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| Subject: | RE: GISList: Recreational GPS units... Where's WAAS? |
| Date: |
09/04/2002 06:28:59 AM |
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A couple of folks have mentioned that their GPS units are WAAS compatible. I
understand that this means there are secondary corrective transmitters on
the ground that improve over strictly sattelite-based accuracy -- as good as
a few meters.
My question: where in the USA (or North America) those signals are
available? I am on the east coast -- are they here?
Thanks,
-Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Heitzman [mailto:rheitzman@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 3:42 PM
To: todd@secog.org: gislist@geocomm.com
Subject: Re: GISList: Recreational GPS units...
> I am interested in recreational GPS units. I would like
>something that would allow me to transfer what I GPS to my home computer
>for map printing and viewing. Does anybody have any recommendations or
>suggestions?
>
I've kind of been in the markget and the Magellan Sport Trak (Pro if you can
afford it) seems like a good choice. It is WAAS capable (3m) and gets very
good reviews for getting good position data under difficult signal
conditions.
With any GPS they usually have a DC Power/PC Data cable combo for $30-40
that is helpful.
Many of the units have companion PC software for maps.
If you are going to use them with GIS you can usually find some
freeware/cheapware to down/up load points, tracks, and trails. I know that
is the case with the Gramin units - WayPointPlus is a great freeware tool.
Not sure what is availabel for the Magellan units.
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