Over the last five years or so I have started moving deeper into off trail wilderness areas and have had a few issues with my GPS and phone GPS. Sometimes it will be a momentary dead spot but there are also times where my electronics seem to just go off the rails and say I’m several miles from my actual location for hours. The worst issue was when we were elk hunting several years ago and we had planned on making our way to the back of a previously unexplored meadow with a nice spring. The hike was to take a couple hours and put us in a good location to watch it. After several hours of following where my GPS said to go I noticed the sun had stayed in approximately the same spot, off my right shoulder. This made me curious so we walked until we had enough of an opening in the timber to see some far off landmarks. We were almost nine miles from where the gps said we were. The compasses on the phone and GPS were incorrect.
I am a firm believer in an actual map and compass so this has only been a minor inconvenience but I do see how this could become potentially hazardous. Has anyone else had these issues? Mine have all been in areas with volcanic rock and assume this to be the cause?
I am a firm believer in an actual map and compass so this has only been a minor inconvenience but I do see how this could become potentially hazardous. Has anyone else had these issues? Mine have all been in areas with volcanic rock and assume this to be the cause?