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You are correct babj and Boyd. You have to be moving for it to work. But when I hunt Geocaches, I select the cacch i want to find the go back to my compass, start walking and follow the compass needle. It also tells me how many feet I am from the catch and just keep following the compass needle as the distance closes in until I am right on top of the cacth.  But when I select a way point, then go to compass it trys to direct me to the nearest geocatch instead of the waypoint. I have to stay on the waypoint page and start walking and it show where the waypoint is, so you need to keep watching to make sure you are still getting closer. Just much easier to be able to use the compass point like I use to find the caches.

yea it has a compass. use it all the time to find geocaches

Oregon 200. When I mark a way point in the woods where i find mushrooms and want to come back to this same  spot, I am haveing a problem with using the compass. I arrive to the general location where I am to find the mushroom spot again. Find the mushroom spot in my watpoint manager and hit GO. Then when I go to my compass, my compass wants to take me to my nearest geocaching site thats maybe a 100 miles away. Can I not use the compass to get to a waypoint? Only good for geocaches?? Thanks Bud

I have got a Oregon 200 and would like to load a good map of Wisconsin & Minnesota that clearly show fields, trees, water and open areas and still be able to read contour lines. Some maps I have viewed with contour appear to be flat ground and maybe open ground. I need to be able to tell if that flat ground is bare field or if there is trees growing on that flat ground and still be able to see the contour or elevation marks. Thanks, Bud