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<blockquote data-quote="Eselkopf1" data-source="post: 1282477" data-attributes="member: 100375"><p>It is my opinion that a GPS is best used to support your map and compass work. </p><p></p><p>I would recommend using google earth to try to identify terrain features that play to your advantage. Google earth is free satellite reconnaissance for anybody. Google earth will then give you coordinates and you can then use the GPS to walk onto the exact spots your looking for. You can then save those spots and go back to google earth and save the spots on your computer with notes and so forth. </p><p></p><p>Im not familiar with Garmin's more recent software. Google earth's free version is exceptionally well suited for this kind of thing, it does have a bit of a learning curve to it though. But its kind of fun to play with. With google earth you can actually look at old imagery. So you can see what the terrain looked like in the summer, or the winter, or a few years ago. The sattelites are up there taking pictures all the time, they just gotta pass over with clear skies. You can even see the terrain in 3d. </p><p></p><p>We actually used google earth in afghanistan because its imagery was better than the Army's. It also plenty accurate for mortars and artillery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eselkopf1, post: 1282477, member: 100375"] It is my opinion that a GPS is best used to support your map and compass work. I would recommend using google earth to try to identify terrain features that play to your advantage. Google earth is free satellite reconnaissance for anybody. Google earth will then give you coordinates and you can then use the GPS to walk onto the exact spots your looking for. You can then save those spots and go back to google earth and save the spots on your computer with notes and so forth. Im not familiar with Garmin's more recent software. Google earth's free version is exceptionally well suited for this kind of thing, it does have a bit of a learning curve to it though. But its kind of fun to play with. With google earth you can actually look at old imagery. So you can see what the terrain looked like in the summer, or the winter, or a few years ago. The sattelites are up there taking pictures all the time, they just gotta pass over with clear skies. You can even see the terrain in 3d. We actually used google earth in afghanistan because its imagery was better than the Army's. It also plenty accurate for mortars and artillery. [/QUOTE]
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