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<blockquote data-quote="Mr Magoo" data-source="post: 577735" data-attributes="member: 3008"><p>Just done a very remote hike using GPS. Because of the thickness of the scrub (visibility 2m), speed was down to 1KPH. The biggest problem we had was using the compass as many gps require you to be moving above a certain speed. Impossible in the situation we were in. </p><p>I guided the group using a hacked Garmin <a href="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=26353" target="_blank">https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=26353</a> which was the best for navigation. The Rhino had problems or was cumbersome with compass direction (admitably it was on it's first run(home grown satellite jnx imagery on this was poor)). </p><p>Turned out the best item we had for direction/compass was wrist mounted (can't tell you what it was). Even a proper compass failed, just spun in circles (The previous group who did the walk had the same problem with their magnetic compass)</p><p>,</p><p>Moral of the story, make sure you can find N without having to move to much.</p><p></p><p>Hacked Garmin and SASPlanet proved itself</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr Magoo, post: 577735, member: 3008"] Just done a very remote hike using GPS. Because of the thickness of the scrub (visibility 2m), speed was down to 1KPH. The biggest problem we had was using the compass as many gps require you to be moving above a certain speed. Impossible in the situation we were in. I guided the group using a hacked Garmin [url]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=26353[/url] which was the best for navigation. The Rhino had problems or was cumbersome with compass direction (admitably it was on it's first run(home grown satellite jnx imagery on this was poor)). Turned out the best item we had for direction/compass was wrist mounted (can't tell you what it was). Even a proper compass failed, just spun in circles (The previous group who did the walk had the same problem with their magnetic compass) , Moral of the story, make sure you can find N without having to move to much. Hacked Garmin and SASPlanet proved itself [/QUOTE]
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