Posted in adventure on Jan 14th, 2012 No Comments »
Sometime in the electronic bronze age of the 90s, Garmin came out with an application called MapSource. Relatively progressive at the time, this was a map and waypoint manager that allowed you to view your Garmin map product on a PC. This was a disruptive app and probably was a reason a lot of prosumer [...]
Posted in adventure on Jan 9th, 2010 No Comments »
I just updated the software on my Garmin Colorado 400t and realized there are some real enhancements. One of the first is a new feature that allows you to take averaged waypoint readings. Basically, like a GPS rig designed for surveying, the GPS takes continual readings while it is assumed to be in a fixed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2009 1 Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2008 No Comments »
We’ve been having problems recently with out Colorado. The GPS will “freeze up” in terms of updating the positioning, even though the user-interface and magnetic compass continue to work fine. I got a little lost the other day in the woods because it wasn’t immediately clear to me this was happening – the GPS pointer [...]