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GPS hiking device
- Thread starter cbeebies is poo
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mikey4
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cbeebies is poo said:i do go out hiking quite often and thinking of buying a gps system for a few reasons and just looking for some advice.
I have had a look around and i see they vary in price somewhat and all do different things depending on how much you are going to spend?
so this is what im after
just do the normal stuff find out where you are? how high? etc etc
i have young children so maybe start with geocaching thing?
I use a mac and not sure how it works for example would like to plan routes with the 3d maps and then view where i have been when i have been out when back home?
Also the 3d maps look brill not only for myself but to use to show my kids what we would be planning to do or have done as i see this as a great learning tool?
any advice would be much appreciated thanks
Me mates got a phone with GPS and we went out with the kids searching for caches. I think we enjoyed it more than the kids.
Plenty of apps if you have an iphone or android phone, or check out <a class="postlink" href="http://www.viewranger.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.viewranger.com/</a>
Depends what you need, I always take a map but have a simple app on my android phone which tells me my OS coordinates.
Depends what you need, I always take a map but have a simple app on my android phone which tells me my OS coordinates.
BulgarianPride
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jacko74 said:I wouldnt bother if I were you... the earths magnetic field is due to flip anytime now, north becomes south - south becomes north... your GPS would be a complete waste of money.
hmm.... No!
GPS will still work, even if West becomes North. It doesn't matter. Anytime soon might be 100 years or even more...
cbeebies is poo
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thanks for all the advice some things to look into there..
yes i still use maps and im sure it is the best way to teach kids.. But its that 3d maps thing have seen somewhere is the thing that would be a good lessson to show the hight you have been etc etc
yes i still use maps and im sure it is the best way to teach kids.. But its that 3d maps thing have seen somewhere is the thing that would be a good lessson to show the hight you have been etc etc
jollycity
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This is a walk/jog I did on Saturday with a Garmin Forerunner 310XT. I also own a forerunner 405 and a Satmap Active 10. I have had Etrex Venture and Vista in the past.
PM me if you want more info. The 3d thing comes from memory map, and works with any GPS.
PM me if you want more info. The 3d thing comes from memory map, and works with any GPS.
BulgarianPride
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jollycity said:This is a walk/jog I did on Saturday with a Garmin Forerunner 310XT. I also own a forerunner 405 and a Satmap Active 10. I have had Etrex Venture and Vista in the past.
PM me if you want more info. The 3d thing comes from memory map, and works with any GPS.
Ha. I know where you live... you might want to edit and remove that link map.
BulgarianPride said:jacko74 said:I wouldnt bother if I were you... the earths magnetic field is due to flip anytime now, north becomes south - south becomes north... your GPS would be a complete waste of money.
hmm.... No!
GPS will still work, even if West becomes North. It doesn't matter. Anytime soon might be 100 years or even more...
ermmm no!
If the magnetic poles did flip I think you would find humanity would be instantly transported back to the middle ages, all satellites would be rendered useless, the global power grid would crash, microchips would get fried even your good old compass would be f*****d!
Google "south atlantic anomoly" if you want to get worried!
BulgarianPride
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jacko74 said:BulgarianPride said:hmm.... No!
GPS will still work, even if West becomes North. It doesn't matter. Anytime soon might be 100 years or even more...
ermmm no!
If the magnetic poles did flip I think you would find humanity would be instantly transported back to the middle ages, all satellites would be rendered useless, the global power grid would crash, microchips would get fried even your good old compass would be f*****d!
Google "south atlantic anomoly" if you want to get worried!
Hmm no!
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~glatz/geodynamo.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~glatz/geodynamo.html</a>
jollycity
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BulgarianPride said:jollycity said:This is a walk/jog I did on Saturday with a Garmin Forerunner 310XT. I also own a forerunner 405 and a Satmap Active 10. I have had Etrex Venture and Vista in the past.
PM me if you want more info. The 3d thing comes from memory map, and works with any GPS.
Ha. I know where you live... you might want to edit and remove that link map.
Good call !! ... Hang on, it's too late, 500 blokes in city shirts are walking down my street right now !