GPS Usage for Backpacking in Europe
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From: Tim C. on 16 Nov 2009 02:11 On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:07:58 +0100, Martin wrote in post : <news:m4mrf5hv51pffju54t5raikni0bvt03sko(a)4ax.com> : > Not forgetting the Yellow Rubber Ducky. You're never alone with a rubber duck. Not very helpful though. If you're the sort of person who can't read a map then I'd get a GPS, but you'll have to get one that store the whole of that part of Europe in one go. The may have changed since I got mine but the map data is often split into sections and you'll have to reload the next map somehow. (either on a flash card, or via a PC). Worth checking about as it can be a showstopper. -- Tim C.
From: Tim C. on 16 Nov 2009 02:12 On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:43:24 +0100, Alfred Molon wrote in post : <news:MPG.25680d84af9484a98c1b3(a)news.supernews.com> : > Indeed, but that is life. But do you really want to go back to the days > when there was no Internet and no email? On holiday, yes. :-) -- Tim C.
From: Tim C. on 16 Nov 2009 02:14 On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:51:17 +0100, Martin wrote in post : <news:4r2tf5t3b3o0m13aqfs2a7u2aoaog38969(a)4ax.com> : > Some make do with a conventional wet razor and neither own nor need a notebook. Like me. -- Tim C.
From: Tim C. on 16 Nov 2009 02:20 On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:38:03 +0000, Mike Lane wrote in post : <news:0001HW.C724471B00245EF2B02919BF(a)news.virginmedia.com> : > My solution so far is to use an ordinary handheld GPS unit and record a > waypoint when I take a photo. I will then end up with several hundred > waypoints on the GPS which can be matched to the images using the image > file's time and date stamp. I can then geotag the images by copying the > coordinates into the image file's EXIF metadata. It's rather laborious and > not ideal, but it's a lot better than nothing Get a little logger like the Holux, and you can also get a little freeware programme to combine the logged data with the photos automatically. I find that a little fiddly at first as I don't use it often, but does work pretty well. -- Tim C.
From: je on 16 Nov 2009 03:03
On 13 nov, 14:58, Darkstar87695 <Darkstar87695.41l...(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 Depends what you want do do with If for turn-by-turn navigation and finding your position and way be aware of battery limitations (gps and map display really uses batteries) and cost for getting maps (online maps using gps roaming is prohibitively expensive and most very detailed maps are limited to one or just a few countries) For travelling several times this year to countries in Eastern Europe, I have bought an iPhone and a 3 USD application for using licence free openstreetmap offline. Downloading takes some time (for most detailled level), maps are not always perfect, but a more than sufficent help to find my way in cities I am not familiar with (combined with gps-function). As roaming charges for using gsm for calls and data transmissionas are very high (in some countries even charges for calling a "foreign" gsm service provider within the country can be 50-times more expensive than within the service providers own network or fixnet) I travel with a second cheap phone-functions only mobile phone for using a "local" prepaid SIM-card when staying several days in a specific country, switch the roaming-function on the iPhone off and use free or low-priced W-LAN hotspots where available for e-mail (have not used skype or similar services yet) But things will probably continue to change the next few years - buying now any kind of gps-device for a trip for as you state "in a few years" is imho no good investment |