06-18-2021, 10:36 PM
The GPS is an older one bought for use while kayaking and other back country travel in AK from the panhandle to the North Slope.
It wasn't a state of the art GPS, but not an El Cheapo either.
It is a Garmin GPSMAP 76CSX [now outdated] and has a mapping function, which is useful but not needed.
It uses waypoints.
That is needed.
You'll need to know your lot size, shape and orientation.
County mapping can give you that info or close enough to do a "by-guess-and-by-golly" estimation with the GPS.
The previous owner had a surveyor do an inexpensive survey using, I believe, existing information from the subdivision when they bought 15 to 20 years ago.
I had a map with bearings and locations from that survey.
All info was found with GPS and detector from located corners.
Our lots have one corner adjacent to, or across the road from, a utility pole, and about 12' from the road edge, easily found with the detector.
Once one is found all the others fall into place.
Distance and bearings from GPS map locations or waypoints find all the others working around the lot.
From backcountry use, I always carry, use, and check with a map and compass.
I used the surveyor's map only to check on the GPS/detector findings.
Close but no cigar.
It took a while.
But, I made intimate contact with the jungle covered portion of our 1 acre lot.
Almost broke a leg walking around the jungle on the ah-ah surface.
You need to be sure of your footing before committing.
Use the cut vegetation to form and smooth the trail walking surface.
You'll need to know how to get around when you're not on asphalt or concrete.
It wasn't a state of the art GPS, but not an El Cheapo either.
It is a Garmin GPSMAP 76CSX [now outdated] and has a mapping function, which is useful but not needed.
It uses waypoints.
That is needed.
You'll need to know your lot size, shape and orientation.
County mapping can give you that info or close enough to do a "by-guess-and-by-golly" estimation with the GPS.
The previous owner had a surveyor do an inexpensive survey using, I believe, existing information from the subdivision when they bought 15 to 20 years ago.
I had a map with bearings and locations from that survey.
All info was found with GPS and detector from located corners.
Our lots have one corner adjacent to, or across the road from, a utility pole, and about 12' from the road edge, easily found with the detector.
Once one is found all the others fall into place.
Distance and bearings from GPS map locations or waypoints find all the others working around the lot.
From backcountry use, I always carry, use, and check with a map and compass.
I used the surveyor's map only to check on the GPS/detector findings.
Close but no cigar.
It took a while.
But, I made intimate contact with the jungle covered portion of our 1 acre lot.
Almost broke a leg walking around the jungle on the ah-ah surface.
You need to be sure of your footing before committing.
Use the cut vegetation to form and smooth the trail walking surface.
You'll need to know how to get around when you're not on asphalt or concrete.
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Was a Democrat until gun control became a knee jerk, then a Republican until the crazies took over, back to being a nonpartisan again.
This time, I can no longer participate in the primary.
Was a Democrat until gun control became a knee jerk, then a Republican until the crazies took over, back to being a nonpartisan again.
This time, I can no longer participate in the primary.