Tangential Topic - Hand held GPS units

[Roderick A. Anderson]

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Rich Shepard wrote:

>   There are several considerations in choosing a GPS for collecting data
> which will be used in a GIS. I spent the first two days of this week on a
> refresher course which came with the purchase of my new, high-precision GPS
> receiver.
>
[SNIP]
> 
>   Well, end of monograph. My point is to educate about the uses of different
> GPS receivers. You can believe me when I write that if I could get the same
> accuracy and functionality from a $500 GPS receiver, I would not have spent
> almost $10,000 on one.

As I understand.  I worked Land Surveys (Cadastral) for ten years.  This
GPS was for recreational use.  It just didn't have the displayable map
detail I needed.
   As an aside this could be a promising business.  Here in North Idaho
while surveying I've got turned around several times and would have loved
a handheld GPS unit with the current areas QUAD on the display.  The brush
gets so thick on some of the hill sides you can walk right by a road and
never know it was there.
   Custom maps for 'recreational' GPS units!

Rod
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