Do you want to know that you have a GPS you can be certain will lead you to different caches, under different conditions, … and then home again? A GPS you can set and forget? A GPS you are confident will keep you and your co-hunting friends and family safe?
If so, Garmin Gmaps 60CSx is an important GPS to consider for geocaching.
Why?
Because it does all this:
It is phenomenally sensitive and remains locked unto satellite signals even under tree cover, even under cloud cover. It is super accurate. Full stop. It has a map screen so you can easily see where you are relative to everything else. You can read the screen clearly in bright sunlight. It’s small. It’s light. It can take being bounced around – which it will be, of course. It’s waterproof. You can programme in up to 20 routes. You can save up to 1000 waypoints (reference points to keep you on track) You can save your track unto the memory card. Keep it secure, even if you switch off. Afterwards you can download the data and analyse your hunt – to share your glory with all and sundry, or improve your game. It’s batteries last a long time. It’s ultra easy to use.
So your Garmin Gmaps 60CSx makes it possible for you to simply load up your cache positions for the day, and head off for a day of fun and games. Easy as pie.
That’s why Garmin Gmaps 60CSx could be one of the best handheld GPS units for geocaching.
By: Tessa Green
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Best Handheld GPS Units for Geocaching Part 1 – Garmin Gmaps 60CSX
January 19th, 2010Handheld GPS Hunting – Never Lose Your Trophy Kill Again
January 3rd, 2010
There are handheld GPS receivers for just about any sport out there today, hiking, biking and now fishing and hunting. Several manufacturers of GPS units are making handheld receivers for hunters complete with camouflage and compasses. Many of these personal GPS receivers have up to 12 satellites calculating your position. Some have a built in calendar helping you to chart the best time to go hunting. Most weigh between six and 10 ounces and won’t weigh you down, but have so many capabilities. Features include being able to store 500 to 2,000 waypoints – which are location you can navigate to later – both with graphics and names and the track log stores up to 10 to 50 retraceable paths. The trip computer indicates such things as sunrise and sunset times, speeds, distance and much more.
Some hunters think the handheld GPS receiver units are great when out wondering in the woods. One reason is because they don’t have to pay close attention to where they are going and can pretty much wonder freely and still be able to find their way back to their vehicle or campsite with the GPS trackers. Since you have marked your waypoints, you can easily find you way back to camp or your vehicle by turning around and placing the GPS on directional or compass screen and when the arrow points left, go left and when the arrow point right, go right and you will soon be where you want to be.
One of the most popular handheld GPS hunting receivers is one that has multiple receivers for hunting dogs as well as the hunter. You attach a GPS tracking unit to each of your dogs and then you can track there whereabouts with your GPS handheld unit. There are two screens in which to do this. One is a compass and if you have more than one dog, will show you which direction each dog is going, if they are running or on point (pointing to a bird or other wildlife) and do it in different colors so you can tell the dogs apart on the screen. The other way to track the dogs is on the dog info screen which give you individual dog information, such as where they are located, if they are running or on point, how much battery life their GPS unit has left and average distance and speed they have traveled over a predetermined amount of time. There is a dog screen for each dog you have, it even shows if one or more are back at the camp in their crates, not just out in the field.
There is additional software available for the handheld GPS hunting units to upload topographical maps and public hunting area maps. These are very useful to hunters who do not own or know someone with private property to hunt on. This upgraded system also comes with a memory card and personalizable software so you can create your own maps to use year after year.
By: Charlie Lee
