On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:52:37 -0400, Paul Houle <p...@ontology2.com> wrote: > I was annoyed to discover that saved tracks on my eTrex Vista HCx > don't have timestamps. I did some experimenting and discovered that I > need to use the "ACTIVE LOG" if I want timestamps and control over the > tracks. Funny enough, I didn't find this in the manual or online, so > I wrote something up at > > http://gen5.info/q/2009/06/03/getting-a-good-track-from-a-garmin-etrex/ > > Is there anything else I need to know about getting good tracks? > It is like that with eTrex Yellow as well, though there are a few other tweeks to be aware of. My experience is that a saved track have less points than the active log from the same time interval, and also that you cannot set sampling interval, theither in time or distance, it only uses a special formula for when to store a point (fewer points along a straight leg, and more points in the turns). There are many situations where I wished I had a unit that stores a point every second, or that stores to a memory card, but I have to live with my eTrex yellow for now. When travelling, I upload tracklogs to my laptop every day in order to store as many points as possible.
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