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Garmin eTrex SE, 7 months on, GPS in the Hills and which app should you be using?
The big 90, that not bad going.
In this month’s podcast –
1. eTrex SE – 7 months on
2. GPS in the Hills – last course this/ last weekend – what is this course all about?
3. BaseCamp, connect, explore – which and for what scenarios – When using alongside a Garmin handheld unit?
4. We then have Andy’s top tips
– Garmin eTrex SE – 7 months on
The Garmin eTrerx SE was launched on the 14th March, in the same day the Garmin GPSMAP 67/ 67i was launched
Price – £149.99
To read an indepth review on the Garmin eTrex SE go to GpsTraining.co.uk > Product Reviews > Garmin eTrex SE Review
– GPS in the hills course – what is this?
You may have seen this on our website/ newsletters
For those who have been on our two-day Garmin GPS Training course.
£158.00 on website, but if you have been on a course you get a discount code making it half-priced – £79.00
What do we cover on this day-long course
Week leading upto course
– Planning over Zoom – week leading upto course
On the day – straight out onto the hill –
– Following the pre-planned route
– Looking at the different navigational experiences for a route, track, and course
– Trackback – we will do a trackback taking us back the way we came
– Creating a route directly on the unit
– Managing an emergency situation – what options do we have and how are we going to approach this
– Changing the ‘pre-planned’ plans – what options do we have and how we do this
– Navigating in the dark, how to set up our GPS units
This will all be delivered during an 8 – 12 mile walk (depending on elevation climbed) and only people who have been on our 2-day course will be invited onto the course.
South Downs – 4th October 2024
Lakes – 18th October 2024
Northumberland – 26th October 2024
If you want to find out more about our GPS courses please go to our website > GpsTraining.co.uk > GPS Training Course
– BaseCamp, Connect, Explore – which and for what scenarios – When using alongside a Garmin handheld unit?
Garmin BaseCamp
Garmin Connect
Garmin Explore
– Andy’s Top Tips
Explore App – Convert imported GPX files from track or route to a course before syncing – syncs quicker and seems to be more reliable when syncing
2 X Drawing pin icon – Route
Footprint icon -Track
Curved line – Course
3 x Red dots top right screen – copy as course, go back to track or route 3 x red dots top right select delete
Remember Find / Spy Glass Course
GPSMap65s – Pause Track – in theory you cannot or can you?
– When you are just about to go into a building and want to stop the recording – press your menu button twice to goto main menu
– Select Setup
– Select System
– Select Satellite System – changed from Muliti-GNSS to DEMO
– When you come out of the building and standing where your changed satellite to Demo – repeat the process and change Satellite back to Multi-GNSS
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From the podcast preview, I was really looking forward to the compare/contrast of Basecamp, Explore, and Garmin Connect. Frankly Andy was all over the place and I sort of lost the bubble during the discussion. Hopefully the future videos mentioned describing the tools will be more pointed.
It was also stated the Basecamp is only useful with devices that have on board mapping because Basecamp needs those maps to plan a route. Basecamp is capable of installing offline maps (like OSM maps) for route planning without the need of a GNSS device. This has been my workflow for years planning and loading courses onto my Instinct (1 & 2X) and fenix/Epix watches.