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    The World in Your Hand

    Mar 10, 2020 4 minutes
    By Ben Stein

    The handheld GPS hasn’t changed a whole lot since the mid-1990s, when a unit could display a boat’s location, a basic trip computer and a fairly low-resolution map view. Now, Garmin’s GPSMap 86 series changes that, with capabilities that include two-way satellite messaging, GPS chartplotter features, high-resolution Garmin G3 charts and more.

    A number of handhelds are part of the new series. The entry-level unit is the $400 GPSMap 86s, which comes with a worldwide base map but no inReach functionality. The $450 GPSMap 86sc adds BlueChart G3, but has no inReach functionality. The $600 GPSMap

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