Use of GPS on Mil-Sim Games

[Haggis]

Has anyone found GPS to be of use during Mil-Sim games, for squad coordinating and location finding etc...i have a GPS and have used it once in a game, obviouslyeveryone in the team needs one to relate to coo-ords. would like to hear comments. thanks

[alex_c_t]

i bought one just for airsoft and i never ended up using it.

the fields i played at were not that big to require any navigation aid, even the first time we played there, and after a few times (if you were paying any attention to your surrounding) you would pretty much memorize the field.

i suppose it would come in handy when playing on a new field (just to mark the safe / out of bounds area), or for one of the bigger games, like keystone.

[Gish]

Yes it all depends on others having GPS as well.
I've tried to use one before but the vast majority of Airsofters even at big games do not carry GPS on them. Most of the time we'll have gridded maps on hand and go from there.

[SEALs]

for snipers, its the best thing when youre reconning the enemy positions. Beside that, our range of engagement is so close that its not quite usefull.

[GMTII]

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[Haggis]

Yeah guys you all make a valid point.
The signal issue could be a pain in the *** if your in dense wooded areas...i wondered if it would have an application for calling in specific target locations to the whole team if playing larger games and like you say on bigger maps, and/or night games. I have a little garmin etrex unit so i will give it a go throught this season and keep u noted on how it all played out

[GraveTech]

Look into the Garmin Rhino system of GPSes, it was designed in conjunction with SAR teams and can report your location to other Rhino units. There is also a base-station style thing I believe (or it hooks into a computer not sure). From what I remember you are able to set locations and what not on the map for others to see. It would probably cost a pretty penny to set up, but a team would be able to make use of it. Also, the Rhino units have GMRS/FRS ability which makes it doubly useful.

[nutboi]

i have the Garmn rino 120 and the 110. they can send eachother the gps location of the other and it would show up on the screen. they also have gmrs/frs on it but it's only 2watt. i've only used it a few times. you can also mark spots on ur gps but i havn't tried sending between the two units yet.


EDIT: yes u can connect to ur pc and set waypoints and then dload them. the units as u said are pricey but ebay is your friend.

[GraveTech]

The higher models also show you topographical maps of the area that you can zoom in and out of.

[nutboi]

i bought that program for my rino 120 aswell as mapsource. i find that mapsource was really handy but topo canada wasn't as much help for the price of the software but at least i know what elevation i'm at though.

[Haggis]

just ordered a garmin 530 from the USA, this way we get the 5 watt ver rather than the crappy 2 watt canada version...i will post up my findings and feasibility of this unit for airsofting soon...it arrives end april

[Kimbo]

we use the rhino 120 version on our team and it works awesome. When we talk to each other on the radio it instantly beams the persons location to our gps.

[Swatt Six-Four]

I was wondering if one of you folk would mind doing a review on the rino system. I am interested in a unit but I really don't want to sink that kind of cash on something that I know little about. Is there any kind of monthly GPS service fee? Are there any draw back we should know about? Are the features as advertised? Ease of use? ect ect ect...... Any helpful repleys would be greatly appreciated

[Bandit]

I carry a Garmin Foretrex on the inside of my wrist. I get a lot of use out of it, and don't need to worry too much about it getting damaged as it is out of the way in a firefight.

I find it good for navigating fields I haven't played much if at all, of course. It also assists in communicating intel to other players.

It also provides fun statistics at the end of the day, and comes in one colour: OD!

[NachoPuddin]

GPS sounds like a great idea for big games, or special ops, but as to interference from trees, I though trees did relatively nothing to signal, though its more metals and salts that mess with the read