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I had the same problem with my 62s. Consistently folks who found my newer hides reported the coords being 7-10m off.
I've experienced the same results when placing caches, so now I've gone back to using my eTrex 20 when placing caches; no complaints.
Thank you, this is what is so frustrating. You spend good money on supposedly the latest technology and it is a step backwards for accuracy.
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I've heard of this before... I think your problem may (repeat, may) have something to do with your settings. The newer models have a different SERIES of settings than did your '60CSx.
There are two settings involved in this matter -- and yes, it is a bit confusing. The manual doesn't seem to cover it well at all.
Make sure that Lock On Road is turned OFF, and Direct Routing is selected.
From a previous thread:
there are 2 places where you have to choose off road. One is obvious, the other is not. Turn LOCK ON ROAD off. Thats the easy part. The hard part is that deep within the Setup is a place where you have several options such as Hiking, Mountaineering, etc. You would think that Hiking would cover it... but no. You need to choose the option called Direct Routing.Try it... perhaps that is the problem. Good Luck.
Try this.
Sometimes they try to do too much with one unit. Also try with WAAS and Glonass turned off.
I was wondering about the Glonass, I turned that off, It does seem to be a bit better on location, but I need to do some serious testing.
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I've heard of this before... I think your problem may (repeat, may) have something to do with your settings. The newer models have a different SERIES of settings than did your '60CSx.
There are two settings involved in this matter -- and yes, it is a bit confusing. The manual doesn't seem to cover it well at all.
Make sure that Lock On Road is turned OFF, and Direct Routing is selected.
From a previous thread:
there are 2 places where you have to choose off road. One is obvious, the other is not. Turn LOCK ON ROAD off. Thats the easy part. The hard part is that deep within the Setup is a place where you have several options such as Hiking, Mountaineering, etc. You would think that Hiking would cover it... but no. You need to choose the option called Direct Routing.Try it... perhaps that is the problem. Good Luck.
Thank you, I can see what the settings are.
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I am really getting discouraged, I have not been happy with my 64s, It seems to think it is 20 to 30 feet from where I am.
When you add that to the accuracy of + or - 12 to 20 feet, It is not even acceptable for geocaching, much less for marking locations.
My 60csx was alwas dead on or at least close.
I sent the following email to Garmin customer service.
Subject: Poor accuracy
>> Message: I also own a GPSmap 60csx so I am comparing it to that unit. I work for the DNR and establish waypoints for plant data. The 64s will only bring me within 17 to 20 feet of previous way points established with the 60 csx. same with other geocaches. Location is off by 15 to 20 feet. My 60csx was dead on. The other thing I see is that when walk an established trail the return track on the 64s is 20 feet off from the outgoing track. I pull out my 60csx and other that a deviations the outgoung and return tracks are dead on top of each other. This is not the 9 ft accuracy I was expecting. Is there a problem with my gps? If not I will be getting rid of my 64s and getting something else.
They replied to make sure WAAS was enabled Glanoss torned on and power saver turn off and the latest Firmware.
I did all of the above and still The same issue.
Is it possible to have a bad unit? mis calibrated or what? I thought it would be more accurate than my 60csx, not worse.
I think it is more that just a difference between units, I can't get close to some one else’s geocache
To put it bluntly, I am not a newcomer to GPS and this accuracy problem is not acceptable. If I can't get it fixed, It is going Bye Bye.
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You can also change the menus to the "classic" style, and turn off the "page ribbon" interface. This helped me a long way in getting used to the 62/64-series.
I may try that, I plan on using it this next week while in Nebraska.
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I have a new Garmin 64s, upgrading from a 60 csx. The menus drive me crazy, some things I am finding, but when I mark a point on my topo map, it disappears. it does not show on my map or in recent finds, or waypoints.
I love the speed and increased sensitivity but menus and lack of information is making me wonder if I should keep it.
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make sure you know to order the mini card and not a standard SD card
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Thank you , that should help. I will give it a try when I have more time later this week. I will let you know what happens.
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I am still very new to this, I have searched everywhere in the Garmin FAQ , but MY problem is, I load the City Nav 2008 on my unit and it works fine, then I load the topo maps 2008 on, and I loose some if not all of the City Nav data like address search. so I reformatted an started over, loading topo first, then City Nav, then the topo data is not available. But I still have no luck. I found map set up , the FAQ says you can select map, but the Topo does not even show up on the list. What am I doing wrong?
It seems like what ever map I load, overwrite the first download.
Thank you for the help, as I want to use the unit Geo caching and city navigation when I travel.
Garmin gpsmap 64s accuracy problems
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Yes, I have often re calibrated the compass, I don't see that as an issue.
The point that so glaringly bothers me, is that on a return route, the track log shows you 20 to 30 feet off from where you walked an hour ago. And I mean consistantly, It looks like a railroad track of two parallel tracks. My 60 csx has a little variation but usually tracks are right on top of each other.
I can understand differences between gps units, but the variation on the same unit over time is somewhat perplexing.