Guaranteed a question
01:19 Wednesday 26 Dec 07
I need an answer and I think it could be in a geocaching forum. As a guest I am not allowed to search the forum. So I register. And now I find that not only can I not post for 24 hours I still cannot search. Great. So, here’s the thing – if in 24 hours I haven’t found the answer then the absolute last damn thing I’m going to do is search this new forum. I’m just going to ask. If I have searched for a day I really don’t want to continue. I don’t care if whoever reads it knows that the answer is on the front page, or that I need to go elsewhere or that “insert anything at all”. Fact is that this forum has gone out of it’s way to be unhelpful and allowing a search if registered would have helped not hindered. It’s information, it’s free and it should be allowed to be seen. And if it’s the forum software that keels over because of any sort of search (that’s Invision then) then they should get something that works. Groundspeak.
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What’s the question? I’ll probably be able to answer :)
It may well be the search string you’re using too. The forum has some interesting limitations ;)
10:28 Wednesday 26 Dec 07
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Hi Dino :)
It’s actually Garmin specific.
I’ve a Venture HC. The position marker is a triangle. Now when I first switched it on and wandered around I’m sure all I had was that triangle. Now though there is a circle around it.
As I zoom closedd the circle gets bigger so it’s as it the circle marks a boundary around me.
I have read the docs, checked the online docs, googled, yahoo’d, checked newsgroups and nowhere has mention of this circle. It could be a proximity thing but I have no proximity warnings.
It’s a really small niggle but it’s driving me nuts.
11:28 Wednesday 26 Dec 07
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AFAIK the circle shows the likely area in which you are. No GPSr will be 100% accurate. The circle gets bigger or smaller depending on the perceived accuracy of the reception but also gets bigger/smaller as you zoom in/out as you are looking at a smaller/bigger piece of ground.
13:19 Wednesday 26 Dec 07
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Ah – so it was probably there all the time?
I just took the dog around a field, lots of satellites and I didn’t check the circle. I can understand it being there when indoors. I’ll have a look later when it’s walk number 2. Thanks for the advice!
13:35 Wednesday 26 Dec 07