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    Blocked public paths

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    I'm on the local council access forum, and I keep an eye on things like this in my area.

     

    Howdy, neighbour. I'm on the Countryside Access Steering Committee of my nearest Community Council and I too am a bit gobby on the matter.

     

    Despite our wonderful Countryside Access (Scotland) Act, we don't have much Scots Law on the subject of electric fencing.

     

    I know it's feeble, but the only legal thing you can do is to complain to the Council's Countryside Access Officer and perhaps copy your correspondence to the Scottish Rights Of Way Society.

     

    Of course, I could tell you how to earth an electric fence ....

     

    Already done. Scotways are helpful to a certain extent, unless it involves actually doing something....

    Garmin SD/ Micro SD cards

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    I should clarify, it's the ones you buy with Garmin OS Discoverer mapping on them.

     

    I've made a back-up copy of mine, just to be on the safe side. :rolleyes:

     

    Have you tried the backup copy yet? I ask this because the majority of software loaded on SD cards is locked to the cards hidden internal serial number.. I tried to use a backup copy of my Garmin maps, but it never worked.

    the 'back-up' copy is in the unit... Works fine. :grin:

    The original -checked, still works- is kept in a safe place.

    (Somewhere, can't remember where... Isn't that always the case, put it "Somewhere safe" and forget where it is! :) )

    So do they have a Garmin logo on them?

    Blocked public paths

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    I'm on the local council access forum, and I keep an eye on things like this in my area. There are two farms in this area who have blocked ROWs, on with a huge electrically operated gate, and the other with electric cattle fencing.

    Currently in the hands of the council.

     

    I'd be interested in any legislation/ practices regarding erecting electric fencing if anyone has any. :)

    Rechargable Batteries

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    I have found that the Garmin batteries supplied with my Oregon die horribly, and the screen fades as if it's all went phut....

     

    One one occasion the unit froze, and failed to update or log any tracks until I switched it off and replaced the batteries with non-rechargeable batteries. :)

    Help!

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I'm using an Oregon 550.

     

    I go to MARK WAYPOINT.

     

    It reads: "Your current location was successfully marked as waypoint 001"

    SAVE

    or

    SAVE AND EDIT.

     

    Press save and the page goes back to the main page.

     

    I then check WAYPOINT MANAGER and the waypoint is there.

     

    However on numerous occasions when I go to the waypoint manager, one or all of the waypoints has gone completely.

     

    I have found that this occurs after saving the track. After doing so it asks if you wish to clear the current track. Pressing yes clears the track, and apparently all waypoints.

     

    On checking the saved tracks there are no signs of my waypoints there.

     

    Can anyone explain why this happens?

    Garmin Maps! Which ones!

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

     

    I've also just purchased the OS mapping for "Southern England and Wales" for about £120, which pretty much covers from Yorkshire down to the south coast; enough for my caching requirements!

     

    I'm not sure 1:25,000 maps are available at the moment anyway.

     

    The 1/25,000 maps are available but only for select areas such as Snowdonia, newforest and south downs cairngorns etc

    but are the much more detailed than the 1/50,000 ?

    Yes i understand that they should in theory have twice the detail but does it show on the oregon in the field?

     

    I

    Thanks :blink:

     

    It's not that the maps have twice the detail, it's that there is more room to include detail which cannot be included on a 1:50,000 map for reasons of clarity. You will find on these maps that (amongst other things) walls and fences may be included, and that pylons are marked exactly where they are on the ground. On a 1;50,000 map pylons appear as a black line with little V shapes coming off the line. These are marked at a standard interval, and do not represent an actual true position of a pylon on the ground. The only place you will find one for definite, is where the line changes direction.

    Electronic Compass?

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I run a GPS users course, and it's a recurring problem with people who are new to GPS. If the unit doesn't have an inbuilt compass then the unit will not "right" itself until you move off. This induces in some an immediate distrust of the unit, as it sends them one way, then the other. I'm used to it, and expect it, so it doesn't bother me.

    PQ option

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    But surely it doesn't matter what size, or how close a cache is - it's what it's taking you to see that's the important bit...

    I'm in work and can't see the map that's attached as it's been censored, but it's not like Gowenhouse operate in a dreadful part of the world.......

     

    Yes, but what if a particular cacher repeatedly places micros in places which aren't suitable, or are uninteresting in the first place?

    Oregon 550

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted · Edited by jester2005

    I'm having a bit of trouble here. I use memory map and quo mapping software, but the GPS doesn't seem to be recognised by either. I can download photos from it, but otherwise I can't send routes or waypoints to my maps. :mad:

    It's currently set on Garmin Spanner.

    Is this correct?

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