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 Lake Insight or Basemap
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04/29/10 02:48 AM
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NewtZX225
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What's the difference and what do y'all prefer?
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: NewtZX225]
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04/29/10 02:58 PM
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Happykamper
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It seems pretty confusing, they now have an insight card that you can buy for the base map units or you can use your navionics card, kinda seems like the insight unit is not needed unless you travel all over the US. I ended up with the base map and I will check out the new cards that are supposed to be out this month.
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: Happykamper]
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04/29/10 03:37 PM
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NewtZX225
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Thanks that makes more sense
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: NewtZX225]
#4795479
04/29/10 03:45 PM
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Bill Waldschmidt
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Does the Basemap have contours?
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: Bill Waldschmidt]
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04/29/10 03:50 PM
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JPost
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It does but not detailed at all. Best to get a Navionics chip. I agree that Insight is not worth it and I have turned it off on my unit.
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: JPost]
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04/29/10 03:51 PM
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JPost
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What I find very good on basemap is underwater sturcture like dams, bridges house foundation etc. Much better then Navionics for stuff like that at least at the lakes I fish.
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: JPost]
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04/29/10 05:13 PM
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Lake Fork Guide
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What I find very good on basemap is underwater sturcture like dams, bridges house foundation etc. Much better then Navionics for stuff like that at least at the lakes I fish. agreed
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: Lake Fork Guide]
#4796106
04/29/10 06:03 PM
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Bill Waldschmidt
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Hmm... I have not seen any of those on my HDS-7... I guess I'll have to play around with it a little.
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: Bill Waldschmidt]
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04/29/10 06:20 PM
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JPost
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You may not have Insight, that's an extra, but I'm pretty sure you have basemap. It's a choice on your menu screen when you have your map on. I forget what exactly it is, but there's a drop down menu where you select what mapping software to display.
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: JPost]
#4796517
04/29/10 07:17 PM
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Bill Waldschmidt
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Yeah, I bought it second-hand. I switched it from "Navionics" to "Lowrance". Was told it had the Basemaps. I can see the lakes, just no contours.
I'm not fishing tonight, so I'll play with it when I get home.
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: Bill Waldschmidt]
#4798785
04/30/10 03:18 AM
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horseplaydvm
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Insight is more accurate than Navionics for structure as mentioned above.
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: horseplaydvm]
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04/30/10 03:40 AM
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Catch&Release-Me-Again
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You pay $160 or so for Insight but you'll never use if you buy the Navionics chip. Navionics if far more detailed with much better contour lines.
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: Catch&Release-Me-Again]
#4803377
05/01/10 03:27 AM
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horseplaydvm
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Navionics is more detailed on contour lines, but I can tell you on numerous occasions that finding for example, old pond dams, the lake insight map is MUCH more accurate. Therefore, I use both.
Gone Fishing B.A.S. 6/5/47-6/6/12 C.W.S. 9/29/72- 10/17/23
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: horseplaydvm]
#4803806
05/01/10 08:05 AM
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SaddleTramp
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Used Navionics this past week to mark creek bends on a Okla. lake, While leaving I zoomed out,It showed the marks I made were about 20 feet up on the bank.
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Re: Lake Insight or Basemap
[Re: SaddleTramp]
#4804243
05/01/10 02:30 PM
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javelin150
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insight is good if you fish around the country as it has lake detail throughout......if you just fish around texas....save your money and buy a good navionics card for your area.
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