I posted a screen capture example of part of a track using Auto Mode.
See photo entitled "Auto Track Example" in the Miscellaneous album.


--- In etrex@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Arneson" <tom@...> wrote:
>
> The Auto mode is usually more efficient. It records less often on
> straight parts of your track and more often in curved or meandering
> portions.
>
> --- In etrex@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis Jewitt" <dennis.jewitt@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Bill,
> > Thanks for the advice. The track log is much bigger
> than I had hoped. I have made up a serial lead and installed MyGPS
> which works well . By downloading the track memory and saving the
> track log as a .txt file and then opening with notepad I can get an
> idea of the sampling frequency. I will carry out a few evening walks
> after work this week and investigate the settings. Maybe a good start
> would be to use the "Distance" rather than "Auto mode" and set to
> record at 10m intervals, that should cope with 100 km which is enough
> range for the Sottish winter walk. I can understand the "Distance"
> and "Time " modes but am unclear about the "Auto" so will avoid it.
> >
> > The EasyGPS looks excellent for managing waypoints and storing tracks.
> >
> > Thanks for your help
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bill Fuhrmann
> > To: etrex@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 9:10 PM
> > Subject: RE: [etrex] e trex H track log size ??
> >
> >
> > > Does anyone know the size of the track log memory ? I am
> > > planning a 4 day hike and wonder if Record Interval "Auto"
> > > and Resolution "Low" are appropriate settings.
> >
> > The track log is 10 thousand points.
> >
> > You can also copy track logs to the "saved" logs but it drasticaly
> strips
> > down the data points and removes the time information when you do
> that. I
> > don't do that, so I can't tell you how many points it holds in
each.
> >
> > My suggestion is to try a couple hour hike with your test settings
> and see
> > how big of a log it creates.
> > Take a look at how it handles turns and altitude changes (if that is
> > important to you).
> >
> > If you will have a computer (even a hotel computer) available,
> check out
> > easy GPS at www.easygps.com/ .
> > You can install it once on a USB memory device and use it on any
> computer
> > that has a serial port for your gps.
> > Unfortunately, I think that all of the USB to serial devices need
> a driver
> > that cannot be installed on a locked computer like at a hotel of
> library.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>