GPS Usage for Backpacking in Europe
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From: tim.... on 14 Nov 2009 14:54 "aquachimp" <aquachimp(a)aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:19a0291c-768d-4a3a-84c4-3965fa0ca9a4(a)t2g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... 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 --------------------------------------------------- I was talking about professional style cameras, not phones with toy cameras inside. tim
From: tim.... on 14 Nov 2009 14:55 "erilar" <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote in message news:drache-88CAA8.10482014112009(a)news.eternal-september.org... > 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-) so they still wouldn't print if you took them with a movie camera, tim,
From: erilar on 14 Nov 2009 22:24 In article <0001HW.C724BB7B003FA540B02919BF(a)news.virginmedia.com>, Mike Lane <mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk> wrote: > 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 ? It sounds as if you are describing the kind I have, but I don't use it to mark every few feet I travel. The "breadcrumb trail" is less important than the marked waypoints I want to return to, and when I'm traveling, one day's "trail" often isn't even visible because I've covered too large a distance by wheeled vehicle between areas where I'm on foot. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: Andreas H. Zappel on 15 Nov 2009 02:50 "tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>>By the way, most people travel only with a mobile phone, notebook, >>>digital camera and a shaver (and of course some clothes and a >>>toothbrush). >> Tell me, what are the clothes and the toothbrush for? >> In every city you can find shops to buy new clothes and a toothbrush. > >Why take a camera, in most towns you can find a shop selling postcards But not of all these points I make a foto from. <g> Greetings from Cologne Andreas
From: aquachimp on 15 Nov 2009 03:21
On Nov 15, 4:24 am, erilar <dra...(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > In article <0001HW.C724BB7B003FA540B0291...(a)news.virginmedia.com>, > Mike Lane <mike.lane.use...(a)ntlworld.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > 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 > > ? It sounds as if you are describing the kind I have, but I don't use it > to mark every few feet I travel. The "breadcrumb trail" is less > important than the marked waypoints I want to return to, and when I'm > traveling, one day's "trail" often isn't even visible because I've > covered too large a distance by wheeled vehicle between areas where I'm > on foot. > > -- > Erilar, biblioholic medievalist > > http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo & I've got a Garmin Nuvi 255w. It does the "breadcrumb" thing along with other stuff; It also has a "Picture Viewer" though I've never bothered with it. The battery doesn't last long though. Providing it has been freshly full charged, and with everything toned down (sound, backlight) I can get around 4 hours, but on normal use it's more like 2 hours. The trick is to get in a bit of rambling experience using it, so that over long periods of time, it gets used mainly only as a double check and obviously the more often one turns it on to check something, or toying with it (which is tempting because it's good) the shorter the battery time, so the more rambling experience, the less incidences of having to switch it on, because one gets accustomed to retaining the image of the map in one's mind more confidently. |