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Posted by CooperCreek on 11-26-2007 03:45 AM:

There is no communicating between the collar and the handheld unit via a sattelite. While I'm sure that the technology is there, and would essentially make the system where you could track a dog on the other side of the world, I'm sure it is not available for civilian use.

Posted by Dan Dogs on 11-26-2007 04:01 AM:

has anyone used this system on a real foggy night?? will it still pickup a satelite?

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Posted by BOOBOOBRADY on 11-27-2007 01:07 AM:

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Posted by c-outdoorsman on 11-27-2007 01:46 AM:

money

how much does the unit cost.

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Posted by BOOBOOBRADY on 11-27-2007 01:48 AM:

I'm thinking $599 one collar, best thing since slice bread

Posted by Oak Ridge on 11-27-2007 03:03 AM:

Here is the way it works.

The collar unit has a GPS receiver and a VHF transmitter. The collar simply uses the GPS satellites to know it's specific GPS coordinates. The collar then uses the VHF transmitter to transmit the collar coordinates to the handheld unit.

The reception is determined by the ability of the collar to transmit the signal, and the handheld unit to recieve the signal.....simple as that.

The hand held unit also has a GPS reciver in it, and it knows where it is...and calculates the distance and direction of the collar. Once it is done with that calculation, it draws it on a map.....

No satellite is used to transmit the signal...ever.

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Posted by BOOBOOBRADY on 11-27-2007 03:07 AM:

Joe
Do i need to order different cards for ky,tenn,ind,ill,ohio, or can i get then all on one card, what is the easiest and cheapest, thanks

Posted by C. Beyer on 11-27-2007 03:07 AM:

Joe sent you a PM.
Hit me back

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Posted by Brad McDaniel on 11-27-2007 08:33 PM:

Mr. Joe, what is the secret to get a track overlaid on Google Earth. I am viewing one in Mapsource and am able to make the link to Google, but mine will only show a triangle (in the right area).......... I guess indicating where the track started?

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Posted by Oak Ridge on 11-27-2007 08:56 PM:

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Mr. Joe, what is the secret to get a track overlaid on Google Earth. I am viewing one in Mapsource and am able to make the link to Google, but mine will only show a triangle (in the right area).......... I guess indicating where the track started?

You might have to fiddle with the timeline along the top right edge of Google Earth....it's a little tricky, but if you goof with it long enough, you'll figure it out.

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Posted by Oak Ridge on 11-27-2007 09:08 PM:

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Originally posted by BOOBOOBRADY
Joe
Do i need to order different cards for ky,tenn,ind,ill,ohio, or can i get then all on one card, what is the easiest and cheapest, thanks

Good news, and bad news....

The good news is that the Micro SD cards are available (they had been on back order)

The Bad news...well, you live in a "bad" area for the pre-loaded cards.

One card covers this area

And another Card covers this area:

The cards pre loaded with the maps are 86.00 each.....that price is from Garmin....I think you could shop around and save a little, but not much on them.

I bought a 2GB micro SD card for 25.00, and I found a real "steal" on the latest greatest Garmin Topo Map 2008 CD, I paid 77.00 for it. So I have a hundred bucks in maps, but I can pick and choose which areas of the country (any area in the continental US) that I want to upload onto my card.

What's easiest for me, may be worth a little extra to you.....your gonna have 172.00 wrapped up in pre loaded cards, if you want to cover all of the area you quoted, or you could order the SD card and the map..then upload the maps you want yourself.

The 2GB cards will hold about half the country.....or more.

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Posted by BOOBOOBRADY on 11-28-2007 01:38 AM:

Joe
Strickland told me to order us maps and roads said that is what he has , shows all little back roads, knobs roads, i checked his it was pretty neat

Posted by Oak Ridge on 11-28-2007 03:21 AM:

Both the Topo maps and the road maps have all the roads on them.....

I like the topo maps because I can see elevation changes. I know how many ridges over the dog is....which could come in handy in your country!

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Posted by BOOBOOBRADY on 11-28-2007 04:05 AM:

Joe thanks for all you're help
My next question is can i uplaod strickland memory card to my computer and save it, then download it to my sd card and work for both of them,

Posted by C. Beyer on 11-28-2007 12:24 PM:

So if I get the #8 card I should be all set with my topo in this region, right?

I hope Im not buggin you Joe, its just I know you have one and I know you tinker with it till you know it pretty good. I appreciate all your help

Posted by Brad McDaniel on 11-28-2007 01:13 PM:

Found the Garmin US Topo 2008 CD at Amazon for $59! And only 12.99 to overnite it!!

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Posted by Brad McDaniel on 11-28-2007 08:08 PM:

"You might have to fiddle with the timeline along the top right edge of Google Earth....it's a little tricky, but if you goof with it long enough, you'll figure it out."

That was it Joe. Had never noticed the "time line" deal up there before.

Man it is AWESOME being able to overlay tracks on Google! This thing may make a dog trainer out of me yet.

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Posted by Oak Ridge on 11-30-2007 12:58 AM:

For those of you that may be struggling a bit...

http://thecoonden.com/index.php/Gar...rth-How-To.html

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Posted by barredrock on 11-30-2007 03:18 AM:

i called garmin because mapsource wont allow me to click view on google adn they said i need google pro for 20 bucks a year, is that what you guys had to do to pull it up?

Posted by T.Beyer on 11-30-2007 03:19 AM:

Barred Rock are you using Google Earth?

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Posted by barredrock on 11-30-2007 03:45 AM:

disregard i got it to work

Posted by j.ooten on 11-30-2007 04:41 AM:

tracy, totally unrelated...i noticed your wingdings font on your sig...if you'll take out the "......." around it...you got it...Jason

Posted by C. Beyer on 11-30-2007 01:12 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Oak Ridge
For those of you that may be struggling a bit...

http://thecoonden.com/index.php/Gar...rth-How-To.html

Thanks Joe .
You are my hero

Posted by John D on 11-30-2007 04:50 PM:

Are there any maps available for free to download?

I'd go partners with someone to get the maps I need, just to reduce the cost. Seems kind of overkill for EVERYONE to buy the same maps.

P.S. I did some searching for maps and came across these free maps

http://garminmapsearch.com/

You can click on an area and it will find the maps for that area. It appears to me these maps are compatible with Garmin GPS's. The files end in an *.img

Has anybody tried to use these?

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Posted by Beech Nut on 12-02-2007 06:41 PM:

Got mine yesterday.

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