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<blockquote data-quote="Howland" data-source="post: 1362628" data-attributes="member: 103509"><p>I second both the advice that a GPS is used to support your compass and map (never trust the compass on your GPS), <em><u><strong>and</strong></u></em> the importance of the correct position format.</p><p></p><p>Last week I was involved in a search and rescue (of somebody else). The game warden called asking my position. I had it set for US National Grid and the map and quadrant meant nothing to him. I could only tell him distance and direction (magnetic to match my compass and the pencil grid I add to my topo maps) from where he was and that was only useful to him because he was standing next to where I parked my truck, a position I had previously plotted into the GPS.</p><p></p><p>It is now set for hddd.mm.ssss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Howland, post: 1362628, member: 103509"] I second both the advice that a GPS is used to support your compass and map (never trust the compass on your GPS), [I][U][B]and[/B][/U][/I] the importance of the correct position format. Last week I was involved in a search and rescue (of somebody else). The game warden called asking my position. I had it set for US National Grid and the map and quadrant meant nothing to him. I could only tell him distance and direction (magnetic to match my compass and the pencil grid I add to my topo maps) from where he was and that was only useful to him because he was standing next to where I parked my truck, a position I had previously plotted into the GPS. It is now set for hddd.mm.ssss. [/QUOTE]
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