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Nueces River for the Corpus Christi CBC and covered 13.2 miles. &nbsp;&nbsp;No wonder my<br>arms are tired!<br><br>Clay Taylor<br>Calallen, TX (Corpus Christi)<br>ctaylor@,,,,,<br><br><br><br> What's the spatial resolution of the current generation of GPS hand-held units under the best conditions? A few years ago it used to be something like 15 feet -- has it improved since then? Steve, Halifax Quoting Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com>: > Even simpler, but more costly, would be to carry a powered up GPS unit - as > long as you have mapping software (I'm not sure if Google Earth would > suffice, but the software I bought with my unit does it well). Simply > transfer the "tracks" to your software, and you can see how far you have > walked and driven. > > Does anyone know if Google Earth can deal with GPS unit tracks? > > > On 21/12/2008, Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> wrote: >> >> That's a great way to do it.... now if only the Windsor area was high >> enough relosution so that I could see where I was actually going! >> >> This is also handy if you do the same route each year, especially a trail, >> etc. as you can get the distances beforehand. >> >> >> Pat >> >> >> >> On Dec 21, 2008, at 12:45 PM, iamclar@dal.ca wrote: >> >> Hi all - >> >> If you will carry out or have completed your Christmas Bird Count and are >> struggling to estimate your "Miles Walked" total, here's a great way >> >> Cheers, Ian McLaren >> >> Forwarded message------------ >> >> Go to Google Earth (it's a free download that takes only a few minutes, but >> is >> endlessly entertaining)Find the satellite map of your CBC area At the >> toolbar >> atop the screen, Select the little "Ruler" Icon Select the Path setting >> make sure that Mouse Navigation is selected if you are using a mouse >> >> Blow up the map enough to be able to see the area you walked, and click on >> your >> starting point. Now simply click the mouse at points along your path, and >> it >> will read out the path length in the Ruler box atop the screen. Draw a path >> for >> every time you left the car / walked a trail / biked / canoed / kayaked, >> etc. >> Depending on where you went, it might end up looking like one of those >> Family >> Circus cartoons of little Billy's route from Point A to Point B. ;-) >> >> Compared to the mileage you might have guessed, I'll bet you will be amazed >> at >> how much farther you actually walked. Case in point - yesterday I canoed >> the >> Nueces River for the Corpus Christi CBC and covered 13.2 miles. No wonder >> my >> arms are tired! >> >> Clay Taylor >> Calallen, TX (Corpus Christi) >> ctaylor@,,,,, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ========================================================================== >> >> Patrick Kelly >> >> Director of Computer Facilities >> >> ========================================================================== >> >> Faculty of Architecture and Planning >> >> Dalhousie University >> >> ========================================================================== >> >> PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road >> >> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 >> >> Canada Canada >> >> ========================================================================== >> >> Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca >> >> ========================================================================== >> > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. >
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