A simpler example, and one you can do at just about any time, is finding your car in thatocean of other cars in the shopping mall parking lot. Just park your car, step outside andlet your eXplorist compute your position. (Make sure that you have a clear view of thesky.) Using the MARK button, save this position with the name “Car”. When you aredone shopping, just go outside the mall and create a GOTO with the destination “Car”.No matter where you parked, your eXplorist will guide you back, simply and easily.Tracing Your StepsHikers, mountain bikers and outdoor enthusiasts often need the option of leaving a trail ofbreadcrumbs that they can follow back to where they started. The eXplorist has a featurecalled BackTrack that enables you to do just that.It was mentioned earlier that your eXplorist is constantly computing your present position andthat you can save your position by using the MARK button. Now, imagine that your eXploristautomatically saved your computed positions as you moved along the trail. Pretty soon therewould be a set of saved positions, like breadcrumbs, that represents the trail you have taken.This is exactly what the eXplorist does. It saves the computed positions as hidden points ofinterest and strings them together to represent your travels. This is called your Track, and thehidden points of interest are your Track Log.Your eXplorist enables you to use this Track, reverse it and navigate you along the same paththat you followed to get you back to your destination.You might drive to the ranger station and follow the trail that leads you to the waterfallsyou have been wanting to see. With your eXplorist turned on and able to compute posi-tion fixes, you continue along the trail. The trail winds along and has many smallertrails attached to it. As the day progresses you arrive at the falls. When it’s time tohead back to your car, you access your Track Logs list and select the Active Track log.Now, press MENU, highlight BackTrack and press ENTER. Your eXplorist will nowseamlessly guide you along the path, tracing your footsteps, back to where you started.Another nice feature of Track Logs, which you may find useful, is that you are able tosave the Track Logs and recall them at any time. In the above example, at the waterfall,you could save that track and use it anytime you wanted to go back.Using the eXplorist 600 8
