Coming home

Everyone has opinions and like to know where people stand on different things, so here’s an exercise to let you know exactly where you stand —when you’re outside your backdoor.

1. Take your GPS receiver outside where you live and create a waypoint for the spot where you’re standing.
2. Name the waypoint HOME.
3. Turn the GPS receiver off and go for a walk. How far is up to you, but at least travel far enough that you can see your starting point.
4. When you’re ready to head back home, turn the GPS receiver back on and use it to navigate back to the HOME waypoint.

Be sure to move through the different onscreen pages to watch the direction and distance change as you head back home. After you enter the HOME waypoint, no matter where you are, if you have your GPS receiver with you, you can always tell exactly how far away home is. Remember, this is in a straight line as the crow flies unless you’ve got a GPS receiver that supports autorouting.