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If you're still after a GPS (as a backup) for Iraq, then I have seen some sites selling Garmin units that are preloaded with Irag city maps. Here's a couple I've come across for starters: Military GPS More Military GPS Google Search Results for Etrex + Iraq

May have been true a while ago, but not now. I got an etrex (the Camo) about 2 months ago. I believe this is the latest version and it also does WAAS. It's advertised as such, and has an option in the menus to turn it on or off. No good to us in the UK though as WAAS only works in the US as far as I know, so mine is left turned off. The GPS still seems very accurate even without it.

Sorted now, managed to grab it, so it showed in my inventory. Then dropped it in the new cache.

I've got the same problem. Dropped off a Travel Bug, and picked up a Geocoin. The Geocoin shows on the list of available things to drop off, but not the travel bug, so I can't drop the travel bug off, even though I've already placed it in a cache. I can't see any way to get it onto my list of available items to drop off when writing a log, it doesn't show in my inventory either, yet the Geocoin does, and I've only just logged that. Help!

Are you sure your name's NickPick and not Nitpick...lol The speedos are calibrated on a rolling road by an authorised company. I was driving on the road / highway, and kept the bus at a steady speed at various speeds, and checked the GPS said the same. Clear enough now...lol

As the others have said, your car speedo has to read higher than actual speed due to regulations to allow for discrepencies, ie: new tyres compared to old tyres. The speedo will always show the same speed due to being taken from the g/box, but the actual vehicle speed will change depending on the circumference of the tyres (depending on whether they're new or old). I've just got a Garmin eTrex, and also have a Pocket PC GPS, and both show 65 where the car speedo shows 70, and 28 when the car shows 30. I'm a bus engineer and did an experiment with my new GPS the other day to check it's accuracy. The buses have a speedo / tachograph which is calibrated on a rolling road, so should be very accurate when working correctly. I held the bus at 30mph, and the GPS said exactly the same, not slightly less as it does against a car speedo. So I think you can take it that a GPS is very accurate as a speedo (at a steady speed).