If I am to presume that the “8″ in the “Garmin GolfLogix GPS-8” is a model number, implying that there have been seven previous GolfLogix models, I must then refrain from making fun of a device that is designed to golfers the distance to the next hole or how far they have to go to get over that sand trap—clearly people have been buying enough for a new model.
Over 23,000 golf courses are inside the $300 device, which as far as I can tell cannot be used as a hiking or driving GPS.
The product was named by GolfLogix, not Garmin. The hardware is Garmin’s but the golf application is by GolfLogix. GolfLogix markets the product.
12 bird tracking has the been the consumer-grade standard for Garmin for many years. No reason to back-track now.
If there’s any logic to Garmin’s model numbering scheme, it’s internal to the company. They’ve never used year designators before, and I doubt they’d start now. An individual model has a multi-year lifespan, so why make it seem obsolete after a few months?
They did use incremental numbering with the old “GPS” line. The GPS-II was followed by the GPS-II+, eventually leading to the GPS-V (but I don’t think there was ever a GPS-IV). But they haven’t done that sort of thing for years now.
I’m guessing the “8″ refers to the number of satellites that it will track.
When I golf, I need a GPS that can do hiking. And driving.
8 is for 2008 when the device was released.