+wingryder Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Ok dont start laughing yet. I either dreamed this or saw it for real on this site or maybe elsewhere. New Binoculars with built in gps receiver that when locked on to signal would indicate map features one was looking at. By adding cordinates to an onboard map you could sight in on a mountain peak for example and read the name of that map feature superimposed on the viewing area. If I did dream this up I want credit for it. If not.. tell me more. Would that be just the coolest thing you ever owned?? Wingryder Quote Link to comment
+Kfam Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 I think that a couple months ago, someone mistakingly thought that they were considering a GPS enabled pair of binoculars. After further review by forum readers, it turned out that they didn't actually have any GPS features. Would be a cool toy though. I'm sure it won't be too long before we all have them. Quote Link to comment
+IVxIV Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Perhaps not quite as cool but,, I've seen binoculars that incorporate a laser rangfinder. A superimposed digital readout within the binocular view tells you how far away that thing your looking at is. Add GPS to that? I suppose it's possible, but would there be a market for such a unique device? Quote Link to comment
+phantom4099 Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Actually there is something like this (although I don't know the name). I think it had a electronic compass in it to know the direction you were looking, it was a pricey little bugger too. Wyatt W. Quote Link to comment
+phantom4099 Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Think (did not read it all) this is the thread about it: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...topic=42601&hl= Wyatt W. Quote Link to comment
[MTB]_Intrepid Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Actually there is something like this (although I don't know the name). I think it had a electronic compass in it to know the direction you were looking, it was a pricey little bugger too. Wyatt W. Steiner has a whole range of binoculars with a compass reticle. Tasco also makes one...it's around $230. Great for use offshore, but that's about it. The compass just obscures too much of the viewing area for use on-land, except for deserts. Quote Link to comment
+Pasha Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 This Times Online story may be what the OP was thinking of. See the last couple paragraphs on the first page - NTT DoCoMo is showing binoculars with some sort of object recognition technology in them. No GPS is mentioned though. Quote Link to comment
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