Thread: Accuracy figure of horizontal position fix on GPSMAP 66 satellite screen?

I too do not pay much attentions to how Accuracy the GPS unit I use is.
For one I have hiked all over Europe and the maps have always show me the paths to hike on.
They have always been spot on. I for one will not walk in a tree or fall info a river because of + or - Accuracy with in 4 meters.
Even if I track my movement with my 66s and later look at it.
The thing it show is 80% of the time it tracks along the path in comparison to the the map on my Laptop that is the same map on the 66s.
Even the tracks I download from many sites to use so the path with 80% Accuracy. But have never gotten lost or wound up in the wrong place.

Like Magnetron said Accuracy in Geology is not guaranteed so hey who cares. The same with hiking and Geocaching.

GPS units are for recreational use for the average person so I do not know what the big deal with Accuracy is.

I am sure if you are in the armed forces over sea you will have a completely different GPS unit altogether where Accuracy is of the most important for you.

Here is an example of the 66s tracking my hike.

Spoiler: GPSMAP 66s tracking.

I stayed on the path the whole time. As you can see the Red Track is some places are not on the path.
If I where to give this track to someone else to use they too would stay on the path and not walk into the bushes even if the track showed the path was some place else which it was not.

You would get the same errors using the tracks you download from website like "Wikiloc" and others. This info comes from many different GPS units and smartphones tracks.

So if it is + or - 4 meters no big deal when it comes to Accuracy.