making a trail
Wed, 04/02/2008 - 10:20pm
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16 years
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If I was out whitetail deer hunting and wanted to walk to different points in a wooded area and make a trail to follow to get back to the point I marked how would I go about it I have a garmin 650 gps
NO,
bread crumb feature can be found in series 7xx and later.
yeah, he is right. But here
yeah, he is right. But here is the work around that I do...
Go to first spot and save it as "A"
then go to my second spot, and save it "B" and so forth.
Then just go to the favs and go to whereever you want to go
C to A
or
C to B
and then
B to A
Charley - Nuvi 350 - Bel STI Driver - Cobra 29 w/ wilson 1000 - AIM: asianfire -
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If I was out whitetail deer hunting and wanted to walk to different points in a wooded area and make a trail to follow to get back to the point I marked how would I go about it I have a garmin 650 gps
You won't be able to create a "trail"/route on a 650. However, you can save the locations as favorites and then set the navigation to Off Road instead of Fastest or Shortest. When you ask it to navigate you to a Favorite, it will show a straight line from you to the end point. As you move, it will show you moving relative to the shortest distance -- assuming that you must stay on the trail, it really depends on the number of trails and whether one going in the right general direction can take you to a deadend as to whether this will work for you. As an example, if there are 3 trails that head off in right general direction, but 2 of them end at a river or cliff, this probably won't work.
Nuvi 660 -- and not upgrading it or maps until Garmin fixes long-standing bugs/problems, and get maps to where they are much more current, AND corrected on a more timely basis when advised of mistakes.
waypoints
ok then what are waypoints and could I make something out of that. lucky
bread crumb
The work around suggested by Asianfire works better at sea where you can move on straight line from waypoint to waypoint, the GPSr units that have "bread crumbs" when they are being used in the woods they throw a bunch of waypoints between point A and point B depending on terrain, in dense wood is hard to walk a straight line between two points.
My work around is to buy a loaf of bread and lay bread crumbs as you walk. hehehe
When traveling without obstructions the GPSr lays only a few bread crumbs, see enclosed sample of a flight I was on from Puerto Rico to Tampa (every TK with a number is a bread crumb) and above that is the track of hurricane Frances.
http://www.elbazarcubano.com/images/dpreview/frances.jpg
Garmin 38 - Magellan Gold - Garmin Yellow eTrex - Nuvi 260 - Nuvi 2460LMT - Google Nexus 7 - Toyota Entune NAV
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If you are going to do a lot of outdoor actives that require tracking. I suggest getting a mapping GPSr. Auto GPSr is not meant for it and it's not waterproof. A nice one can be had for under $200.
http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-eTrex-Legend-HCx-High-Senstivit...
bread crumbs solution
When driving on highways, just mark your current location and name it. Then mark your destination and name it. Next, set your current location as your final destination, and the location where you want to go to as a via point. Begin your trip and when you arrive at your destination (which will be the via point), the GPS will then direct you back to where you started. Pretty easy.