Friday, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:01
David
Hema is simple...$150...download the app from I-Tunes and everything you need is then on your I-Pad, software, maps (nearly all that Hema have including Topo), tracking system.
Breeze to use, although in saying that I haven't yet 100% mastered the "Waypoint" system.....spent a bit of time on it and can set a waypoint and end point BUT after doing all that can't actually see much benefit...really all I need to see is where I am on a map, so that if I am looking for a track it's easy to find.
A good example of this is last year in the Cape I ran into some guys wanting to do Frenchmans Track (we were coming back onto the PDR from Chilli Beach)...they could not find it (they had in fact gone past the entrance). It was back about 3K's so I turned around and said "follow me and I'll take you to it".
The entrance was fairly overgrown, and not disimilar to many side tracks off the road so I can understand why it was hard to find....we found it, wished them luck and ontinued on our way.
It does NOT provide turn by turn like a Navigator would, otherwise a great bit of kit.
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