Distance & Direction To Base White Box

[Jim Frame]

I often want to see the distance (and, less often, the direction) from my rover to my base. I looked for a white box option, but didn't see one. Am I looking in the wrong place? Right now to access that information I'm pressing the sigma button (not sure why that icon is used for the base/rover info), then hitting escape to get back to the action screen. Having the base distance/direction on a white box would eliminate a lot of button pushing.

 

[Steve Douty]

I often want to see the distance (and, less often, the direction) from my rover to my base. I looked for a white box option, but didn't see one. Am I looking in the wrong place? Right now to access that information I'm pressing the sigma button (not sure why that icon is used for the base/rover info), then hitting escape to get back to the action screen. Having the base distance/direction on a white box would eliminate a lot of button pushing.

Sometimes I will put the base in one of the P Delta white boxes.

 

[Nate The Surveyor]

Sometimes I stake the base, from 200' away, and compare my suunto compass. To get magnetic declination, for that particular area.
Also, under (I think) radio, as in the radio link, I can get dist to base, but, I'm not sure if it has direction.
N

 

[Andrey Zhiganov]

I often want to see the distance (and, less often, the direction) from my rover to my base. I looked for a white box option, but didn't see one. Am I looking in the wrong place? Right now to access that information I'm pressing the sigma button (not sure why that icon is used for the base/rover info), then hitting escape to get back to the action screen. Having the base distance/direction on a white box would eliminate a lot of button pushing.

Added to the TODO list.

 

[Jim Frame]

Added to the TODO list.

Thanks!

 

[Andrey Zhiganov]

 

[Aaron S]

I'm not trying to be critical/negative here, but what are you using this info for so often that you want a button for it? I use the radio link to see a distance to the base, but that doesn't have direction. I like Nate's idea for compass calibration, but I'm wondering what else I could do with this info, besides being disappointed in my radio range.

 

[Jim Frame]

Direction to base is mostly an orientation thing, but I use distance to base as a way of deciding if I'm getting too far away and should be moving the base instead of continuing. Vertical positions in particular are sensitive to distance.

 

[Aaron S]

Sometimes I stake the base, from 200' away, and compare my suunto compass. To get magnetic declination, for that particular area.
Also, under (I think) radio, as in the radio link, I can get dist to base, but, I'm not sure if it has direction.
N

I love this idea... do you find the results to be accurate using this method? It seems like the perfect way to calibrate a compass.

 

[Nate The Surveyor]

It works very well.
I love my suunto.
It more accurate than the compass inside the LS.

 

[Glen Yasharian]

I've used the 'RTK Statistics' whitebox for some time and it gives a bearing and distance to the base along with a lot of other data if you have collected some epochs for a shot.

 

[Aaron S]

It works very well.
I love my suunto.
It more accurate than the compass inside the LS.

Which specific model do you recommend?

 

[Nate The Surveyor]

I like the declinated ones. Either in azimuth, or bearings.
1st choice for me, where most things here are in bearings, is the adjustable declination bearing model.
You wind up being able to set it to work directly with GLO notes, or in grid bearings. Fast, and less blunders.
When mosquitos are biting, it's handy to read directly.
Nate