Thanks for the thoughtful responses everyone. Seems there is no perfect solution at this point.
Bill, good points you have there. The idea of a false comfort in what appears to be sort of a quasi-moral hazard of sorts it is interesting and probably true to some extent.
I can totally understand the point of "true wilderness" - one reason I don't carry a GPS, but just a map/compass.
John, interesting mapping points - is that the proprietary software that comes with the unit or a web based application that links to it? Did you figure out why it didn't place you correctly that time?