How Does the Track Mode Work on a GPS?
Traveling in remote locations such as through deserts, up mountains and over the ocean can be disorienting because of the vastness of the terrain. After a while, it all looks the same. Your trail can disappear immediately after you make it. GPS track mode helps you pick up your trail again.
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Track Your Travel
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You never have to get lost again thanks to track mode on your GPS device. Your GPS can store track points that will show the trail that you have taken. At timed intervals, every five to 10 minutes, the GPS will mark where you are, like dropping bread crumbs on a trail in the woods. Depending on the number of times you taken the same route, in GPS track mode your device will remember and track multiple tracks plotted along similar lines. They may even overlap one another on your map screen.
Benefits
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Get back the exact same way you came. Have all the employees of a tour guide business follow the same route by water or land to ensure safety to passengers by taking trusted routes. Store the information and keep a log. The "Track Back" function within this feature plots a course for you to return back the way you came.
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Creative Uses
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Allow supporters to keep track of your movement during a charity, cross-country walk-a-thon or when you swim a famous river to break a record. You can actually set up a Web page for family, friends and supporters to follow your movements. Services like SPOT messenger connect you to a transmission system so your tracked movements are transmitted via their offices to your website.
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