Newbie Having Trouble Near Cache

[phbecker]

I will admit I am a newbie that is dumbfounded...it seems that my eTrex Venture HC works fine on the road and when I am over .1 miles away from my waypoint...but once I start to get close and slow down and stop and look it sometimes doesn't turn as I turn. Example I was in a park in which I knew which way was North and sometimes when I turned the map did not turn with me, or it did turn, but the North arrow was not pointing north. I checked the settings and it is not set to have North at the top of the screen always... At one point it was telling me to go south and I was facing south and the arrow was telling me to go the other way. Any help or ideas would be great.

Thank you!!!

Edited March 31, 2008 by phbecker

[+qlenfg]

The GPSr only knows what direction its pointing when you are moving, unless you have a model with a magnetic compass. If you stand still and turn in place it doesn't know which way its pointing.

 

If you know where north is, just go by your position relative to the cache position on the map, using the north indicator on the map as a reference. If you carry a handheld compass, just line the north indicator on the map with north on the compass and carry on.

[phbecker]

The GPSr only knows what direction its pointing when you are moving, unless you have a model with a magnetic compass. If you stand still and turn in place it doesn't know which way its pointing.

 

If you know where north is, just go by your position relative to the cache position on the map, using the north indicator on the map as a reference. If you carry a handheld compass, just line the north indicator on the map with north on the compass and carry on.

 

Thank you that makes a lot of sense!