New Geocaching.Com GPS Reviews Feature March 29, 2009
Posted by kinzuakid in Geocaching, Geocaching.com, Hardware, Reviews.Tags: Geocaching, GPS
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Have you noticed the “GPS” profile data feature on Geocaching.com lately? This is a bit of a sneaky back door for a feature I have been clamoring about for ages:
Proper GPS reviews by the people who use them
I don’t know why they’re hiding the feature; it is not terribly well advertised, but you can access the main GPS review pages, here.
You can select the manufacturer and model, then see what other folks have to say. Since these are ALL Geocachers I think you will find a more appropriate set of commentary than in the general intert00b space.
If you are daring enough to add your own review, just view your profile and check for this on the right hand side:
From your GC.com Profile Page
There have been some questions in the forums on this lately, but nobody’s looking at the hundreds of reviews for every device already on Geocaching.com.
Enjoy, and Happy Caching!
Great Moments in History: Manpack GPS January 7, 2009
Posted by kinzuakid in Geocaching, Hardware, Science.Tags: Geocaching, GPS, Manpack
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When I reflect on the ~$400 it cost me for my GPSr a couple years ago, I find it helpful to take a peek back in time (to 1980) to put it all in perspective. Try one of these on for size, the Manpack Global Positioning System Receiver. At $45,000 and 17 lbs apiece I think Geocaching would have struggled to take off were it introduced in 1980. My $400 doesn’t seem so steep in perspective and the fact that it has to lock one satellite at a time is another matter entirely.
Sheesh, and I complain when I can only “see” 7 or 8 satellites.
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