———- Forwarded message ———- From: David Richardson <albatrossvaldez@gmail.com > Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] GPS for vocalisation recording To: Allan Mueller <akcmueller@gmail.com > I meant the replies to be to Roger McNeill’s original post and queery regarding GPS. On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Allan Mueller <akcmueller@gmail.com > wrote: > > David, > > I have had good luck in forests with Garmin Oregon hand held GPS. > > Allan Mueller > Conway, AR, USA > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:59 PM, David Richardson < > albatrossvaldez@gmail.com> wrote: > >> One of the points mentioned in the original post was that the GPS be >> capable of deep forest satellite acquisition.I don’t know much about >> iphone >> or camera GPS functions but I doubt they would operate accurately in >> situations other than clear sky satellite acquisition.That is why a >> dedicated GPS unit,and a very good one at that,would be of more use. >> perhaps someone on list who has knowledge of this could post a relpy >> addressing that point? >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Peter Shute <pshute@nuw.org.au> wrote: >> >> > I suspect that the main difference between a phone GPS and a dedicated >> > one, apart from not using up the battery of your precious communication >> > device, is accuracy. I’m told I shouldn’t expect better than 30m >> accuracy >> > from an iphone. >> > >> > I suspect Google Earth coordinates can be off by that much too, if the >> > difference between the images of roads and the corresponding linework is >> > anything to go by. >> > >> > Peter Shute >> > >> > Sent from my iPad >> > >> > On 1 Oct 2013, at 9:06 am, “Martin Butterfield” <martinflab@gmail.com >> > martinflab@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > >> > If you don’t have a mobile phone, my camera (Panasonic TZ40) has a GPS >> > function which – if activated – includes geocoordinates with images. I >> > suspect many other mid-range cameras now have this functionality. >> > >> > It seems that the need for a dedicated GPS for simply recording point >> > locations is well gone. >> > >> > Martin >> > >> > >> > On 1 October 2013 08:30, Peter Shute <pshute@nuw.org.au> > pshute@nuw.org.au>> wrote: >> > If you mean you want to save and name a way point so that you can just >> > read out the way point name into the microphone, then I would have >> thought >> > most would allow that. Some probably just automatically number the way >> > points, but you could read out that number. >> > >> > I just use my phone’s GPS (have never tried a dedicated GPS), and I read >> > out the coordinates directly at each new location. I could mark a way >> point >> > and then later copy its coordinates into the metadata, but it seems >> just as >> > quick to type it out while I listen to the coordinates I read out. It >> gives >> > me two chances to get it wrong, but it also means the coordinates >> aren’t as >> > likely to get separated from the recording. >> > >> > I’m hoping I can find a way to get the phone to read out the current >> > coordinates so I can just hold it up to the mic. That should eliminate >> the >> > first kind of error, but it’s inspired more by laziness. >> > >> > Peter Shute >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au> > birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au> [ >> > birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au> > birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au>] On Behalf Of Roger McNeill [ >> > themcneills@rocketmail.comthemcneills@rocketmail.com>] >> > Sent: Tuesday, 1 October 2013 7:52 AM >> > To: birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au> birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au >> > > >> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] GPS for vocalisation recording >> > >> > All, >> > >> > I know this has been raised a few times over the years, so apologies for >> > that, but the technology and brands keep changing and it is difficult to >> > keep up. >> > >> > I need a Handheld GPS to support my vocalisation recordings. The main >> > requirements other than the obligatory battery life, ruggedness, light, >> > international maps, deep forest satilite acquistion, etc, is the >> ability to >> > input multiple way points and link them to a specific recording. >> > >> > Most of the units I see on line seem to have a detailed drill down menu >> > but what I am looking for is a compact unit whereby I can quickly enter >> a >> > location, note the ‘location reference’ in my recording and then weeks >> > later when I am back home, download that way point into my computer >> when I >> > am doing my Meta data? >> > >> > Up until now I have been doing it after the fact off Google Earth and >> this >> > is getting very old. >> > >> > Also, the ability to pre-load waypoints is probably standard, but also >> > required. I am a hand held GPS novice, if that is not already evident >> by >> > the questions, so any and all help is appreciated. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > >> > Roger >> > >> > >> > Roger McNeill >> > Samford Valley, SEQ >> > =============================== >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >> > send the message: >> > unsubscribe >> > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >> > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au> > birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au> >> > >> > http://birding-aus.org >> > =============================== >> > =============================== >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >> > send the message: >> > unsubscribe >> > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >> > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au> > birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au> >> > >> > http://birding-aus.org >> > =============================== >> > >> > >> > >> > — >> > Martin Butterfield >> > http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/ >> > =============================== >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >> > send the message: >> > unsubscribe >> > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >> > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au >> > >> > http://birding-aus.org >> > =============================== >> > >> =============================== >> >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >> send the message: >> unsubscribe >> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >> to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au >> >> http://birding-aus.org >> =============================== >> > > > > — > Allan Mueller > 20 Moseley Lane > Conway, AR 72032 > 501-327-8952 home > 501-339-8071 cell > > > “I ain’t never did no wrong.” > Elvis Presley in “One Night” > > =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
