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is gps any good or what?

Compared to what?

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is gps any good or what?

Compared to what?

GLONASS?

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is gps any good or what?

Compared to what?

GLONASS?

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On 28/2/04 4:30 pm, in article
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is gps any good or what?

It depends really on what kind of walking you are doing. Long mountain hikes, open moorland, etc.,
would all benefit from a gps.

That being said I don't own one myself ....

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Compared to what?

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GLONASS?

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Or Galileo.

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Galileo will be the EC version if it gets off the ground.
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therebel said:

is gps any good or what?

Absolutely brilliant! Your life is not complete without one.

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is gps any good or what?

I've used a GPS System while at sea and my son uses one in his van and both are extremely useful.
I've never used one for fellwaking and it's doubtfull if I will start to now. The only comment I
would make is please make sure you have full mapreading and compass using skills in place as well.
If the GPS is going to let you down you can bet it will be in an unfamilar place with low cloud
cover.........1st principle of Sods law.

Dave All Wainwrights completed 74 Walks......763 miles......approx 200,000' of ascent to complete.
At Heysham looking across Morecambe Bay to the Cumbrian Fells

Ta, now I understand

Mike

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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:04:56 GMT, Mike Mason wrote:

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>Compared to what?

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GLONASS?

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eh???????????????????????????????????????

Or Galileo.

GLONASS is the Ruski version of GPS. samadhi.jpl.nasa.govglonassQL.htmlOpen ↗

Galileo will be the EC version if it gets off the ground.
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Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

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therebel said:

is gps any good or what?

Absolutely brilliant! Your life is not complete without one.

I collect 'em. :-)
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Paul Saunders said:

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is gps any good or what?

Absolutely brilliant! Your life is not complete without one.

or two!

Dave Brown said:

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is gps any good or what?

I've used a GPS System while at sea and my son uses one in his van and both are extremely useful.
I've never used one for fellwaking and it's doubtfull if I will start to now. The only comment I
would make is please make sure you have full mapreading and compass using skills in place as well.
If the GPS is going to let you down you can bet it will be in an unfamilar place with low cloud
cover.........1st principle of Sods law.

I'd say you need to use a map along side a GPS, the GPS will tell you where you are, and the map
will tell you what the terrain is like.

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Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

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therebel said:

is gps any good or what?

Absolutely brilliant! Your life is not complete without one.

I collect 'em. :-)

Hope you keep the original box :-)

On 29/2/04 9:09 am, in article [email hidden],

Brian said:

I'd say you need to use a map along side a GPS, the GPS will tell you where you are, and the map
will tell you what the terrain is like.

Although I don't (yet) own a gps I have been in a number of situations where it is striked me that
it would be rather useful to know where I was!

Brian said:

Dave Brown said:

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is gps any good or what?

I've used a GPS System while at sea and my son uses one in his van and both are extremely useful.
I've never used one for fellwaking and it's doubtfull if I will start to now. The only comment I
would make is please make sure you have full mapreading and compass using skills in place as
well. If the GPS is going to let you down you can bet it will be in an unfamilar place with low
cloud cover.........1st principle of Sods law.

I'd say you need to use a map along side a GPS, the GPS will tell you where you are, and the map
will tell you what the terrain is like.

I somehow *knew* this thread would get around to GPS / compass / map.
:-(
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Andy Howell <[email hidden]> wrote

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Gordon said:

Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

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therebel wrote:

> is gps any good or what?

Absolutely brilliant! Your life is not complete without one.

I collect 'em. :-)

Hope you keep the original box :-)

I left the Vista box in California at my daughter's place, no room in the case because of all the
electronic toys, pairs of Levis etc. :-)
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Andy Howell <[email hidden]> wrote

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Brian said:

I'd say you need to use a map along side a GPS, the GPS will tell you where you are, and the map
will tell you what the terrain is like.

Although I don't (yet) own a gps I have been in a number of situations where it is striked me that
it would be rather useful to know where I was!

When you're THAT [censored] a GPS won't help you.
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Phil Cook <[email hidden]> wrote

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Brian said:

Dave Brown said:

>is gps any good or what?
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I've used a GPS System while at sea and my son uses one in his van and both

are

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extremely useful. I've never used one for fellwaking and it's doubtfull if I will start to now.
The only comment I would make is please make sure you have full mapreading

and

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compass using skills in place as well. If the GPS is going to let you down you can bet it will
be in an unfamilar place with low cloud cover.........1st principle of Sods law.

I'd say you need to use a map along side a GPS, the GPS will tell you where you are, and the map
will tell you what the terrain is like.

I somehow *knew* this thread would get around to GPS / compass / map.
:-(

:-)
SHHH!" Nobody mentioned cameras yet.......
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Gordon said:

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I somehow *knew* this thread would get around to GPS / compass / map.
:-(

:-)
SHHH!" Nobody mentioned cameras yet.......

Doh! My brain somehow thought I was posting in pign9's thread about walking poles.
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Gordon said:

When you're THAT [censored] a GPS won't help you.
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I don't need to be [censored] to get lost :-)