GPS 60
 
 
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Overview
 
Backwoods, boundary waters, blue highways - the GPS 60 is your trusted guide to the great outdoors. The GPS 60 and its counterpart, the GPSMAP 60, are packed with several of the features found in the 60-series colour navigators, but sport an affordable, high-resolution monochrome display for outdoor enthusiasts on a budget.
 
Get Rugged Navigation
The robust, water resistant GPS 60 is the perfect, low-cost navigator for wherever your spirit of adventure takes you:
  • Large, sunlight-readable, four-level grayscale display with bright LED backlight makes it easy to find your way, day or night
  • Up to 28 hours of battery life for more hours of outdoor enjoyment
  • WAAS-enabled for even more precise location and navigation
  • Both serial and USB connections for fast and versatile connection to your computer
 
Get Fun-filled Features
GPS 60 has 1 MB of internal memory for storing points of interest, and it comes factory preloaded with a worldwide city point database. Just find the place you want to go to, and the GPS 60 creates a straight-line route to your destination. The GPS 60 also offers special geocaching features, indoor and outdoor games, an alarm clock, sunrise/sunset and moon phase tables, optimal hunting and fishing times, plus much more.
 
GPS 60: Making it easy to navigate the great outdoors on a budget.
 
Specifications
 
Part Numbers 010-00322-00, 010-00322-01 (Atlantic), 010-00322-51 (Atlantic, RoHS), 010-00322-54 (Intl bundle, RoHS)
Unit Dimensions 2.4" x 6.1" x 1.3" (6.1 cm x 15.5 cm x 3.3 cm)
Display Size 1.5" x 2.2" (3.8 cm x 5.6 cm), 2.6" Diag (6.6 cm)
Display Resolution 160 x 240
Display Type High contrast 4-level gray LCD
Weight 5.2 oz (148 g) without batteries
Battery Type AA x 2
Battery Life 28 hours
Operating Temperature 5° F to 158° F (-15° C to 70° C)
Waterproof IPX7
Floats No
Interface NMEA 0183 USB + Serial
GPS Receiver WAAS enabled, 12 parallel channels
GPS Antenna Quad Helix
External GPS Antenna No
GPS Constellations GPS + WAAS
GPS Position Accuracy (95%) < 15 meters (GPS), 3 meters (WAAS)
GPS Velocity Accuracy 0.05 meter / second steady state
GPS Hot Start < 3 seconds
GPS Warm Start < 15 seconds
GPS Cold Start < 45 seconds
GPS Update Rate 1 / second, continuous
Altimeter GPS
Barometer No
Compass GPS
Routes 50
Tracks 20
Waypoints / Geocaches 500
Outdoor GPS Games Yes
Almanac Information Yes (Sun and Moon, Hunt and Fish)
Area Calculation Yes
Point-to-Point Navigation Yes
On Road Navigation No
MOB Yes
TracBack Yes
Trip Info Yes
Track Log Yes (10,000 points per track)
Internal Memory 1 MB
Expandable Memory No
Pre Loaded POIs Yes (worlwide city point database)
Can Add POIs Yes
Pre Loaded Maps No
Can Add Maps No
 
Documents
 
GPS 60 Owners Manual
GPS 60 Quick Start Guide
An Introduction to using Garmin GPSr with paper maps
 
Media
 
05JAN05 - Garmin GPS 60 and GPSMAP 60 Offer Rugged, Low-Priced Navigation
 
Update History
 
006-B0289-00
 
2.40
  • Improve WAAS functionality.
  • Add capability to support NMEA over USB.
 
2.30
  • Improved USB support.
  • Fixed problem where excessive track points could be recorded.
 
2.20
  • Corrected intermittent USB data transfer.
  • Corrected track log filtering.
  • Added German tide support.
 
2.10
  • Fixed problem with Indonesian Southern Grid using wrong longitude of origin.
  • Added advanced NMEA support settings to support certain marine autopilot units.
  • Fixed problem where the interaction with certain beacon receivers was not displayed.
  • Fixed problem where waypoint depth was not being saved as invalid when it was unknown.
  • Fixed lockup that could occur when selecting symbols for waypoints.
  • Fixed problem where compass pointer could transition to the next turn too quickly.
  • Fixed problem with bearing being adjusted improperly when projecting waypoints with a non-zero north reference.
  • Fixed problem in tide charts where local time axis would not match the station time axis.
  • Changed tide stations to show selected date when saved on a calendar day.
  • Fixed a potential problem where the wrong number of bytes could be sent for USB get requests.
  • Fixed problem with displaying Waypoint At Destination while doing a tracback.
  • Improved WAAS search and selection process to be smarter in its handling of multiple SBAS service providers, overlapping service volumes, and exceptional conditions.
  • Fixed lockup that could occur when selecting a tracback point.