[Help to obtain free GPS units]

Hi,

I know this is a little redundant with the post topic below. But, does anyone know if there are any grants/ discounts for GPS equipment in NC? I wanted to help out a local nonprofit.

[Teen Looking For Gps Science Project]

Hi,

One suggestion I would have for a project is to find a local nonprofit environmental land trust/ conservation network or government agency that may need property, environmental features, or a plant or animal population that needs to be gps'ed.

[Who Works In Gis?]

Hi,

I wasn't sure if someone already pointed this out. Since you are a student, you are likely to be able to obtain a cheap version of ArcView (stripped down that is). You should check this out with the geography department at your school. As for me, I'm a GIS analyst for a private firm. We have a garmin geoxt for fieldwork. At home I have a Garmin Etrex Legend. My work doesn't involve fieldwork, but pretty basic map creation and data manipulation.

[Who Works In Gis?]

I am wondering who geocaches and also works in GIS. what it is about

 

I started geocaching when I was a GIS specialist with a GPS company. So was wondering since it is a natural thing for GIS people to want to map and carry GPS's, how many are there out there that spend their lives with maps and geocaching.

 

On another note, for some advise, who can recommend Manifold as a GIS platform to work in? ESRI is too rich for my blood these days being a grad student now.

 

thanks and lets hear your tales.....

[Donate your GPS]

I had a brilliant thought. If you're near the Charlotte, NC metro are, the Catawba Lands Conservancy (www.catawbalands.org) could use unwanted GPS units to map their property boundaries. I remember the last one they had was pretty ancient..