Re: Garmin 60CS, saving tracks

From: H.W. Stockman (stockman3_at_earth-REMOVE_THIS-link.net)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 04:05:02 GMT

"William Wood" <spamthis***@biteit.com> wrote in message
news:ODRqd.69873$IQ.21011@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
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> What do you mean about the discontinuities on the lifts? I am not
> following you there. I originally planned to just leave the GPSr in
> every-5-sec mode while on the lifts. The tracks will overlap at the lifts
> and the speeds will stay constant. Alternatively, I could switch track
> logging off while riding the lifts, but the idea of whipping the device
out
> all the time doesn't turn me on much.

If you leave the GPS on and tracking while on lifts, there shouldn't be a
problem. If you turn it off, the first few points, after a restart and the
first fix, can be way off. I think Garmin wanted to impress people with the
short time to first fix on the 60c, and therefore, they tend to record the
first few crappy points.

I've only used a GPS once when back-country skiing and telemarking down
about 1200' vertical. The distance-density of points was lower on the
relatively fast downhill; but still, we rarely went above 10-15 mph.