Garmin Adds GPSMAP 62S

Garmin GPSMAP 62 series first pics

from GPS Tracklog by Rich Owings

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The king is dead, long live the king. We now have visual evidence of the existence of the Garmin GPSMAP 62 series, including the successor to the long-reigning 60CSx, which has served as the gold standard for handheld GPS receivers for several years.

Designed for those of you who think “ruggedized touchscreen” is an oxymoron, or prefer visibility to high-resolution, word on the street is that we’ll see these babies in stores by early July.

Like the 78 series, the 62 line mimics the form factor of the previous generation, with only slight updates. The buttons remain the same, and thankfully they’ve left the quad-helix antenna in there too. Looks like you can expect paperless geocaching and the ability to load up on Garmin custom maps and BirdsEye aerial imagery, while some models will add a tri-axial electronic compass and barometric altimeter (62S, 62ST) and pre-loaded topos (62ST for the US, 62STC for Canada). Speaking of our brethren up north, we can thank the Canadian publication Radio World for the pics (hat tip to Coggins).