Is there a handheld GPS which I can download GoogleEarth onto?

Question

First time user of GPSs, and I know very little about them. I want one which I can load Google Earth (and also OS maps?) on to, and which will show me where I am on the Google Earth picture. Does such an instrument exist?

Answer 1

Not really.  There are very expensive Trimble GPS units that actually run WindowsMobile where you could load aerial photography into ArcPad, a geographic information systems program.  They could probably show OS maps too, if they are in a format the program can use.  DeLorme makes the PN-20 and PN-40 where you can load aerial photos and topographic maps, but those are for the American market.  Bushnell may have a unit that allows you to load aerial photos, but I am not sure.  The ability to show aerial imagery like you seen in Google Maps/Earth is fairly new to consumer-grade handheld GPS receivers.