#99862 - 07/14/0709:23 PMRe: SIRF for Garmin eTrex?
[Re: Brangdon]
JCWohlschlag
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Originally Posted By: Brangdon
With "north up", if the unit shows you moving left to right you know you are heading west in the real world.
Wouldn't "moving left to right" be heading east? The old Boy Scout saying I learned explained the directions going clockwise from the top: Never Eat Shredded Wheat (North, East, South, West).
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