+DscGlfGuru Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 I have an older GPS...A "Magellen Blazer 12" Is this thing obsolete, or does it do ok? It is only accurate to about 50' and only shows data at two decimal points. Is it important for me to use a more accurate GPS for posting waypoints for a cache? Quote Link to comment
+pizzachef Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 I used a Blazer 12 for a while...and I posted my first cache with it. It has a 12 channel receiver, so it should be fairly close to your actual position. To be safe, you could take readings at different times of the day an on different days even and average them together. Or you could just sit there for a few minutes and let it settle down on one good coordinate and post the cache, and if someone thinks its too far off, they'll send you some better coordinates But really...that it a usable unit for geocaching. I upgraded to a 320 (same as a 315) when I saw how much nicer the display was...that alone is worth the upgrade. It just depends on how much you're willing to spend and how much you're actually going to be doing this hobby. You can always make about 50-60 bucks on eBay selling your Blazer 12 Good Luck -pizzachef Quote Link to comment
+1pilot Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 I started with the Blazer12, and found my first eighty caches with it. I just wanted a better unit after a while. One that had maps and I could download waypoints onto, rather than doing it by hand. I got a Meridian and I gave the Blazer12 to my son and he is now using it to cache with. We have used them togeather and both got us to the cache just fine. Bob G. ********************************************************** Where are we going?......And WHY am I in this handbasket??? Quote Link to comment
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