GPS Usage for Backpacking in Europe
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From: Mike Lane on 17 Nov 2009 00:43 David Horne, _the_ chancellor (* wrote on Nov 17, 2009: > Mike Lane <mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk> wrote: > >> Tim C. wrote on Nov 16, 2009: > [] >>> I take a mobile phone on the bike for emergencies, and to phone home in the >>> evening so the family knows I'm safe. And a Nikon SLR and recently a Holux >>> logger (1xAA battery) and that's it. If I want to be contacted I even turn >>> the phone on, normally it's off. If I want to get any news(which I normally >>> don't, maybe the weather forecast), I buy a local paper and try and work it >>> out. >> >> I think there's a middle way. I don't much like mobile phones and never make >> calls when abroad, but I quite like the idea of keeping in touch with text >> messages. It's quite cheap and beats the old business of sending dozens of >> postcards. > > That might be your middle way. I loathe SMS, and don't respond to them. > I don't like voicemail either- indeed, I leave a message on my work > number that it's better to email me. > > I hardly use my mobile phone, and usually don't carry it now. When > travelling, I take my laptop, which has mobile internet via a USB > dongle. I have an ipod touch which I love, and am contemplating an > iphone, though I wouldn't give anyone its number, so I could use it just > for the internet capability. > > Ah well, chacun � son go�t, I suppose -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire email: mike_lane at mac dot com
From: poldy on 17 Nov 2009 00:52 In article <1j9av94.1rwmuvyqo19uiN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk>, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > I hardly use my mobile phone, and usually don't carry it now. When > travelling, I take my laptop, which has mobile internet via a USB > dongle. I have an ipod touch which I love, and am contemplating an > iphone, though I wouldn't give anyone its number, so I could use it just > for the internet capability. There are a lot of apps. which could be useful out in the field, things like GPS trackers and photo utilities. But data roaming on another network is expensive, at least for Americans in Europe.
From: poldy on 17 Nov 2009 00:54 In article <1a0sozyy0x3g8.c6ziv1j81ve5.dlg(a)40tude.net>, "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote: > I take a mobile phone on the bike for emergencies, and to phone home in the > evening so the family knows I'm safe. And a Nikon SLR and recently a Holux > logger (1xAA battery) and that's it. If I want to be contacted I even turn > the phone on, normally it's off. If I want to get any news(which I normally > don't, maybe the weather forecast), I buy a local paper and try and work it > out. Geotagging? Some Nikon DSLRs have a port for hooking up a GPS module to directly write GPS data to the EXIF of the photos.
From: Tim C. on 17 Nov 2009 02:56 On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:44:42 +0100, Alfred Molon wrote in post : <news:MPG.256badd95e2108a198c1be(a)news.supernews.com> : > In article <1a0sozyy0x3g8.c6ziv1j81ve5.dlg(a)40tude.net>, Tim C. says... >> And a Nikon SLR > > Sooner or later you won't be able to purchase film anymore. It's digital :-) But the battery last for absolutely ages, so I don't normally take the charger for anything under a 3 week trip. -- Tim C.
From: Tim C. on 17 Nov 2009 03:10
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:44:59 +0000, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_ chancellor wrote in post : <news:1j9av94.1rwmuvyqo19uiN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> : > That might be your middle way. I loathe SMS, I quite like them, as long as they're within limits, not to chat with, but to keep in touch. Or co-ordinate things. -- Tim C. |