1groundpounder Posted March 30, 2002 Posted March 30, 2002 Is it possible to get my Garmin GPS 12 to switch from miles to feet. It's hard trying to visualize .05 of a mile when I'm getting close. I can't find my manual. Any help? 1groundpounder Quote
OFF RODE Posted March 30, 2002 Posted March 30, 2002 I looked in my old 12 manual and didnt see any mention of any way to change it...I think you can still get a downloadable copy of the manual at garmins web page. On my G3+ it changes automaticly at .1miles to feet (~500') "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." Yogi Berra JeepNAz@aol.com Quote
+Ltljon Posted March 30, 2002 Posted March 30, 2002 quote:Originally posted by 1groundpounder: Is it possible to get my Garmin GPS 12 to switch from miles to feet. It's hard trying to visualize .05 of a mile when I'm getting close. I can't find my manual. Any help? 1groundpounder As far as I know they don't have an update yet but I would love to be proven wrong. My Geo partner has one & it usually gets very good reception but the ".10 mile" thing really sucks. Guess we'll just have to find them by coords alone. When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Quote
Zuckerruebensirup Posted March 30, 2002 Posted March 30, 2002 I was wondering this same thing about my Eagle Explorer. Since this is an older (and very basic) model, I'm guessing I'm SOL. Quote
1groundpounder Posted March 31, 2002 Author Posted March 31, 2002 Thanks for the responses. It's about what I thought. I guess I'm in the market for a new one, what would you recommend? I know I want one with the conversion to feet and with the averaging feature like my 12. 1Groundpounder Quote
+Macro Posted March 31, 2002 Posted March 31, 2002 Maybe this is because I am a math person, but I always just kinda transpose the numbers as I am hiking. Based on .1 Mi ~ 500 ft, I just easily see things like .05 as 250ft, or .01 as 50ft, and so on. Once I am under a mile I always start thinking in terms of feet. If I am standing on the top of a hill, I have a very difficult time visualizing how far away 1/4 a mile is, but it really easy to see it as around 1250 feet....I just think of it as around 4 football fields long. Good luck Quote
Zuckerruebensirup Posted March 31, 2002 Posted March 31, 2002 Macro, in my case, it's not so much a matter of being able to visualize how close I am, but in knowing that I'm within a specified distance. For the MinuteWar game, we have to get within 10 meters (approximately 28 ft or .0062 miles) to capture an enemy's flag. Since the flags are imaginary, I have only my GPS coordinates to go by. And since my readout rounds to 0.01, I've been making myself get a zero reading to be sure I'm within the 10 meters. It would be nice to have more accurate measurements, but I guess you get what you pay for. (Good thing my birthday's coming up, at least. ) Quote
Zuckerruebensirup Posted March 31, 2002 Posted March 31, 2002 Macro, in my case, it's not so much a matter of being able to visualize how close I am, but in knowing that I'm within a specified distance. For the MinuteWar game, we have to get within 10 meters (approximately 28 ft or .0062 miles) to capture an enemy's flag. Since the flags are imaginary, I have only my GPS coordinates to go by. And since my readout rounds to 0.01, I've been making myself get a zero reading to be sure I'm within the 10 meters. It would be nice to have more accurate measurements, but I guess you get what you pay for. (Good thing my birthday's coming up, at least. ) Quote
+Doodad Posted March 31, 2002 Posted March 31, 2002 I had the same problem. The fix I found included both a hardware and software upgrade. I now use a Garmin Venture and let my 5 year old use the 12. A side benifit we no longer fight over who gets to carry the GPS Quote
Geonavigator Posted March 31, 2002 Posted March 31, 2002 Change setting to METRIC. Then convert meters to feet. (1 meter =1.1yd = 3.3 feet). Find 10% of # meters,and add the 10% to meters, total = yards, then 3x= feet. For example, convert 40 meters to feet... 40m + 4(10% of 40m)=44yd x 3ft = 132ft 1m = 1.1yd = 3.3ft (close enough for Horseshoes and Handgrenades) Quote
Zuckerruebensirup Posted March 31, 2002 Posted March 31, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Geonavigator: Change setting to METRIC. Then convert meters to feet. Actually, I wouldn't need to convert to feet, since the distance requirements are set up in meters (100 m for uncaptured flags, and 10 m for enemy-owned flags). Unfortunately, it looks like my only choices are miles, kilometers, and whatever "NM" stands for. (But if I used 0.01 km as 1 m, that should give me more accuracy than having to round down to 0.00 miles, which is what I've been doing since I can never be sure whether my 0.01 within 0.0062...it could actually be as high as 0.0149, which is more than twice what I have to be within.) Thanks for the suggestion. Quote
Zuckerruebensirup Posted March 31, 2002 Posted March 31, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Geonavigator: Change setting to METRIC. Then convert meters to feet. Actually, I wouldn't need to convert to feet, since the distance requirements are set up in meters (100 m for uncaptured flags, and 10 m for enemy-owned flags). Unfortunately, it looks like my only choices are miles, kilometers, and whatever "NM" stands for. (But if I used 0.01 km as 1 m, that should give me more accuracy than having to round down to 0.00 miles, which is what I've been doing since I can never be sure whether my 0.01 within 0.0062...it could actually be as high as 0.0149, which is more than twice what I have to be within.) Thanks for the suggestion. Quote
+Ltljon Posted March 31, 2002 Posted March 31, 2002 quote:Originally posted by 1groundpounder: Thanks for the responses. It's about what I thought. I guess I'm in the market for a new one, what would you recommend? I know I want one with the conversion to feet and with the averaging feature like my 12. 1Groundpounder A Mag 315 is great for just caching (good reception, easy to use)& should find one for under $149. But you can get any of about 20 suggestions on this subject! When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Quote
+Ltljon Posted March 31, 2002 Posted March 31, 2002 quote:Originally posted by 1groundpounder: Thanks for the responses. It's about what I thought. I guess I'm in the market for a new one, what would you recommend? I know I want one with the conversion to feet and with the averaging feature like my 12. 1Groundpounder A Mag 315 is great for just caching (good reception, easy to use)& should find one for under $149. But you can get any of about 20 suggestions on this subject! When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Quote
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