Canoe tripping with a GPS can be a dizzying experience. Revolving numbers denoting rate of speed, heading, route history, track log, distance to destinations and time of sunrise are all just a finger twitch away. It’s nice to know a new GPS could be a deep well of mental stimulation for you, but if all you really want to do is add a practical and capable tool to your set of navigation skills, then you really just need to know about waypoints.
At any time you can record your preset position as a waypoint, or you can enter a distant destination into your GPS as a way-point. Once you’ve entered a waypoint, the utility of your GPS goes into orbit.
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