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From: David Richardson <>
Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:57 PM
Subject: GPS for vocalisation recording
To: Allan Mueller <>
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 <> 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 <
> > 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 <> 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" <
>> > <>> 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 <<mailto:
>> > >> 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: <mailto:
>> > > [
>> > <mailto:
>> > >] On Behalf Of Roger McNeill [
>> > <>]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, 1 October 2013 7:52 AM
>> > To: <mailto:
>>
>> > >
>> > 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
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