Dear Sirs,
I bought Memory Map in the expectation that I would be able to switch it on and walk in the countryside and as and when I wanted to do so I would be able to see how far I had walked and the accumulating elevation achieved. I have not been able to find a facility to do this - am I missing something.

regards

Len

Same reply really. What device are you using?

Bri

Hi Bri,

The device is memory map Adventurer 2800

Regards

Len

That should be pretty easy. Have you downloaded the manual? I am not the best expert to tell you as I have not had one long. But basically, if you switch it on and start walking a track should appear. When you have finished your walk you should be able to tap and hold the track. A menu will appear. You then tap on properties and that stuff you need should appear. I expect that I have missed something but someone will come on to straighten you out.

Bri

Hi Len,

The length of a walk should be easy enough to find in the track properties (on Adventurer or PC). The current Elevation may be an option (tap-hold) in the "GPS : Position" panel (I don't have an Adventurer, but it's in the PDA version).

MM doesn't provide an "accumated ascent/descent" figure, probably because the GPS system generally does not give sufficiently accurate data (at least for walking and some cycling). Garmin GPSs which offer the feature generally use their inbuilt barometric altimeter for the calculation.

You can import the track into MM on PC, then convert track to route and the Route properties contain accumulated ascent/descent. However, this is calculated from the map elevation data which also can lead to large errors. I was reading a PGPSW forum complaint just this morning about how inaccurate the Satmap is for this data. ;)

Cheers, Alan.

Hi Alan,

Many thanks for your reply, I have just come back from 12 miles on the Dales Way, which I plotted the route and saved to the 2800, which has pretty simple navigation requirements and I found the direction arrow was pretty reliable and when I wanted to check my position to identify a land mark on my map it was practically spot on. I have also downloaded the walk track and can see the relevant data - so I am getting a bit more familiar with the device and a bit more satisfied with my purchase.

Is there a way at any point on the walk to see distance covered and distance to go and what should I do at the end of the walk just turn off and it will save the data?

Regards

Len

You can set most of that stuff in settings, nav data. It will show on screen all the time if you tap and select follow route. When you have finished, tap on the x first then switch off.

Bri

Thanks I will try that I think I am getting better at using the 2800, its just apity that you have to either use intuition or gain information from the forum.

Regards

Len