![]() To get a track log onto your computer, open Garmin Explore, go to Devices, and touch the Sync icon next to the GPSMAP 66s (this assumes you've already paired the 66s with your phone. Then go to the the Recorded Activities menu item, open the activity you just saved, and save it as a track. Back at the trailhead, go to the Recording Controls page and save the activity. ![]() For hiking, I've found the best settings are the default, including auto pause (this means recording will stop when you stop, and resume when you start to move again.) As you hike, save waypoints at trail junctions and other important landmarks as usual. First, you have to make sure the GPSMAP 66 is set to record the activity. For example, let's say that you want to map a trail. However, it adds an unnecessary step if you just want to record a track log. Activities are clearly aimed at the fitness market, because that data is recorded in FIT and GPX format by default. Activities are not automatically synced to the phone and website, unless they are saved as a track on the GPSMAP 66. The GPSMAP 66, however, records your track as something it calls an "activity". ![]() All I have to do is record waypoints and tracks with the Gaia app on my Android phone as I hike, and as long as my phone has a data connection at some point, all my data is there on then I log in. I was hoping for something as simple as Gaia GPS's sync from their phone app to their website, which takes place automatically in the background. The core function, that of locking onto satellites and determining your position, is significantly improved over the already excellent GPSMAP 64 series.įirst, the negatives- the synchronization feature, which uses the Garmin Connect and Explore smartphone apps to send data from the GPSMAP 66 to and from your phone and the Garmin Explore website, are unnecessarily complex and fiddly. So, when I refer to the GPSMAP 66S below, I mean both models.īefore I get started, let me say that the positives in this unit far outweigh the negatives, at least for my use. ![]() I prefer to load my own maps from, which are more detailed than Garmin's 100K maps and are free. I have a GPSMAP 66S, but what I have to say here applies to the 66ST as well- the only difference between the models is that the 6ST adds Garmin Topo maps. ![]()
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