Garmin GPS - Re: Garmin Geko- Thanks, Here's Few More

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Re: Garmin Geko- Thanks, Here's Few More

Ted

2006-02-01, 11:48 pm

Thanks Tom, that is a great help.
I'll make sure to clear the tracklog after saving it, and that way my house
won't appear.
I have a few more questions if you have time:
1. I put some waypoints into my GPS and then when I upload them into
g7toWin, I see one is always labelled 'map'. I don't remember ever making
any changes along the way. I put the same file (.gpx) into Google Earth and
sure enough one of the waypoints say "map". Have you seen this?
2. When you are in your Geko on the pan tracklog page, and I want to save
it, it asks for the beginning and end. I just assume it knows when I turned
it on and when I'm finished, so I pretty well go along with what it says. Is
there a way to see what is actually the beginning and end, is it by the time
that shows on the bottom?
3. How often do you save your tracks when you are out? For instance, I was
80% around a large loop and I wanted to use the tracback feature. So when I
asked it to go to the beginning, it started to take me all the way back
along the loop. Is there a better way to do this? I was thinking of saving a
track half way at lunch etc?
4. TracBack is important to us here on the west coast in the mountains.
However, the tree cover is a problem. Do you always use compass and maps as
well?

Thanks again Tom

Ted

"Tom H." <tom_reader@att.nospam*.net> wrote in message
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> Ted,
> I can shed some light on some of your questions. I have had a Geko 201
> for a couple of years now.
>
>
> You can go the the main menu page: Tracks : setup : recording : select
> off. But, I would rather just turn the unit off; that is faster and saves
> battery life.
>
>
> In battery save mode it is more likely to lose sattelite lock when there
> are signal obstructions like trees, cliffs etc.
>
>
> I keep mine in my shirt pocket or in an outer pouch of my daypack or fanny
> pack. All work well for me and I almost never lose signal in those
> places, but I live in the desert and there are usually no trees above me
> to reduce signal strength. In a less forgiving signal loss environment
> you might want to try to mount it in a place where your body is less
> likely to obscure the signal.
>
>
> Your gps is getting a fix at home, adding that position to the tracklog
> and drawing the resultant track line.
>
>
> I clear my tracklog, and trip data after almost every trip. I usually do
> not clear waypoints until the limit is almost reached, and then I download
> them to PC, edit out the ones I do not want, clear all on GPS and then
> upload the "keepers" to the gps.
>
>
> You can use true if your compass has an adjustable declination
> compensation device. Otherwise, use magnetic with compass and true when
> not using compass.
>
>
> WAAS usage shortens battery life, and Canada is probably too far north for
> WAAS satellites to be visible. The WAAS satellites are in synchronous
> orbits above the equator. I can see them here in Arizona, but they are
> probably below the horizon in Canada, so save your batteries and turn WAAS
> off.
> I hope that helps.
>
> Tom
>

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