"proximity Waypoints"-usefulness & Implementation

[rufhausen]

I'm trying to understand the usefulness and implementation of the "proximity waypoints" feature on my Legend C.

The manual states it's useful for avoiding locations.

It seems that it would be much more useful if I could draw a polygon in mapsource over some private property, toxic waste dump, etc. instead of relying on individual points.

I thought maybe this could be effectively done by "connecting the dots" with the mapsource route drawing tool, but there's no way to add the route itself to the proximity settings, so adding each waypoint could be very tedious.

I suppose adding 2 or 3 waypoints in the appropriate location might provide enough coverage of the area depending on it's shape, but I was hoping someone could suggest a better way.

[+IVxIV]

Someone once mentioned they mapped all the major potholes in their drive to work as proximity warnings

[+park2]

A buddy put all the red light cameras in Winnipeg in his.

A little reminder to resist the temptation.

[moonpup]

Someone once mentioned they mapped all the major potholes in their drive to work as proximity warnings

That was me and living in New England you need to watch out for these things. Some are big enough to swallow your car whole

[+Greymane]

moonpup, you exagerate. I have spent a great deal of time in New England and seldom have I seen a pothole that didn't have to break a car up into three or four bit-sized chunks.

[+wickedsprint]

Use them for airspace warnings for general aviation flying if you don't want to pony up the $$ for a dedicated aviation handheld. I LIKE the idea mentioned above for the traffic cameras..that is brilliant!

Edited May 24, 2005 by wickedsprint

[+Greymane]

I assume you can set the radius on those (like you can in Memory-Map). If that is the case, they would be very useful for cache placement. I download the caches in the area and then set the proximity radius to 528 feet. This shows me where a cache could be placed without violating the placement criteria. (Although, you are out of luck for stages in multis.)