Affordable GPS systems

[Joseph Kirkbride]

For Christmas 1996, my sone bough a trailblazer GPS unit for me for
$200!  It was a display model with instrcutions, case, box, etc.  The
unit works just fine, and Trailblazer sold me a set of instructions for
$15.  The was saving of about $300.  Watch for sales at your local
sporting goods which sell GPS units.

Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr.
USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory
Room 304, Building 011A, BARC-West
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350 USA
Voice telephone: 301-504-9447
FAX: 301-504-5810
Internet: jkirkbri at asrr.arsusda.gov


On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Harvey E. Ballard, Jr. wrote:

> In spite of the warning that GPS units may, in certain regions
> particularly, give lat-long coordinates that don't jive closely with maps
> (maintaining the importance of lucid descriptions of physical landmarks!),
> I'm interested in hunting down an affordable (<=$1000 or 1500) model that
> does both latlong and elevation.
>
> This might be of interest to a variety of neophytes on Taxacom, like me, so
> please post to Taxacom.
>
> Thanks for your experience and help!
> Harvey Ballard
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Harvey E. Ballard, Jr., Assistant Professor, Plant Evolution and Systematics
> Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
> Porter Hall, Ohio University
> Athens, OH 45701
> (740) 593-4659 (office & lab phone)
> (740) 593-1130 (fax)
> email: ballardh at oak.cats.ohiou.edu
>