When you mark your starting point and then travel a ways, does it show you your original spot in a straight line from where you are now, or does it show the route you took?
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Bill I can't really answer that as the unit I have won't even read north in the same direction twice.
1888218
It's mainly for hiking so it will point straight at the point as a compass does
1888219
I have taken trails that I have never been on, turned the Tracker on and the arrow will point to the direction back to camp. It doesn't show the route you took....It is a High Tech Compass and it will count down in meters as you get closer to camp.
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Straight line. Think of this as a sophisticated compass, it doesn't show routes, just the way to a point.
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As far as I remember you can follow your reverse course. It doesn't have "maps" as such, but plots your course and gives you your current location. I used it for a backup on my sailboat and just logged the lat/Lon on my charts along with my DR plotting. Since there are no maps but only plotted waypoints, you can use this anywhere you have GPS sat. coverage.
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When the chartplotter is turned off, the information is kept. Since it does not lose the information, I periodically have to reset to remove all the previous trips from the screen. It will keep the original starting point and the compass can be set to take you to a starting point. It is also obvious since it has the course you took displayed on the screen, making it easy to back track. I use it on Lake Michigan and the river to Lake Michigan. It has always gotten me back.
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When you choose to navigate to a specific location you have the choice of shortest distance or quickest route. After it computes a route you also have other route choices. Either way, you can take whatever road you want and it will automatically develop another route as you drive.
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It doesn't have a data screen like the earlier models---the "where am I" screen which gave all sorts of information about altitude and even latitude & longitude. This model has none of that, however when you program in the address of your destination, it does show the distance and time of arrival. If it's a long trip and stops are made for lunch, gas, etc. it will recalculate the time of arrival. The one nice feature of this model is that it no longer says the irritating "recalculating," instead it merely tells you what you need to do to correct a wrong tunn and then when you're back on track, it tells you to "continue on route."
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When you enter the route you want, the unit will show you one route. You can only change the route by adding way points. I wish it would give you at least one more option to choose from, but this unit doesn't.
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You can go to one of the points, mark it as a waypoint and record the elevation. At this time I get rid of all tracks that are not needed because they may confuse things. Then go, not necessarily in a straight line, to the other point, mark it as a waypoint and record the elevation. Zero your trip odometer. Then, click "Where To" and select your first waypoint. Your Trip Computer screen should show distance to destination, and the map screen should have a track that runs right to it. I have not found a way to view the elevation difference directly, because I have never had a need for that. I hope that answers your question. There may be a better procedure, but that has worked for me.
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Yes, but it only appears when it's giving you details about your route (like lanes, ramps, etc...)
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No. This is a "basic" unit that has only two buttons and stores up to three locations - just mark your starting location and forget it until it's time to return. When you're ready to return, select your location and the BackTrack displays direction and distance to travel. Use it to find your car in a crowded parking lot, your treestand or the trailhead. I am directionally challenged and this simply points me back to where I need to go when I'm on the trail and don't know how to get back. It's been a great safety net and simple to use, but not elaborate.
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Hi Wiliam. Yes. This model has the function you mention. It is very useful when you are driven and have to stop for some time whether short or long, then after reconnecting it will continue its directions to the location you chose before.
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Not really. And one annoying thing is that if you deviate from the route (because you know better or trying to get around a jam) it will keep telling your to turn around to get back to your original route.
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The backtrack point 3 does not give latitude or longitude coordinates. It has a compass mode with compass degrees. It has 3 location icon waypoints that give you yardage or miles back to the specific way point you select. All 3 can be used on the same trek.
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Yes. They have a Trip Planner app. You add way points as desired and it will route you via those points. I added planed rest and picnic stops and got est. of arrival time for the leg I was on as well as miles to go. I also got the program "Trip & Waypoint Manager" after I left on my last trip. You install on you computer, plan your tip and then transfer info to GPS unit. Unfortunately my parents have borrowed the unit so I cannot test how well this will work. My first impression is that the program is not that great but I really can't say until I get my GPS back. Craig
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I'm not a hunter, so I don't know about specific hunter-related features, but, yes, it coould mark any point (including current, and it is called "Waypoint"), it could create virtually unlimited number of waypoints and it could navigate to any saved waypoint, one-by-one, or ycou could joins several waypoints into "route".What it COULD NOT -- it could not calculate optimal route for several wyapoins in ANY order (solve "travelling salesman" problem). So, you need to plan order of waypoints by yourtself.
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Marking a waypoint requires you to hold the "Enter" button down for a couple of seconds. A new screen appears showing the data which is being saved as that waypoint. If you wish to name it something other than the automatically generated numerical name, you can use the arrow pad to move to the waypoint name, highlight it, and then change the number to letters or other symbols and create whatever designation you like. To return to a waypoint you created, you press the "Go To" button and a screen comes up. (The newer versions may use the "Nav" button instead.) A screen comes up with the saved waypoints. A person can scroll through and choose whichever waypoint they want, press enter, and then a choice of screens becomes available, many of them customizable. You can choose anything from a simple pointer screen to various screens which can show you both your direction of travel as well as the direction of travel required to reach your destination by a straight course. If your destination involves a more complex path, you can create routes using several waypoints. The GPS will lead you to them in the order you've programmed them in, and will automatically find them consecutively, moving from one to the next as your reach each one. Some people also use the the back-track feature which, as long as the unit is left on and can "see" the satellites, will save unnamed points in a "recent memory" log. By using this feature a person can follow the most recent paths - easily those paths generated in the most recent 24 hours give-or-take, of GPS "on" use.
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I dont think you can really visualize that though. I'm guessing that the location is constantly being updated in your system but the screen/map might not reflect that. Also i think it depends on your resolution and the aspect of your current screen (ie, how detailed is the map being shown, is it in a street view or is it in a city view, etc). It wouldn't make sense if you are in a "zoomed-out" view and your car icon is constantly (2,3 times in a second) being refreshed and moves. Unless you are driving at like 200mph or using your GPS on an airplane...
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Not exactly sure what you're asking. The device accumulates data as you go.if you stop walking, it stops counting. Then when you move again, it picks up where it left off. It doesn't reset to zero. Hope that helps.