drbugman

Man I hate these urban micros! . GREAT work!!!!!

Wouldn't be much use on the cache "Old 470" as I said in my log...

Sounds like some of the Maine locals who took it upon themselves to fill the rain gauges colleagues of mine were using in a potato pest management program with "processed beer" AKA "yellow rain."

Sounds like a "Thesis Burning Party" we had a while ago at Penn State when we had finished the first draft of our MS theses...

Wow!!! THAT was quick! Thanks so much! I can't believe I had to wait a whole 15 minutes to get a response (grin). I hadn't even finished my email to her telling her that I'd posted the question. Amazing... Thanks again! I really appreciate the help. Regards, Colin

A friend of mine is looking to buy a GPS for geocaching but also for research purposes. She is developing a field research project. For one aspect of this project, she and her grad student will be surveying several gardens. She would like to buy a GPS so that she can quickly and easily calculate garden area. She's heard that you could use a GPS to measure irregular areas by walking the perimeter of the space, and then marking your points along the perimeter. I can see how this could give you total perimeter of the irregular area . . but I'm not sure if the GPS has a function where it could then calculate the internal area. Do you know of a GPS that might be able to do this? With some degree of accuracy (since, the gardens in which we will work are probably only going to be a few square meters in total area). I'm still pretty new to geocaching/ GPS and I'd appreciate any and all advice that you can provide. Thanks much. Regards, Colin

I have a Garmin GPSmap76 which I received as gift about a month ago. I love it so far. Disclaimer on the comments that follow: I'm a rank beginner at all of this. I'm not overly thrilled with my very limited exposure to their mapping software. Their Topo program is supposed to list trails and topography but I was unable to even find a large, local, city-managed forest on it. Admittedly, that's not a wide sample, and I am living in Maine. The topo program is also very limited on streets. The MapSource MetroGuide North America is great on roads but doesn't have the topo info. Both run around $90 each plus shipping, plus there's another one strictly for National Parks (also for $90). I'd rather get a program that does both Topo and Streets for a more limited area (say the Northeastern US or Eastern US). I should have the Metro Guide in a few days and will probably cave in and get MapSource United States Topo eventually when I have to go further afield for Geocaching.