waas/egnos
Mon, 03/10/2008 - 7:41pm
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16 years
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On my garmin 650 I have waas/egnos and it is off what is this and do I keep it off or put it on thank you Lucky
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16 years
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On my garmin 650 I have waas/egnos and it is off what is this and do I keep it off or put it on thank you Lucky
waas/egnos
You should enable it. It makes the GPS more accurate. It does use more battery but if you keep the unit plugged into the car charger it won't matter.
See Garmin's explanation
http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGPS/waas.html
Lots of posts about this
Lots of posts about this already. General consensus is that WAAS does not ACTUALLY give you better accuracy, but drains your battery more.
IMO, if it's running on a power source (ie. car), turn it on. If it's running off the battery, turn it off.
Go to
On my garmin 650 I have waas/egnos and it is off what is this and do I keep it off or put it on thank you Lucky
Go to thread http://www.poi-factory.com/node/11359
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Search for WAAS
On my garmin 650 I have waas/egnos and it is off what is this and do I keep it off or put it on thank you Lucky
Search POI Factory for WAAS. You'll get loads of opinions, most suggesting not to enable WAAS.
RT
"Internet: As Yogi Berra would say, "Don't believe 90% of what you read, and verify the other half."
I also agree, don't turn it
I also agree, turn it off...why? well, there are too many reasons to repeat, as stated above, do a search and you shall find all the facts/opinions of the users.
Charley - Nuvi 350 - Bel STI Driver - Cobra 29 w/ wilson 1000 - AIM: asianfire -
Air Navigation
Look at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAAS
The Wide Area Augmentation System is a air navigation aid. Unless you care about your altitude in a plane, don't bother!
Accuracy
Look at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAAS
The Wide Area Augmentation System is a air navigation aid. Unless you care about your altitude in a plane, don't bother!
I just checked my nuvi and for me the only change between WAAS/EGNOS is in WAAS mode I am at 1042feet instead of 1055 for an elevation. The accuracy stayed at 21/22 feet.