[GeoStL] Re: Beta for Etrex vista
- From: Eric & Dayna East <lichanura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 07:11:22 -0600
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Thanks everyone for your responses!
I guess I should re-word my question. I wasn't saying that I don't get reception
at all; it's just that the reception isn't what I think it should be. I guess a
lot of my concerns stem from the fact that I used to use a Magellan 310 that was
not all that accurate. In fact, it only displayed 2 digits after the decimal
point rather than 3. It also did not show the signal strength or the accuracy in
ft. that my vista does so, I never had any way of knowing if the coords I posted
for a cache were with in say 6 ft, or 100 ft.
I'm hard headed/competitive so, this never kept me from finding a cache, i'd
just
keep looking until I found it. But, it was causing problems for people who were
trying to find the caches I had hidden.
So, I guess my real question is this. What is a typically acceptable accuracy in
ft. when marking a way point for a cache? I would like to see it accurate to 20
ft. or less preferably but, i've noticed that many times under trees (without
leaves. I'm sure it will be worse when there are leaves on the trees) my
accuracy
will run from say 24 - 35 ft.
Thanks for your replies!
Eric
Bruce S wrote:
> -
>
> Eric,
> I along with several others (Glenn, Denali, Myotis) use vistas. Yes
> sometime you will have reception problems under trees. With experiance you
> will get to learn when it will happen and will be able to compensate for it.
> Seldom is really a problem. I can't say any of my no finds are a result
> of bad reception for my gps. I have only had one occasion when I was not
> able to get reception for any great distances around a cache. On that cache
> the closest I got a reading on my gps was .2 miles away. The vista still
> helped me find the cache because the map screen showed me where the cache
> was relative to a stream so I did it by terrain association rather than
> using the pointer.
>
> Bruce
>
> >From: Eric & Dayna East <lichanura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Beta for Etrex vista
> >Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 22:02:57 -0600
> >
> >Who out there is using a Vista, and what do you think of them? I have
> >one and I like it for the most part however, it doesn't seem to have the
> >greatest reception. Even slight tree cover seems to throw the accuracy
> >off. Is it just mine, or do you all have this problem? Thanks & God
> >bless!
> >
> >Eric
> >
> >GC-RGS wrote:
> >
> > > Changes made from version 2.50 to 3.01 Beta:
> > >
> > > * Increased active track to 10,000 points.
> > > * Added option on map setup page to specify the number of track
> > > points to plot. The most recent points will be plotted up to the
> > > specified number, not exceeding the size of the track log.
> > > * Increased the number of saved track points to 750 per saved
> > > track.
> > > * Increased the number of waypoints per route to 125.
> > >
>
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