How to track distance walked

[+timandweze]

We just did a mystery cache involving walking on a compass heading from specific point for so many feet. Is there a way to set a starting point and track how far you have walked? We were in a group and pacing it off came up with a variety of distances. We use c:geo on our phones or a Magellan GC Explorist if that is helpful to the answer. Thanks.

[+TriciaG]

in c:geo you can set a new waypoint (swipe to the screen left of the main cache screen). Default coords are where you are now. Enter the bearing and distance in the fields, save it, and navigate to it.

[+Touchstone]

You Magellan should be able to set a Waypoint, then it's merely a matter of navigating to that point. As you walk away from your new Waypoint, you should see the number increase. Kind of like finding a cache in reverse

 

Good luck!

[+dprovan]

Don't forget that the cache's posted coordinates are sometimes the starting point, in which case you don't need to create a waypoint, you just keep the cache dialed in and use it. (It sounds like that wasn't the case with this one, but I thought I'd mention it.)

[+niraD]

In addition to the techniques described in this thread already (pacing off the distance, projecting a waypoint on a phone app, projecting a waypoint on a GPS receiver, walking until the distance back to the original waypoint matches), I've also used various tools to project waypoints, both online tools and the Mac version of FizzyCalc.

 

I think that pretty much covers all the options.

[+timandweze]

Thanks for all of the replies. Setting the waypoint and walking away from it makes a lot of sense. We're not very experienced yet and trying to learn the best ways to take advantage of the technology that we have.

 

timandweze

[+Irishflea]

Projecting waypoints is something I have yet to learn. I can plot my waypoint for "Where's my car", but trying to project? Mine not be able to do it with the $10 Groundspeak app.

[+Irishflea]

Might not*

[+Irishflea]

Might not*