How do most people set the GPS .Tks
1-North Up
2-Track Up
3- Course Up
Printable View
How do most people set the GPS .Tks
1-North Up
2-Track Up
3- Course Up
Track Up
x2
One thing to keep in mind with this setting is the speed of the boat.....
The "Chart View" in a a HB unit defaults to "North Up" when the GPS receiver does see movement...
If the boat speed slows to below 0.6mph, the "boat shaped" icon on the chart view changes into the "Donut"...(indicating the unit does not recognize movement)...
If the unit is set to "Course Up" and the boat slows to below 0.6mph....the chart will default to "North Up" ...no matter which way the boat was moving before the icon changed to the "Donut".....
For example...if the unit is set to "Course Up" and the boat is traveling South....."South" will be at the top of the screen....
Now, if the boat slows to below 0.6mph...the chart will "spin" around to default at "North Up' on the chart....
To keep the chart from continually spinning at speeds below 0.6mph...it may be best to set the unit to "North Up"...
Rickie
North up here, like I am looking at a map.
North up for me.
I recently put a navionics chip in my lowrance lms522. Say I am tightlining and mark a WP. I go over the WP for a short distance and turn around to go over again. The boat icon on the map is going one way and I,m going the other. I may be going N and it shows I,m going S.In reality land is on my right but shows left on the map. It seems the map is not readjusting fast enough. I 100% like the map oriented the way I,m traveling. Have tried north up and track up moving at .4-.6. Am wondering if the GPS on my older 522 is as good as good as some of the newer units.
When a chart view is set to "North Up"....:
*North (on the water) is always at the top of the screen...
*East (on the water) is always at the right of the screen...
*South (on the water) is always at the bottom of the screen...
*West (on the water) as always at the left of the screen....
Rickie
I don't understand there be any difference in 'Track UP' and 'Course Up'. To my simple way of thinking they describe the very same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by LR77
I first started out with a handheld GPS and learned how to use it with 'North Up'. When I finally got a LMS-522c iGPS which I mounted beside the handheld I now use both units with 'North Up'. I keep the handheld zoomed in max and leave the Lowrance zoomed further out. I use the Lowrance to approach my waypoint and use the handheld to work the pile. By using both GPSs one quickly sees that there is a definite difference in refresh rates for each unit but that difference in refresh rates did help me to comprehend the fact that with boat movement and what the GPS is actually showing and where the pile is located takes a bit of sorting out as to what is really happening.
Where 'North Up' is problematic for me is when using it in during heavy fog where I can't determine north from south with my own senses then I can't tell whether to turn right or left to approach the way point. With a 'Course Up' setting you can tell from looking at your GPS screen if your way point is left or right and then actually turn your boat in that direction to approach it. In the same situation using a 'North Up' setting if your are actually heading north the GPS screen showing your way point towards the right you would turn towards the right but if you were actually heading south you would need to turn your boat towards the left to approach.
I think all the other fisher folks I know fish with with a 'Course Up' setting on their units. I guess the real reason I settled on using the 'North Up' was that when I first started out using a GPS and wasn't actually catching that many fish anyway I spent that time using my limited mental abilities thinking about how to approach the way point and where I needed to turn left or right and whether I was actually traveling north or south or whichever direction.
Anyhow good luck with whichever setting you use in learning to use your GPS.
LBM, I can't tell the difference between course up and track up, but I only go short a distant on the water. There may be a difference between these settings on "long hauls" like across the Atlantic. Mystery.
From Greg on another forum...
HB 6.180 is a feature release. One feature enhancement is to the Main Navigation Tab item Chart Orientation where your options are north-up, head-up or course-up.
North-up displays your map with a north direction orientation.
Course-up displays your map with a course direction orientation.
Head-up displays your map with a heading direction orientation.
If you have a waypoint, set a heading to it, then Head-Up will orient map so the waypoint heading is to top.
Very similar to course-up, but a little different.
Rickie
I always keep course up..............that explains why my mapping was jumping around when i was going to a waypoint[slow speed] thanks rickie
This is why I spider rig with a "North Up" setting....to keep the map from spinning below 0.6mph....Quote:
Originally Posted by kyrich
Rickie
In Humminbird units we use either North-Up, Heading-Up or Course-Up menu settings. I’m not sure if that was not the original intended question or not but thought that I would toss it into the conversation anyways.
North-Up: I think everyone understands that the top of the display will always be North (whether Magnetic North or True North will depend on the North Reference menu setting).
Heading-Up: The top of the display will be the direction that the boat is pointing. Due to wind and waves, the boat may be traveling in a slightly different direction than it is heading, and therefore Heading is often confused with Course Over Ground (COG).
Course-Up: The top of the display will be the current direction that the boat is traveling. This may differ from the actual heading of the boat.
What? You mean a crab angle?Quote:
Originally Posted by Humminbird_Greg
Track up. I want to know where I'm going not where I've been. Besides that I find it much easier to zero in on a waypoint.
What ever happened to "bearing"?
Bearing is on the wheels. Come about to 180°
Tks guys for your input. I def.understand it better but think it may take a little practice to see which works best.
Yes, I believe that is also another name for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
It is still used CP. Bearing is used as the direction to a waypoint referenced from north. You will get bearing information whenever you use the GoTo function of the cursor in a Humminbird unit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
I understand bearing. If you sight your compass on a target, that is the bearing. I just never see it mentioned in the manuals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Humminbird_Greg
I just checked several different operations manuals and bearing is in every one of them. I don’t know if it has always been in there (older versions may or may not have had it).
Quote:
Originally Posted by Humminbird_Greg
thanks. i am old too.
This stuff is jogging my memory. Like compensating for magnetic declination.
Yep. Bearing in the sense that is being used by GPS is in question. Can't remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barnacle Bill