Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:29:11 -0500, singhals <singhals@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> declaimed the following in soc.genealogy.computing:
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>>Yeah, it'll show me the street address and the map location,
>>but NOT the lat/lon.
>>
>
> Sounds more like something from TomTom, meant to give driving
> directions for on-road usage...
>
> Even the smallest Garmin eTrex model should handle what you want
>
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/compare.do?cID=144&compare=compare&compareProduct=6403
> 500 waypoints; they don't mention how many coordinate systems and datums
> are sup****ted. Typically you can toggle the coordinate system after
> recording a waypoint in one format to view it in another. You'll also
> want to take note of the datum -- native for GPS is WGS-84, but most
> USGS topographic maps are still in NAD-27; to use a coordinate from the
> GPS you'd want to set the datum to NAD-27 so the numbers match what the
> map was referenced against.
>
> My current unit is
>
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/compare.do?cID=145&compare=compare&compareProduct=351
> 1000 waypoints/50 routes (digging up my manual as the site doesn't
> mention how many points per route -- 50 routes of 250 points each). This
> unit is probably more than you are interested in (and 4.5 times the $$$
> of the basic eTrex). It even has a parachute "jumpmaster" program in
> which you preload expected winds at altitude intervals
> (speed/direction), the expected jump altitude, the expected chute open
> altitude (HALO freefall jump or immediate chute open HAHO no freefall),
> and the landing site -- the program will then indicate where/when you
> reach an appropriate jump location to account for wind drift. And silly
> games (a virtual "whack-a-mole" where you have to run over something the
> size of a football field to get to the "mole" before it disappears). I
> have it loaded with the extra$$ US street and Topo maps for California,
> Nevada, Oregon, Wa****ngton, and Michigan -- took about 200MB of a 1GB
> memory cartridge.
>
>
>>Except, I _understand_ lat/lon (g).
>>
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> As mentioned, you can change the coordinate units at any time and
> see the waypoints in that way.
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>>There's a stream nearby but nothing else guaranteed not to
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> Don't trust a stream... a few springs of good flooding could move
> its channel a few dozen feet <G>
Why, you li'l ol' optimist, you! (G) I'll take a longer
look at Garmin. Thanks.
Cheryl
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