Re: Active 10 GPS

Paul Saunders wrote:

Phil Cook wrote:

I use my GPS in conjunction with a compass to walk on bearings
too. The trick is to mark a waypoint where you set off on the bearing,
set the GPS to goto it and walk away from it the distance you need to
go. Far more accurate than counting paces over rough ground.

That's a handy tip. I'll try to remember that if I ever need to use it. What
would you need to use it for?

I used it recently getting off Geal Charn above Glen Markie in the
clag. I needed to walk a dog-leg along a lumpy broad ridge and hadn't
put any waypoints in other than the summits of Munros. Of course you
need a map to know what bearing to walk on.
--
Phil Cook, last hill: Geal Charn above Glen Markie
http://www.p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk/Oct07/wh11.htm
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