Having a GPS receiver can be useful for all kinds of reasons. In car navigation systems using GPS make it harder to get lost in route to a destination. Linking a GPS to your laptop makes you a one-man (or woman) geo-locating machine. Taking a GPS receiver on hiking and camping trips may help avoid getting lost in the wilderness. On the other hand, buying the wrong GPS can leave you with a nasty feeling of buyer’s remorse and a electronic paperweight that either stays at home or ends up on eBay for less than what you paid for it. Knowing how you plan to use the GPS receiver you buy, picking through the feature list to determine the right GPS receiver for your needs will result in a handy accessory whether your idea of adventure is a trip across town or a quest to find Bigfoot. To help make that decision making process smooth and painless, I put together a list of features you need to examine closely in buying a GPS receiver.