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Maps without GPS Signal

Oli 10 months ago

Coming from Epix 2. Why you have to start first an activity to check the maps. why the watch cant trigger the gps after opening the map? really silly....

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Oli 10 months ago in reply to FredGolightly +1

So, how you open the maps? Lets say you are inside and want to see the map, then you open from toolbox or via shortcut the map. When indoit like that, the watch tells me always to go first to an activity…
FredGolightly 10 months ago in reply to Oli +1

Open the list of activities ie Run, Walk, Map, Navigation and select Map...that's it, surely?

www8.garmin.com/.../GUID-94A53DF6-163B-468F-945D-557D3EB5F24F.html I only need step one ie open Map & it…
FredGolightly 10 months ago in reply to Oli +1

Can you explain my point as in not following, although did post before on similar issues

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0 FredGolightly 10 months ago

Mine searches for gps when I open Map, albeit much slower to get a gps fix oddly

0 Oli 10 months ago in reply to FredGolightly

So, how you open the maps? Lets say you are inside and want to see the map, then you open from toolbox or via shortcut the map. When indoit like that, the watch tells me always to go first to an activity... Maybe i am doing something wrong?

0 FredGolightly 10 months ago in reply to Oli

Open the list of activities ie Run, Walk, Map, Navigation and select Map...that's it, surely?

www8.garmin.com/.../GUID-94A53DF6-163B-468F-945D-557D3EB5F24F.html I only need step one ie open Map & it loads my map & gets a gps fix shortly after

0 Oli 10 months ago in reply to FredGolightly

Apparently you didnt get my point, anyway thanks for your time!

0 FredGolightly 10 months ago in reply to Oli

Can you explain my point as in not following, although did post before on similar issues

+1 Cristox 10 months ago in reply to Oli

There is an Activity called "Map".

It's actually not an Activity but it just opens the map, gets an GPS fix and You can zoom and scroll around.

What else do you want.?

Map without GPS fix does not make sense because the watch would not know what part of the map it has to show.

0 Oli 10 months ago in reply to FredGolightly

Thanks a lot for your answer. Maybe it was a mistake to compare epix 2 with this watch, since its a totally different sw base. I can live with that solution you and the others provided.