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
>
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> 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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