protocols through the dedicated serial port

>> Detailed basemap with general map data, including highways, major roads, river, lakes, and borders

>> Dedicated "mark", "page", "enter", "quit", "menu", "find", and "zoom out/in" buttons; four-position rocker pad 2.4" x 7.1" x 1.3" (W x H x D) unit dimensions

>>Weighs 5.4 ounces (with batteries)

>>WAAS GPS receiver with accuracy to 10 feet in North America; built-in quad-helix antenna for better satellite reception

>>30 hours of battery life under typical-use conditions (uses two "AA" batteries)

>> Multi-platform navigation for easy navigation in a car or boat, or on foot

>> Accepts data from MapSource products (City Select for driving, U.S. Topo and 24K Topo for hiking, Recreation Lakes for freshwater, and BlueChart® for saltwater applications)

>> Waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7 standards (can be submerged in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes)

>>50 reversible routes, 10,000 track points with TracBack® technology (navigate to any track point on the displayed map), and 1000 waypoints with additional graphical icons for location identification

>> Proximity alerts for anchor drag, arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint; built-in alarm clock

>> User-configurable track-line color, waypoint projection, display color scheme, large-numbers option, audio tones, and pages (turn on/off main pages or change the sequence in which they appear)

>>Trip computer provides odometer, stopped time, moving average, overall average, total time, max speed, and more

>> Package includes GPSMAP 60C, PC/USB cable, Lanyard, Belt Clip, Manual and Quick-Start Guide