[ARDF] GPS devices

[Kenneth E. Harker]

    The intention of the organizers for the 2008 USA ARDF Championships 
is to permit the use of Garmin Forerunner and similar GPS devices during
the competition.  If it's something different than that, particularly 
something with a screen that can display maps, we'd like to see it before
it goes out on course to make a reasonable determination about its utility
for navigation.

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 11:08:29AM -0800, Bob Cooley wrote:
> There are probably about 15 to 20 people in my local O club (BAOC)
> that use the Garmin Forerunner 205 or 305  for route recording.
> Playing back these recorded routes after the meet is very useful for
> determining what you did right or wrong.  These watches can 
> also do some navigation functions, but no one here has found
> any of those functions to be of any use during O competetion.
> 
> The navigation functions might be of help to a totally lost
> beginner who was trying to get out of the forest alive, 
> but I don't see how they could be of any use to a 
> reasonably competent competitor.
> 
> Also, since Team USA is still very much in learning
> mode, and the route playbacks are very educational,
> we should allow use of the 305, even if someone
> speculates that there might be some way to gain
> advantage during competition.  
> 
> Bob Cooley

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