+The Cache Raiders Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 what do you like more for geocaching (goto or map)? Drive It Like Ya Stole It! Zoom Zooom Zoooom!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
umc Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 whats so cool about it?????? Map has to be the best if you have one.. ______________________________________________________________________________________ So far so good, somewhat new owner of a second/new Garmin GPS V 20 plus finds so far with little to no problem. We'll see what happens when there are leaves on the trees again. Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 I like that I can switch back and forth with the click of my little tiny toggle button. I love my Legend. Cache you later, Planet "You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+st_richardson Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Planet:I like that I can switch back and forth with the click of my little tiny toggle button. I love my Legend. Ditto with my Vista & Rinos. Quote Link to comment
mortonfox Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 Track map... then coordinates. Quote Link to comment
+Jacksons Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 Both,map to drive there,track to finish,map really helps if ther is a river or stream close,many times in caches we have place people have approached from the wrong side of river or stream,map would have prevented that I'm a man and I can change if I have to,I guess. Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 For me, the question should be, "GPSr or map?" My answer: Map. Or aerial photo. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 Rubberband map for getting there (Unless I have the GPs route me) then the goto arrow for the hike. Wherever you go there you are. Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Renegade Knight:Rubberband map for getting there (Unless I have the GPs route me) then the goto arrow for the hike. Wherever you go there you are. Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Quote Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Goto for me, no question. When you're close enough to the cache to really care about where it is, the map screen becomes useless because you can't zoom it in far enough (on a yellow eTrex, anyway.) Goto's pretty useless with the default settings, too, but once you get the bearing on the screen instead of the speed, it works much better. Quote Link to comment
+Treasure Hunters Inc. Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 To actually find the cache...Goto. You have to really know what you're doing to use map during the last 150 feet. $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle Quote Link to comment
+Rich in NEPA Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 I think the map screen works great when I'm close to the cache coordinates. It gives a workable birdseye view showing my position in relation to the cache and the surrounding features (roads, trail, stream, etc.). I've also configured the display with the Distance and Pointer data fields because it's handy to have both options visible at the same time on the map. If sat signals are really sketchy, or if the cache is hidden extremely well (need more precision), then I switch to the Position screen and work from the current coordinates. Cheers ... ~Rich in NEPA~ === A man with a GPS receiver knows where he is; a man with two GPS receivers is never sure. === [This message was edited by Rich in NEPA on January 26, 2003 at 07:05 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+Jacksons Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 I see THI has a new aviator,is that mickey and minnie? I'm a man and I can change if I have to,I guess. Quote Link to comment
+Cachetrotters Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 We use the map screen to get to the general area, especially in the city, then switch to the (moving) compass and let the steering info guide us close, and finally when the needle starts hunting because we're too close, we use the distance window combined with visual observation of the immediate area(<50ft). All of this is possible because we set the cache (destination) as the GOTO. But I don't seem to recall the Magellan's having a GOTO screen. All of this is to say I'm not sure what the original question was really trying to ask. If you don't GOTO, then might as well use a compass and paper map instead of any GPSr map or nav screen. don Quote Link to comment
Dru Morgan Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 maybe a throwback to my BASIC days, but I will take GOTO everytime Half my life is spent explaining to Christians why I am a deadhead. The other half is spent explaining to deadheads why I am a Christian. -Dru Morgan Quote Link to comment
boydg Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Cachetrotters:But I don't seem to recall the Magellan's having a GOTO screen. On my Garmin Venture, I'd consider the compass rose with the needle pointing to my GOTO point to be my Goto screen. Quote Link to comment
+Cachetrotters Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Before the days of GPSr's having built-in magnetometers, it was commonly the 'compass' screen. don Quote Link to comment
+Treasure Hunters Inc. Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Garmin GPSmap76 map screen ... Does the screen always stay stable or does it start flipping around in heavy cover or other bad reception conditions? The compass rose screen on my GM100 can get to doing that and unless you pay attention to which way it says north is, you can think the cache is to the left when it is really to the right. This also occurs on the map screen and the track plot tends to get really congested and can cover the waypoint. (usually when your really more like 30 feet away. Jacksons: Not Mickey and Minnie.... it's Bill and Jane on the hunt $1000 Bill geocaching is living in a 30 foot circle Quote Link to comment
+Rich in NEPA Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Treasure Hunters Inc.: Does the screen always stay stable or does it start flipping around in heavy cover or other bad reception conditions? Howdy, THI! That's one of the reasons I like using the map display in this manner—it seems to be the most stable of the other screen options. The Pointer screen (which everyone seems to refer to as the Compass screen) tends to flip-flop too erratically in poor reception areas and/or when very close to the cache coordinates. I hardly ever use it. Also, with the mapping capability of this unit, it's easy to maintain a perspective of where the cache is in relation to the objects in the uploadable map (roads, trails, streams, etc.) that are nearby. The other method I rely on when zeroing in on a cache is to switch to the Position screen (Garmin calls it the GPS Information page) which shows my current LAT/LON coordinates. I simply move north-south until my LAT matches the posted cache coordinates, and then east-west until my LON matches, as well. There's usually a bit of fluctuation with the numbers (the least significant digits) I'm reading, but then I can move around a little to find the "average" spot that the GPS tends to bring me back to, typically within a 6 to 12 foot circle. Naturally, there are some exceptions to the overall usefullness of this process, but in my experience they are really quite rare. Cheers ... ~Rich in NEPA~ === A man with a GPS receiver knows where he is; a man with two GPS receivers is never sure. === Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 I start out using the "go to" function, but if I run into difficulty, I switch to the map. This often helps and just as often, is useless. "Paternalism is the greatist despotism" - Emmanual Kant Quote Link to comment
+Cachetrotters Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Rich in NEPA:The Pointer screen (which everyone seems to refer to as the Compass screen) tends to flip-flop too erratically.... Rich, what I call the compass screen is a close cousin to the Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) in aircraft (don't confuse with Attitude Direction Indicator(ADI) which shows pitch, roll, and heading), with the same flat compass card, course to steer pointer operating independently of the card but read against it, distance to go in units of interest, etc. They just added the moon and sun. Perhaps I shall now call it the HSI nav screen. Think it will catch on? don Quote Link to comment
+LoneHowler Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Both I use the map untill I get close to the cache then switch over to the compass More to see, More to do Quote Link to comment
+Majormd&PUNditOK Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Well, for the longest time, I just used the coordinates screen, and was happy as long as the numbers were moving in the right direction. Now that I am more familiar with my GPSr (Magellan Map 330) I use the map screen most often. Since most cache sites around El Paso are in the draws in our local mountains, you go up the trail regardless of direction to the actual cache, so GoTo is not useful until you are right up next to the cache. - Sue Quote Link to comment
boydg Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 On my Garmin Venture, the "compass screen" is called the Navigation page, and the only real purpose I can see for it is to "Goto" the selected WP. Using it as a true compass can only get me into trouble, I think. Quote Link to comment
+The Commissar! Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 I like the map until I'm w/in ~50 feet, then I switch to compass but don't look at it too much unless I can't find the cache! Quote Link to comment
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