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Tracking the Animal

2/6/2021

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I tested my tracking capabilities today. The red dots represent my Garmin InReach “data”. Every time it takes a bend is where the InReach communicated with a satellite. It then makes a line of the area between the nodes.

The orange line with the white stripe in the middle represents my actual GPS location data for my phone. I was an area that had cell service so it was able to upload it to the map. I tested low resolution, medium resolution, and high resolution. I determined that this uses way too much battery life on your phone.

I plan on using what is called extended tracking for my InReach. This will enable me to save a ton of battery life because it is not communicating by Bluetooth to my phone. This will also enable me to turn off some functions on my phone if I need to save more battery life.

Today was a good test I determined that using my InReach to place the red dots on my map is the best method to save the most amount of battery life.
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Gibbs lake is pictured above and it was the wonderful lake I walked around today.
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Patrick McCrow
4/10/2021 11:10:04 am

I'm a bit confused; I see you have hiked around lake Gibbs but I'm not sure if you have started your four corners adventure yet. I'm a bit lightheaded, my apology.

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