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<blockquote data-quote="Katabatic" data-source="post: 594295" data-attributes="member: 19153"><p>I always leave the GPS turned on whenever out bush, fishing or detecting.</p><p></p><p>Don't know what your terrain is like, but in the hilly/mountainous country I venture into there is often need for significant detours.....fallen timber, dense bush, overgrown or boggy gullies, mine shafts, and, my personal favourite, blackberries.</p><p></p><p>The problem, in this sort of country, is that if you turn the GPS off upon departure, when you turn it back on to head back to the car waypoint, the GPS can only give you a straight-line route, and you can end up going straight back through the same obstacles, and having to take the same detours.</p><p></p><p>If the GPS has been running the whole time, you have a track record that clearly shows where you had to detour, and you can even punch in a waypoint on the bad ones. You can also use Backtrak, and return the way you came.</p><p></p><p>If you are trying to get back to the car in a hurry, a straight line is not always the quickest way in our neck of the woods. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katabatic, post: 594295, member: 19153"] I always leave the GPS turned on whenever out bush, fishing or detecting. Don't know what your terrain is like, but in the hilly/mountainous country I venture into there is often need for significant detours.....fallen timber, dense bush, overgrown or boggy gullies, mine shafts, and, my personal favourite, blackberries. The problem, in this sort of country, is that if you turn the GPS off upon departure, when you turn it back on to head back to the car waypoint, the GPS can only give you a straight-line route, and you can end up going straight back through the same obstacles, and having to take the same detours. If the GPS has been running the whole time, you have a track record that clearly shows where you had to detour, and you can even punch in a waypoint on the bad ones. You can also use Backtrak, and return the way you came. If you are trying to get back to the car in a hurry, a straight line is not always the quickest way in our neck of the woods. :) [/QUOTE]
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