myotis
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Can you start it in USB mode? If so, delete all you user data on the GPS. I would also back up you proifiles and then delete them. It could be a bad profile.
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I checked and BaseCamp will not show the direciton of travel. I wish it would
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It is impossible to determine the direction the GPS/camera is facing from the track log. What's going on is I was wrong - the 550T does record the direction the camera was facing in the photo's metadata. I was just right clicking and looking at the properties in Windows. While Windows shows lat, long, elevation, it does not show camera bearing. I looked at it with a metadata editor (geosetter) and the bearing is there.
After loading the track and pictures in ExpertGPS, I got the yellow lines pointing the correct way. Since it is impossible to get that info from the track, I knew then it had to be coming from the picture's metadata. I started again without loading the track in ExpertGPS and just loading pictures. They show the line correctly without loading a track.
I took some of the pictures moving on my bike. When you are moving on a bike, car, or plane, the GPS does not use the electronic compass. But it has to use the electronic compass to get the correct bearing. So I am glad to know it will always give the correct bearing even when moving fast. I guess when you turn on the camera, the electonic compass is activated no matter how fast you are going.
I also discovered ExpertGPS also shows the bearing. I stopped scrolling over on the properties when I got to Bearing and it said N/A. That also lead me to beleive the 550T was not recording the camera diirection. But if you keep scolling on the list of properties, you finally get to camera direction and its there.
I'm glad to know the 550T reacords your camera direction and you can see it in ExpertGPS.
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Since it seems impossible to determine the way the camera was facing from a track log, I decided to try what you said in ExpertGPS. I walked a very short disatance and took a couple of pictures. One in the direction I was traveling and the other a different direction. I got my track and pictures in ExpertGPS, But I cannot figure out how to get ExpertGPS to draw the lines. I used recive from GPS to get the track and then used add photos. How do get ExpertGPS to show the direction? I'm using the latest version with the GIS pack. I'm getting ready to go ride my bike so I will do some more test on my bike and see if it will display correctly. This just seems impossible unless the 550T is recording the direction on the picture.
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Its weird the 550T does not record the direction the camera is facing when the picture was taken. But it seems to me it would be a waste of battery power to record the way your compass is facing for each track point. Your direction of travel is useful information but that is a simple calculation so there is no need for it. I just don't see how knowing which way your GPS was pointing at each track point is useful information. If my GPS is twirling around, the track would show twirling around. If I was carring my GPS with the face next to me, it would show I am going backwards. If I am holding my GPS at an angle, it would show the angle, not the way I am going. If I am in my car and have it pointing sideways it will show sideways. So wjy would I want to waste battery power to record this information? If you have a 2D compass like the 60csx, and you don't keep it flat, it gives you bad data. Recording the direction on a picture or waypoint makes since, but I say no to recording it on a track.
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I take pics with an Oregon 550 (gps with camera)which automatically geotags the pics and then use Expert GPS (by Topografix). It places the pics on the track (position wise) where they were taken and then (using another feature in the software) shows a line "from" the pic icon on the track in the direction the pic was taken.(toward the subject)
I've got the OR 550T too. I just tried taking a picture with the electronic compass on. When you check the picture properties, it does not show a bearing. I opened the picture in ExpertGPS, and for bearing, it shows N/A. I can see how ExpertGPS (or another program) could use the track to determine which direction I was traveling when I took the picture, but I simply do not see how it is possible for any program to determine from the track which way the camera was facing when I took the picture. If I am going down a trail, stop, turn to my right and take a picture, my direction of travel would not be the direction my camera was facing when I took the shot. Now I agree if you then showed Expert GPS what the picture was off, it could then calculate the way the camera was facing. But I simply do not see any way this can work without the camera having a electronic compass that records the direction on the picture. I don't understand why the 550T does not record this. That would be a good feature request.
dfx, good point on the one second-but unfortunately the GPSs don't record bearing on the track/
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Even assuming a GPS with an electronic compass would record the direction the compass is poiniting for each point of the track, how would that help you? How would your GPS know which way your camera was pointing? Even if you would point your GPS in the direction the camera is pointing, its extremly unlikely there would be a track point recorded right when you take a picture. When you stop to take a picture, your GPS will likely detect you are not moving and stop recording track points.
He wants to geotag his photos. So when he takes a picture of something he wants to mark his position and the direction he is facing on his GPSr so he can add it to the photo later. Not that any GPSr with an electronic compass will record the direction your facing when you mark a point.
If the OP wants to Geotag photos he may want to invest in a camera that has that feature. If you want to use the track log just be sure to walk in the direction your taking the picture or directly the opposite direction you took the picture so you have a record of the direction the picture was taken in the track log. Its taking some extra steps but it gives you that data.
Would not it be easier to mark a waypoint and put the direction in the name or comment? Additionally, I don't think walking in the direction is a practical solution. What if you walk off a cliff? Sometimes I will take a quick shot, but more often I stand there and compose a shot. What if you take multiple pictures in diffeent directions in the same spot? IMHO, if you want the direction of the picture, you really need to get a camera that will record this. While you can use your GPS to add the location to a picture (as long as the camera's clock is accurate), even if a track would record the direction, I don't think this is a practicle soultion and more often than not, you would get bad data.
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Even assuming a GPS with an electronic compass would record the direction the compass is poiniting for each point of the track, how would that help you? How would your GPS know which way your camera was pointing? Even if you would point your GPS in the direction the camera is pointing, its extremly unlikely there would be a track point recorded right when you take a picture. When you stop to take a picture, your GPS will likely detect you are not moving and stop recording track points.
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(I don't have fat finger syndrome) =)
The GPS gives me the options for entry as:
degrees
degrees, minutes
degrees, minutes, seconds <---- this is the one I have it set to. Is that wrong?
Yes that is why it is changing your numbers. The cords are in dd mm.mmm so you must enter them as dd mm.mmm. If you change it to dd mm.mmm it should work.
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What do you mean by compass direction? It will be pointing to magnetic north or true north depending on what your GPS is set to. If you are talking about the direction you are traveling in, it would not make sense for this to be in a track log. Its a very simple calculation of comparing one track point to the next. If you open any track in MapSource and select properties, MapSource preforms the simple calculation for each point and displays it.
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I changed the settings so that I can enter it as degrees, minutes, seconds as opposed to just degrees and that almost helps BUT
when I enter the coordinates now, it automatically changes 40 02.682 to 40 03.082 no matter how many times I go back and enter it! WHY?!
40 02.682 is in degrees mininutes: dd mmm.mm So if you are entering it as degrees, minutes, seconds, you are entering it wrong. Change it so you enter dd mm.mmm
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Did you remove all the cache files from your GPS, then restarted it, shut it down, then put them back on the GPS, and then restart the GPS? You have to do all these steps to get them to reload.
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remove all the cache from GPS, restart, shut down, reload all caches, restart
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delete from GPS, restart it, turn it of, reload them, then restart the GPS.
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TimPat is correct on where to put the files on the card. However, put all your PQs on your card, do not have any in internal memory. Having an extra card with the gpx files would not make any sense. If you pull the card, start, then replace the card, it will reload the gpx file.
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I owuld try saving the cache as a gpx, then opening it with a text editor and try replacing the text and see if it loads. But I would load them all on a card, not the GPS in case it causes a problem. Or maby you could find a gpx editor for MAC-Or you could get a real computer
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Sure it is - if you are prepared and have your PQs on your card not your GPS. Then if it happens out on the woods, shut down GPS, remove card, start it up, shut it down, put card back in, restart GPS and the PQs will be reloaded.
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I would convert it in the browser, then use GSAK and use edit to delete the french and paste the English.
I would also check the GSAK site to see if there is a macro that will convert language-if not I would suggest one on the forum.
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I use geosetter to georeference any picture I load onto my OR. If you need a spoiler picture, use the program to add the cordinates of the cache to the picture. Then the picture will be at the cache location. You can use where to picture and it will show up as your first choice. On the OR photo Viewer you can also sort by distance from you.
I took a picture of where I hid a cache with my OR550T. I made it a ? To find the cache, you have to either use your GPS to navigate to the picture (on a garmin, whereto, pictures) or right click on the picture and go through the imiage properties to get the cords.
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The problem isn't just old GPS units' accuracy - it's the dirty little secret that there are still some considerable errors in the geolocation of roads, more in some areas than others. You could be within a foot of accuracy and still need road snap to avoid having the unit make it look like you were on a bit of an off-road adventure. These days, when you see a vector map overlaid on a satellite image, chances are good that it's the satellite image that is correctly aligned if there's a significant mismatch.I could understand lock on road back in the day when the GPS was not that accurate.
Don't expect to see them drop that feature any time soon.
I've noticed the Census (Tiger) based maps tend to be slightly (50 or so feet) off and CityNavigator is usually correct. On my 550T on an Interstate, it will normally correctly show what lane I am in (lanes are not marked, but it will show me on the correct side of the road). CN tends to also get new updates quickly. The problem is errors in their existing database (and there are lots of them in parks) are extremely difficult to get NavTek to fix. They,ve got a website to report errors, but they just ignore the input. It took me 5 years of complaining to get them to remove a road that has been under a lake for 25 years. I don't understand why they don't utilize input.
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Yesterday I emailed Garmin about the problems still with 5.20. They promptly emailed me back and suggested I upgrade to 5.20!
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A similar(?) but unrelated(?) issue that happens to me occasionally is that the map is set to "north up" mode after turning the Oregon on, even though I never touch that setting and have it set to "track up" everywhere. I think it gets changed when I open the map, push the little N arrow in the corner to switch it to "north up" temporarily, and then turn the unit off. I never bothered to really try to reproduce that though.
Last week my automotive profile all of a sudden was set to North Up. That was the first time that ever happened to me.
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Hasn't bit me yet at any firmware level. Is there a particular profile or config where this becomes an issue? I never use mine for road routing, FWIW. My "Guidance Method" has never moved from my original "Off Road" setting, and my "Lock on Road" has always held at my "No" setting. No exceptions.I just checked and the lock on road bug is not fixed.
Its hard to pin down what triggers the problem. You cannot tell that it has set itself to lock on road until you check the setting or if you are off the road and it shows you on the road. I've had the problem a couple of times in profiles where I do not have on road navigation, but the vast majority of the time it is my automotive profile.
I could understand lock on road back in the day when the GPS was not that accurate. But now a days 99% of the time when the GPS shows you off the road, you are off the road. One time Garmin told me City Navigator was supposed make it authomatically set lock on road. But they back down from it. The last they told me was someone would look into the issue and get back to me. They did not.
Has anyone ever narrowed down what triggers it to turn lock on road? I thought it might have something to do with all the lock ups importing PQs, but they have finally fixed that (right after telling me it was GSAK's fault).
Oregon 550t display goes blank during startup
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Do you have the latest firmware? Prior to the most recent update, many times when I would select delete all waypoints and it would lock up and crash. Sometimes it would not start up or go into USB mode. I would remove the card and then try to get it in USB. It would normally take 3 or 4 times and then it would finally go into USB mode. While delete all waypoints still will cause it to crash, so far it has not resulted in my 550T not starting.