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GPS for vocalisation recording

To: Roger McNeill <>, "" <>
Subject: GPS for vocalisation recording
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 08:30:10 +1000
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

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 On Behalf Of Roger McNeill 

Sent: Tuesday, 1 October 2013 7:52 AM
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Subject: 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
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