GPS Usage for Backpacking in Europe
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From: Darkstar87695 on 13 Nov 2009 08:58 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 -- Darkstar87695 Message origin: www.TRAVEL.com
From: Gerald Oliver Swift on 13 Nov 2009 14:38 "Darkstar87695" <Darkstar87695.41llrb(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com> wrote in message news:Darkstar87695.41llrb(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com... > > 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 hand-held GPS be a > good investment for this trip? and if so then which one do u suggest? Preferably one that uses a different charger to the ones you must already carry for your a) mobile phone b) spare mobile phone c) I-pod / mp3 player d) digital camera e) video camera f) portable DVD-player g) portable note-book h) electric shaver / epilator Hasn't travel recently got soooooooooooo complicated! Gerry
From: Alfred Molon on 13 Nov 2009 15:31 In article <Darkstar87695.41llrb(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). There are also mobile phones with a GPS receiver (for instance the Nokia models), and these could be an option if the include maps and GPS logging. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
From: erilar on 13 Nov 2009 15:41 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. -- 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 13 Nov 2009 15:44
In article <hdkcif$qm9$1(a)aioe.org>, "Gerald Oliver Swift" <goswift(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "Darkstar87695" <Darkstar87695.41llrb(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com> wrote in > message news:Darkstar87695.41llrb(a)no-mx.forums.travel.com... > > > > 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 hand-held GPS be a > > good investment for this trip? and if so then which one do u suggest? > > Preferably one that uses a different charger to the ones you must already > carry for your > a) mobile phone > b) spare mobile phone > c) I-pod / mp3 player > d) digital camera > e) video camera > f) portable DVD-player > g) portable note-book > h) electric shaver / epilator Mine uses AAA batteries, as does my camera, and I take along a battery charger that came with the latter. I recharge my iPod by plugging into a wall(I stay over night in buildings with electricity) I don't carry any of the other things on the list with me overseas. -- 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 |