GPS Usage for Backpacking in Europe
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From: erilar on 14 Nov 2009 11:47 In article <Rik.Brown.41ndli(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com>, Rik Brown <Rik.Brown.41ndli(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com> wrote: > tim....;3058246 Wrote: > > I know a company who are trying to persuade camera manufactures to put > > GPS > > in their cameras for such a purpose. > > > > I don't think they're having much luck (BICBW) > I know that at least one camera has been built with internal GPS. I > believe its made by Nikon. Otherwise, there are small GPS tracker units > for camera users that log your coordinates/time throughout the day so > that later the pictures taken can automatically be linked up (using > software) to their proper location via their time stamp. I can't do that automatically, but I could do it manually if I weren't with a group that doesn't let me stand still long enough to make good records. -- Erilar, biblioholic bib-li-o-hol-ism [<Gr biblion] n. [BIBLIO + HOLISM] books, of books: habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and consume books in excess. http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 14 Nov 2009 11:48 In article <7m7kjrFppmqtU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > who the hell takes a digital camera and a video camera. > > (anyone as well versed in technology as this list implies is going to have > one camera that does both) My camera will take movies, but I eventually put mine in an album and movies don't print well 8-) -- Erilar, biblioholic bib-li-o-hol-ism [<Gr biblion] n. [BIBLIO + HOLISM] books, of books: habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and consume books in excess. http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: Tom P on 14 Nov 2009 11:51 erilar wrote: > In article <Darkstar87695.41llrb(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com>, > Darkstar87695 <Darkstar87695.41llrb(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com> wrote: > >> Hey everyone, I'm an 18 year old from Florida and I have always wanted >> to travel. In a few years I will be taking a summer to go to Europe. I >> will be backpacking from Greece all the way to the UK. I have not >> finished planning this trip and will be using this site for that also, >> but i have a quick question for everyone. Would a hend held GPS be a >> good investment for this trip? and if so then which one do u suggest?:D > > Well, it depends on how you plan to use it. I have one I take hiking > and I took it along on some trips to Europe. It's a Garmin eTrex. > Narrow streets with tall buildings can make it lose its satellites, but > if I've marked my starting point, I can always get back to it by getting > out into the open to get my bearing, even if it has gaps in the route > I've followed to get there.. However, you should also have a map with > points of interest you might want to visit. The kind that actually have > maps are not going to have as much detail as an actual paper map offers, > so I just got a basic one to use WITH paper maps. > > Note: it's been particularly useful for me because local guides have a > tendency to walk too fast and leave me behind. > I also have a Garmin eTrex but I find that the battery life is too short to be useable on longer trips. You have to plan on recharging the batteries every single day. Also, the detailed maps cost a fortune. What the heck, you can track where you've been with a paper map and a pen. For serious backpacking you need to keep your weight to a minimum. I did a stretch of the Camino Santiago recently with some friends. Among six people we just had two cameras and two cellular phones. T.
From: aquachimp on 14 Nov 2009 13:39 On Nov 14, 1:06 pm, "tim...." <tims_new_h...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > "Alfred Molon" <alfred_mo...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:MPG.2567e0893db28fc298c1b1(a)news.supernews.com... > > > In article <Darkstar87695.41l...(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com>, Darkstar87695 > > says... > > >> Hey everyone, I'm an 18 year old from Florida and I have always wanted > >> to travel. In a few years I will be taking a summer to go to Europe. I > >> will be backpacking from Greece all the way to the UK. I have not > >> finished planning this trip and will be using this site for that also, > >> but i have a quick question for everyone. Would a hend held GPS be a > >> good investment for this trip? and if so then which one do u suggest?:D > > > I don't have an answer, but I'm also looking for such a thing, to be > > able to assign the GPS coordinates to the photos I take. A GPS logger > > would suffice for the purpose, but I've been thinking that a unit with a > > screen and maps would be more interesting (as long as it has a logging > > capability). > > I know a company who are trying to persuade camera manufactures to put GPS > in their cameras for such a purpose. > > I don't think they're having much luck (BICBW) > > tim "gps camera phone" (with quotation marks) returns 50,300 hits Nokia ones feature most.
From: Mike Lane on 14 Nov 2009 14:54
Alfred Molon wrote on Nov 14, 2009: > > You can try one of these GPS loggers, which you switch on in the morning > and attach to your backpack or belt and then carry with you. > I was thinking of buying such a unit, but it would be cool to have a GPS > logger with a display and maps. In standard mode it's in your backpack > and automatically logs your coordinates, in case you get lost you can > use it to determine your position and find the way back. Is there any > unit like this? Most, if not all the Garmin hand-held units record a track log. They use this to display a 'breadcrumb trail' on the screen so that you can easily backtrack. The log can be exported but the problem for me is that the track log is usually limited to about 10,000 points which is enough for a few days of trips but no more -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire email: mike_lane at mac dot com |