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Re: Deviation plot
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2002 Feb 5, 12:56 -0500
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2002 Feb 5, 12:56 -0500
>I don't have the Mariner, but I suspect that it may be similar to the
>other Garmins in that it has a fluxgate compass. Mine, the "Summit"
>uses the compass to display "Heading" if you're not moving fast enough
>to do it via GPS (or so the manual claims). Probably OK for walking around
>but hopeless for sailing. To make matters worse, they may use the same
>manual for several different models.
Only the Summit and the Vista in the eTrex serie have a fluxgate
compass. From test of these models the compass works OK if you are
stationnary (no big help for sailing). The moment you move,... gone is the
compass.
Pierre Boucher
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