Do you know if the 12XL and the map were using the same datum? If you were looking at a map with one datum and the GPS was set to another datum, I can see how inaccuracies would be very problematic! Shawn Dan wrote: >I don't have the answer to the last question but my experience with both topomaps and lake maps is that they can be very inaccurate. If the GPS is accurate but the maps are off what is the point? I have used my 12XL to try to pinpoint locations on topomaps and have been greatly suprised how inaccurate the maps seem to be. A few years ago I was trying to locate property boundries on a topo map and it seemed to be really inaccurate. I could find major landmarks on the map and I had multiple readings from the GPS but did not have confidence on putting points on the map. -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 04 2000 - 12:35:30 PDT
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