Hi there - first post in this forum, apologies if I'm breaking any guidelines:
My wife and I were out hiking last weekend and at one point, we were confused with the signs and ended up taking the wrong way, which meant we were walking back rather than finishing the trail (which was a loop). My phone's GPS didn't help me as it had problems determining our position - all it did was telling us which direction we were heading, which I knew anyway based on the sun's location.
So I started to research outdoor watches with built in GPS/Glonass/etc, assuming they would be more reliable in the wild outdoors. I stumbled over the Fenix 6, which seems gorgeous. - but it's prohibitively expensive. And besides, the map on the watch, as good as it looks, it still tiny compared to a real map or a map on the phone. I also looked at the Instinct Solar, which is compelling for its durability and battery life. While it has navigation, the map is obviously quite useless from the screen itself. It's really just a little black line plotting how you've hiked so far, with no other context.
Which leads to my question: when you're in an activity and the watch is connected to your phone, is it possible to see where you are on the map using the watch's location data? I read about LiveTrack, but my understanding is that that's for *other* people to follow my progress. Is there an easy way to "follow yourself" in a similar manner, so you can quickly pull up your phone to get a more detailed map and track of your hike when you need it?
The question applies to both the Fenix 6 Pro and the Instinct Solar. Thanks in advance!
