Tazzmann

quote:Originally posted by Fatboy Slim & Rainey Belle:By the way. The USGS accepts volunteers to update the 1:24k quad sheets. The program is called "Earth Science Corps" and info can be found at: http://www.volunteer.gov/gov/uidetail.cfm?ID=1095 We participate in our town. And you get a cool bumper sticker, too! This is really intriguing to me. I visited the site, but it did not go into much detail regarding what types of tasks are involved, what skills are required, etc. Can you tell us more about this? It seems to me that if if more data is collected regularly, then the programs like Mapsource will have more current data to draw from, right? Tazzmann

quote:Originally posted by jfitzpat:I can't help but think - even one lantern battery is the weight of a heck of a lot of AA's... I must be the only person alive who actually gets 10 or so hours of operation out of my Vista! -jjf This strikes me as a voice of reason in the darkness. AA's are light, and cheap. Why in the world would anyone want to go through the trouble of doing all this and end up carrying a lot more weight when they're finished? A couple of extra sets of AA's weigh less and are less bulky than most of the alternate solutions I have seen here, as well as being cheaper. Now, if it the answer to "Why are you doing this?" is simply "Because I can", or "To see if I can", or something like that, fine. Experimentation is hella fun. Tazzmann

After being convinced to do so by discussions in other areas of this forum, I have decided to purchase a pair of Rino 120s. I suspect my use of these will be split evenly between geocaching and use for navigating to, in, and around other cities whenever we decide to take a road trip. I was using a Magellan add-on for my Handspring, but have decided it is time to move up to a dedicated unit. My question, as the subject would imply, is in regards to the software available from Garmin. The two main pieces that seem appropriate are the Mapsource Metroguide U.S.A. and U.S. Topo. I am leaning towards Metroguide, since this would help for on-road navigation, while for Geocaching all that is really need is the Lat/Lon, which I can get from the GPS without any software installed. Is this the best choice, or does U.S. Topo have additional benefits? Is there another product that I have overlooked entirely? A brief description of each of these products would be great as well. I read the descriptions on Garmin's site, but did not find them to be overly helpful in pointing out what the strengths of each product would be. Thanks in advance! Tazzmann [This message was edited by Tazzmann on February 05, 2003 at 08:40 AM.]