How do you use these?

The Jester

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How do you use these?

« on: May 30, 2009, 03:11:40 pm »

At first I thought they were more of a curiosty, but have seen some usefullness in an urban setting to see where caches/waypoints are in relation to the buildings. I finally figured how to 'turn them off' while in suburban settings (they are more of a clutter to me then).

I'm curious to see how others use them.


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Re: How do you use these?

« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2009, 04:15:58 pm »

I have found these to be extremely valuable in urban settings just like you, and I also turn them off when not caching. There have been a couple of instances where my GPS was wandering in an urban canyon, but the building footprint showed me precisely where along the wall I should look.


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Re: How do you use these?

« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2009, 07:55:18 pm »

Can you explain? Buildings, Footprints... Which Gps does this? Interesting.


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Re: How do you use these?

« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2009, 11:52:49 pm »

Quote from: MtnMutt on May 30, 2009, 07:55:18 pm

Can you explain? Buildings, Footprints... Which Gps does this? Interesting.

These are another mapset available - click the 'Visit Switchbacks.com' link at the top, right of forum home page to see all the mapsets - for garmin mapping units.


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Re: How do you use these?

« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2009, 03:49:13 pm »

OK, I loaded the Footprints and I must say that was a bit of surprise to see.
Now I must load that information on my NUVI 500 and see how this works.
thanks for setting me straight..


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