Re: Hand held GPS devices
[Re: James Morrissey]
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06/27/11 12:39 PM
06/27/11 12:39 PM
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Durwood Edwards
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I have a Garmin 60CSx. It is quite full-featured and very readable. I do not, as yet connect it to my camera directly, (although with a couple of adapter cables you can do this) but have used "Photo Tracker" software that coordinates the time stamps (camera and gps) and, in post processing, can identify the location where the picture is shot. I mainly have it to assist me in hikes at new, unlearned locations, to get home before people start worrying about me.
Durwood Edwards www.joelton.org"Never miss a good chance to shut-up!" - Will Rogers
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Re: Hand held GPS devices
[Re: James Morrissey]
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06/29/11 06:22 PM
06/29/11 06:22 PM
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
Tucson Jim
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James: Do you plan on using it for land navigation purposes, for geo-tagging photos, or both? I have a JOBO photoGPS that sits in the hot shoe and works extremely well for geo-tagging images, but that is all it is good for. The biggest positives are: 1. It is extremely fast and accurate in the field. 2. The software is very fast and easy to use. The biggest negatives are; 1. You need an internet connection to geo-tag images rather than having the mapping data on a file on your own computer. The unit will store at least 2,000 or 4,000 locations depending on the model and you can save its contents to a file on your computer/laptop for later use when you do have an internet connection. 2. It only writes the gps data into the EXIF data for jpeg's. It creates a sidecar file for RAW files. Jim
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Re: Hand held GPS devices
[Re: Tucson Jim]
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07/04/11 02:29 PM
07/04/11 02:29 PM
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Manhattan, New York, New York
James Morrissey
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Hi,
Essentially, I guess I am interested in geo-tagging. Not necessarily in the form of "place tripod here," but to be able to make sure that I can get easily back in the future. For example, I am going to Maine in a few weeks, and we will be up by the Canadian border. I will be out 'in the woods' for much of it - and in places I have never been before. It would be nice to be able to tag a location, be able to port it to my Tomtom and be able to get back in the future.
James
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Re: Hand held GPS devices
[Re: Warren]
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07/10/11 11:08 PM
07/10/11 11:08 PM
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Marty Everhard
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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James, I use a Garmin Vista CX, for my hikes. You can upload your tracks to Google Earth, and generate topographic maps easily once you learn how. Very useful, and you can mark waypoints easily. I use it every hike and ski tour. They make even more elaborate ones, but this basic older unit serves me well.
Recomend ability to upload extra maps, in particular Topo's, ie extra storage card. The best antennae you can afford, the newer ones lose the signal less and are more accurate. Large color screen, And a well read instruction book.
Last edited by Marty Everhard; 07/11/11 12:35 AM.
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Re: Hand held GPS devices
[Re: Marty Everhard]
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09/11/11 11:59 PM
09/11/11 11:59 PM
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briansmith
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As for hikes, I believe most of the handheld gps can meet your needs. As for geotagging, only some of Nikon, Sony, Pentax, Fuji can geotag directly. http://www.photolife.com/blog/?tag=gpsAnd I am just waiting for one which can both do the geotag and show hike routes.
brian
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