+Jordan29 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Both my friend and I have garmin oregon 450 and a 550t. We were out caching today and the lowest are accuracy was was like 14 15 feet and would go up in the 20s. Shouldn't the accuracy be better then that? Thanks Quote Link to comment
alandb Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 No, that is what you would expect for consumer grade GPS devices. When you get that close, put the GPS away and search the old fashioned way. Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 That's pretty good a lot of areas are higher. Quote Link to comment
+BAMBOOZLE Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Thats about right.....when conditions are right modern units can be scary accurate and many times I hit my head on a cache when the GPS is at 3 feet or so. Quote Link to comment
+FIREWALKER438 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 That's not bad...I usually get about 10 feet accuracy with my 450 and I use a 60csx too which is better in tree cover. The weather and canopy conditions change and with it so does accuracy. Rule of thumb is when you get between 10-20 feet of the GZ start looking. Quote Link to comment
+Jordan29 Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 So your all telling me I just wasted my money buying my oregon? My Samsung s4 gets just as good accuracy as my oregon. But in all seriousness it's nice to have a dedicated device and not kill my phone battery. Also being an outdoors person I can use it for more then geocaching. Thanks for the replies Quote Link to comment
yogazoo Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 So your all telling me I just wasted my money buying my oregon? My Samsung s4 gets just as good accuracy as my oregon. Just remember, a stand alone GPS unit has been designed with GPS reception in mind, a GPS receiver first and foremost. A smart-phone is a smart-phone first and everything else second. I don't think you've wasted your money. Quote Link to comment
+andyakashrek Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Ask yourself this, if i drop my Samsung off of this bridge,bounces off the rock below and ends up in a stream will it still work? Now consider doing it with the oregon. Quote Link to comment
+basscat5 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 So your all telling me I just wasted my money buying my oregon? My Samsung s4 gets just as good accuracy as my oregon. But in all seriousness it's nice to have a dedicated device and not kill my phone battery. Also being an outdoors person I can use it for more then geocaching. Thanks for the replies Are you going by what the Phone or GPS is telling you for accuracy or have you actually stood on a Benchmark and compared..... I was using military GPS systems back in the Early 80s before Clinton signed off and opened the accuracy to the public...The Civilian systems today are amazing compared to what we had back then...If we could get a lock within a 50 meter zone we were lucky....Now you are complaining about getting down to 15 or 20 feet...If you think about the variables and mathematics involved that is incredible....To he honest why would you need to get any less then 20 feet if you aren't doing survey?? The chances of your GPS unit and the Cache owners GPS unit being calibrated within 20 feet are pretty much next to nil anyway.. Garmin, Magellan, Delorme etc etc may have the Technology and the know how to make a more accurate GPS but the costs would probably be astronomical.. Quote Link to comment
+Jordan29 Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Thanks for all the replies. I was being a little sarcastic when I said "your telling me I wasted my money" You are right 14-20 feet accuracy is pretty good I just thought a dedicated GPS would be a little more accurate then my phone. I did have the same cach set on GPS and phone and they were about the same. Sometimes my phone even went down to accuracy of 9 feet (Samsung s4). Which I don't know if I should belive in that %100. But again thanks for all the replies. Quote Link to comment
+BlackRose67 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Your Galaxy S4 supports receiving signals from the GLONASS satellites (which the 450 & 550 do not), so more satellites are available for your phone to receive signals from. In a clear sky situation, you really shouldn't see a difference, but with heavy tree cover or other situations where the signal could be interfered with, your phone may be more accurate. Quote Link to comment
+Jordan29 Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) That's why I like to use both primary though I use my phone to log it but if having difficult time with GPS then I try my phone. Edited April 20, 2014 by Jordan29 Quote Link to comment
+BAMBOOZLE Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 To each his own. Through good advice obtained in this forum I have been using quality units with quad. helex antennas and 3 axis pointers since 2003. My iPhone's ( latest is 5S ) are quirky and not as accurate. Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Both my friend and I have garmin oregon 450 and a 550t. We were out caching today and the lowest are accuracy was was like 14 15 feet and would go up in the 20s. Shouldn't the accuracy be better then that? Thanks Take time to enable WAAS on those Oregons, and on a day when the constellation is decent, and the EPE reading may haul itself down to 8 or 9 feet. Quote Link to comment
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