GPS in the field

photomc said:

Well, I was thinking the same thing...still love maps and compass..but also think the GPS are nice too! Just can't figure out a reason to drop the $$ on one..after all that could a be a lot of film there...

But if I everyone keeps posting, maybe I will find a Good reason to get one

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I find that my Garmin Etrex is much easier to carry and operate than my analog (and potentially more accurate) equivalent - Wild Heerbrug Theodolite with wooden tripod, solar filters, ephemeris, chronograph, slide rule, etc.

I use a Garmin GPSmap 76 (with detailed maps uploaded) when flying. It is useful for navigation especially as you can add known archaeological sites to the maps. I don't get time to add way points in the air when I take pictures, but it also records the flight track, which makes it much easier to identify the pictures afterwards.

David.

Tom Hoskinson said:

I find that my Garmin Etrex is much easier to carry and operate than my analog (and potentially more accurate) equivalent - Wild Heerbrug Theodolite with wooden tripod, solar filters, ephemeris, chronograph, slide rule, etc.

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Son of a gun!!! Small world, Six degrees of separation, etc.!!!

I worked in the Optical Tooling Lab in a company that had 28 (twenty-eight!) Wild T3s, and 3 T4s!! -All "analog" back then. The Slide Rule, though? - I used a Texas Instruments Ti58 (?? - something like that).

Even with best of equipment - we had terrible trouble trying to equal the accuracy possible with a Garmin eTrex.

Man!! - Does this bring back memories...