garrettmaster1 Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 What do you use your GPSR for besides geocaching? Quote Link to comment
+Counter Fit Cache Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I use mine when I go hunting to set waypoints for particular spots, and mark trails (tracks) when walking in the woods. I use it when riding my ATV for the same reasons. I use it travelling to know how far I have to go before I get to my destination. I use it bike riding to know how fast I am going, how far I have been, and how far it is back home! Enjoy! Counter Fit Cache ...or is it really me???? Quote Link to comment
+Poindexter Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I take mine on hiking, biking and kayaking trips as well as in the car when heading out to unfamiliar places. I use my SPIII in my car everyday just for the speedometer because mine is all out of wack. Quote Link to comment
shrekTBA Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 -speedometer on my 4 wheelers and boat -navigation during fog or night on my boat -marking fishing areas on foot and the boat -hunting to do waypoints to camp, kill site, etc. -to summon help in the mountains and on highways, has been nice to be able to give a dispatcher a 30ft accuracy to an accident -answer the famous cop question "do you know how fast you were going" and being able to tell them within 1/10th of a mph (took the GPS word and got a tickets for 13.6 over posted) -finding boundries to public land -marking a parking spot at a mall to find the car when we were done shopping -giving my wife directions to where we were using coordinates when out of town -to get a good idea of how tall hills are for sled riding, and the speed we got up to -get a rough distance for sighting in rifles for hunting It's not a sport unless there is something dead in the back of the truck when you get home. Quote Link to comment
+Volwrath Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I use mine to dial in from work to home and back, so at any moment I know exactly how far I have to go. It helps to see if I am on time or not. but then Im a geek Quote Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 lawn mowing Quote Link to comment
+Dread Pirate Roberts' Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I'm thinking of using mine when it warms up enough to jog outside again. Now that I'm spoiled by the treadmill telling me my speed and distance, doing laps around the track and timing myself seems kinda blah. I'd rather just run around the neighborhood and go where ever my feets take me! I gotta figure out a way to strap it to my arm so it won't get so jostled and sweaty though... Quote Link to comment
Team Sidewinder Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 Got mine for hunting 6 years ago before geocaching was the fun thing it has become today. Geocaching made it useful 12 months of the year instead of 2 months. I told my wife this was a good gadget to buy and she still doesn't believe me ( I really think she hoped I would get lost in the woods hunting and never return ). sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT. Quote Link to comment
+fishin'fool Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I use mine a lot in my boat.I mark fishing spots,and use it for navigating in and out of harbors in the dark and fog.Also nice to be able to find crab pots in the dark.I also use it to mark my favorite mushroom picking spots.I use it in the car on trips to find restraunts and back to the motel.I use it for finding camp while hunting.I even take it to work with me when I am commercial fishing as a back up to our 2 GPS and 1 loran.I would probably use it to navigate to the bathroom if my wife wouldn't laugh at me.I have been using navigation electronics for 30 years, and still love it! Quote Link to comment
+PDOP's Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I save my tracks and waypoints and download them to create maps of trails, roads, ect. Quote Link to comment
Jomarac5 Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Kayaking and hiking. Quote Link to comment
Revupar Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 http://download.com.com/3000-2056-10060586.html I come home from a ride in the mountains, and see where I have been on the topomaps from Terraserver. it is also neat looking where I was on satalight photo maps. check it out.... Revupar Quote Link to comment
? Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I have used mine to mark all the booby traps around my marajuana plantation - only I know the safe way in and out Before I got my GPS I was forever getting caught up in fish hooks and impaling myself in pits of bamboo Quote Link to comment
+Freelens&Mosie Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 a pretend cell phone when I'm driving. I don't have a real one and I feel left out. I have my own little world. But it's OK...they know me here. Quote Link to comment
+Hiemdahl Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I use mine (with a laser rangefinder, radio and ruggedized PC) to call airstrikes. Hiemdahl Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I use mine to mark caves, archeological sites, sensitive plant locations, the homes of Hollywood stars, and nesting grounds for endangered species for posing on the web. In my spare time I use it to track my kids party spots, marijuana fields, my wifes travels, and the location of Alzheimer’s patients as well as finding the location of stolen vehicles. I'm working on locating lost 100 bills but that's eluding me as of yet. Wherever you go there you are. Quote Link to comment
+ApK Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 quote:Originally posted by garrettmaster1:What do you use your GPSR for besides geocaching? I use mine in the car regularly, especially when in unfamiliar areas. It's helped me find shortcuts and corrected many bad directions. ApK Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I use mine to map my showing route. To show people how far the house is. Distance between this house and that one. That kind of thing. I use it for travelling too. I can also find rest stops, restaurants, etc. with it. Cache you later, Planet I feel much more like I do now than when I first got here. Quote Link to comment
+apersson850 Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Like these: Planning orienteering meets Finding my way by car When jogging When using my in-lines On my bicycle When walking To find my car again, when I return from a geocache To get to know all you nice people in these forums To have something to fiddle with before I go to sleep... Anders Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Marked coordinates of my great-grandparents' graves and other family-history related locations. Markwell Chicago Geocaching Quote Link to comment
+Ozarktroutbum Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I'm a part time fly fishing guide and I use it to help me time my float trips. Not really necessary though as I've done the trips so many times. It does come in really usefull when I'm looking for new floats to do. Full time job is a home builder. I mark all the jobs and use Delorme topo and terraserver to: show homeowners where their house is. Print maps for the subcontractors Accurately predict sunrise and sunsets and how they relate to windows in the home. When GPSr's are outlawed, only Outlaws will have GPSr's. Quote Link to comment
jfitzpat Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Mountain biking, kayaking, hiking, rock climbing, backup navigation in an ancient Beech V-tail and, of course, stalking Anders so I can steal the suit and rule the world... -jjf Quote Link to comment
madapple Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I make mine work triple duty. I use it to, cache with,,,to mark fishing spots on big lakes, and to fly with. Exploring the world,,,one Cache at a time !!!!! Quote Link to comment
Team Sidewinder Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I guess I should have added in my earlier post that my son uses my hand me down ( garmin 12XL ) to climb routes on Mt. Ranier. They ( the ranier park service ) post route headings for gps or compass navigation through the glacier crevasse fields where one mistake off the route could be your last. sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT. Quote Link to comment
+JacobBarlow Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 ~APRS~ http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?ad0or Quote Link to comment
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