[GeoStL] Re: Magellan SportTrack Map?
- From: Kirk Yates <kirk.yates@xxxxxxx>
- To: Timothy Hunt <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:05:50 -0500
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Reply: Tuesday, April 13, 2004, 6:17:52 PM
Ok, user error. Give me a break, I'm new at this. Interesting tidbit
about the sun and moon. I saw them on the dial, but I wasn't sure
what the purpose was. I'll have to give that a try next time I'm out
wandering around amously.
RoadTrip
> -
>> The only thing I'm having trouble with is the Magellan tendancy to
>> overshoot on the coordinates and having to back track.
> I think you mean "The only thing I'm having trouble with is that GPSr's
> have a small but noticable delay between moving and being updated with
> new, accurate information, and I keep forgetting to slow right down when
> I'm close to the waypoint" :D
> By the way, the comment about the compass with the sun and moon on it...
> THat's a really useful tool, if you leave your magnetic compass at home.
> However, if you have
> a compass that has a sun and/or moon showing, you point the sun or moon
> symbol in the direction of the appropriate heavenly body, and that
> will correctly orientate[1] the compass.
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