Trapnhunt4ever Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I was trying to find a cache today and realized that the coordinates where only to the parking spot. I then needed to go a certain direction ( bearing 206 degrees) to get to the cache. How do you do this? I don't think my Garmin Quest has this feature (degrees). Thanks, Patrick~~ **Trapnhunt4ever** Quote Link to comment
+wiseye Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I'm not famillar with your GPS. However a simple compass would do fine. Quote Link to comment
+kittyboodles Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I'm not familliar with your GPS, so I couldn't tell you about that... however; a bearing is a line from north - so if you know where north is or have a compass to tell you where north is, your bearing (direction to travel in) is 206 degrees. 90 degrees is East 180 is south 270 is west 0 or 360 is north find your north reading from your starting point, and follow the 206 bearing the distance (may or may not be specified). Quote Link to comment
+kittyboodles Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 If your Garmin has an HSI (a digital compass that has an arrow pointing to the desitation fix), you can use that to find north, and the 206 radial (bearing) that way. Some GPS's also have a 'project waypoint' function that you can use the same way. Quote Link to comment
+EScout Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Assuming that your GPSr has a GOTO function with a bearing to the waypoint...........leave this on after you get to the waypoint, and walk in a direction that shows your bearing to the waypoint of 26 degrees. This is the opposite direction from 206 degrees (add 180 to it.) Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Im not familiar with the Quest but im sure it has the compass and arrow page. This method is easy and works with caches where you can walk in an unobstructed straight line the correct distance from the first set of cache page coordinates, in this case, the parking spot. Go to and zero out as best you can at the parking coordinates. With your GPSr's compass page showing, start walking and change directions until 206° lines up at top of the GPSr (don't pay any attention to the arrow itself, only look at the compass ring numbers). Once you know which direction you you need to head, then, if needed, you can start at ground zero again and begin walking in the right direction. Now all you have to do is walk in a straight line until the appropriate distance (you can monitor the distance from the parking spot "goto") is reached. But, if this line is obstructed or the distance is farther than a few hundred feet, then it would be easier projecting that waypoint. I'm pretty sure your GPSr will do this too, but you'll have to read the manual or get someone who knows to show you how. Goodluck! Quote Link to comment
+CharlieP Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 If you don't have a compass, use the "project waypoint" or "measure distance" function to put a waypoint on the bearing. Then just "go to" the waypoint and follow the arrow. Make sure the GPS is set correctly to either "TRUE" or "MAGNETIC" for the bearing. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 If you don't have a project waypoint function on your GPSr, CacheMate (PDA) has that built in. Quote Link to comment
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