I use GPS primarily for checking milage. For navigation I use the old fashion map and compass. Three reasons: First, Map and compass do not rely on batteries. Second maps are like a book to me that tell a story and give me a lot more info than the tiny GPS screen does. Third I can get lost just as easy with a GPS as I can a map. ("I have never been lost...totally bewildered for a couple days but never lost" Davie Crocket) My problem with GPS (a Garmin 12) is the altitude reads are inaccurate. I went down to the boat harbor when the tide level was at zero, held the GPS a couple inches abobe the water and got a reading of 32 +feet. (No wonder tourists ask how far we are above sea level!) Bob Petersburg, Alaska N 56 48 636 W132 57 265 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Sep 04 2004 - 12:14:10 PDT
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