DBessey Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 (edited) Howdy: brand new to geocaching..found five so far. Was out at lunch at a local park looking. GPSr (GARMIN Venture CX ) said I was within 5 meters.....but was totally worng. Eventually found the cache using the clue and the GPS said I was 96 meters away from the co-ordinates. Checked the log and others are finding the cache without incident........many finds. What should I be checking on my unit? Anyone know why a unit could be 100 meters off. It was a sunny day some minor cloud cover and I was in an open park field..a few trees, but I wasn't standing under any of them..... Thanks Darren Edited July 10, 2009 by DBessey Quote Link to comment
+Tequila Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Usual reason is you were in automotive mode instead on off road. Quote Link to comment
+fratermus Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Or the datum was wrong, or the coords were punched in wrong... Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Check the swetup to be sure the datum is set to WGS84 and the coordinate format set to decimal minutes hDDD MM.mmm Quote Link to comment
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