Podcast: What Your Relationship with your GPS Says About You

By Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
September 08, 2009

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In this special "vacation" edition of the podcast, our editors turn their attention to a piece of geospatial technology they both use: the Garmin Forerunner "GPS watch." There's quite a bit of disagreement about what's expected of the device and what's wanted in future versions.

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GPS on the Track (#1) by Jeff J, ESRI
Date: September 8, 2009 12:35 PM

If you are running on a track and you are hearing the mile beep before you complete the fourth lap, then your GPS is probably pretty accurate. Especially if you hear the beep about 30 feet before you complete the fourth lap - assuming you are running on a 400 m track...

Joe's track (#2) by Adena Schutzberg, Directions Magazine
Date: September 8, 2009 12:40 PM

My thought exactly!

Joe needs to describe his track... Joe?

Adena

My Track (#3) by Joe Francica, Directions Media
Date: September 8, 2009 12:52 PM

Of course, that thought crossed my mind, but I had always assumed it was a straight 440 yards and not a metric track. I've never measured it nor asked anyone but certainly Jeff's conclusion makes sense. What I can tell you is that when timing for only the quarter mile, the Garmin measures exactly .25 so my assumption remains that it is a 440 track. The bigger question in my mind is the added distance I run if I'm running on the outside of lane 1 and not the inside.

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