With the etrex Legend, Garmin has loaded a full international basemap into one small unit. The Legend is also designed to provide precise GPS positioning using correction data obtained from the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS).
The Garmin etrex Legend will provide position accuracy to less than 3 metres when receiving WAAS corrections.
The basemap contains lakes, rivers, cities, highways, railways and coastlines. The etrex Legend is also equipped with additional memory totaling 8 megabytes.
The added memory allows the etrex Legend to accept downloaded map data from Garmin's entire line of MapSource CD-ROMs, including Fishing Hot Spots.
The Garmin etrex Legend comes in a brightly-coloured translucent blue case that really makes the unit stand out. New to the product design, Garmin will include marine aids to navigation in addition to the basemap. These navigational aids will be pre-loaded into each unit from the factory.
