Re: [Paddlewise] GPS - FYI

From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:52:15 -0500
>As for the display of waypoints, you are generally stuck with whatever the
>programmers
>thought was a good idea. If you can carry a computer then you can use a
>mapping/GPS
>display program to display things in any form you want. Unfortunately,
>this is not
>very usefull on a kayak underway.


    Sometimes I use that tracking/mapping option on my Garmin.  It gives me
a good visual reference so that I can locate myself on a map without
measuring from grids, etc.  It does not store every single waypoint --
couldn't, really -- probably not enough memory to do that.  But I can enter
waypoints while traveling for, say,  good lunch stops.
    There is a price in that it eats batteries quickly.  Mine has a
continuous tracking mode that is particularly ravenous but at kayaking
speeds 30 second intervals are more than sufficient.

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