Other Uses for a GPSr

[Walkingadventure]

^
.
.
.
.
.

did you catch the sarcasm? ❗ 🙄

Following the signals from space.

[kc9gbo]

Used ours to map snowmobile trails for my personal use, which then turned into contributing back to the local county group for use on their maps along with matching with the local land records at the county level to see property owners that we run through to verify we had everyone. The maps are the most accurate we’ve ever had.

[Buy_The_Tie]

I have an old one of these:

Garmin E-Map

that I keep on the handlebar of my bicycle. I’ve recorded every ride I’ve taken for the past 3 years with it. I cannot believe it hasn’t been wrecked by the constant shock and vibration it is subjected to (30~50 miles/week) during the three riding seasons.

[Sloughfoot]

we have used ours to mark a restaurant we pass while on a long caching day. At the end of the run we can find our way back. Also interesting rural stores we find in Amish country.

[Walkingadventure]

there was that time I wanted to mark where I found (left?) that body in the woods… 😯 🙄

Following the signals from space.

[Grandma & Grandpa]

Next week I’ll be taking a bunch of 6th graders outside. As part of their Egypt unit, we use GPS’ to lay out the actual size of the base of the Great Pyramid. The water tower next to the schoolyard is just about dead center, and is almost exactly 1/3 the height. What a great visual demonstration using modern technology on a 5,000 year old topic.

BTW, it is .14 mile wide per side, and about 450′ tall to the tip. Unbelievably huge! The kids are usually pretty astounded.

cYa, Jim

[glorkar]

@Buy_The_Tie

That’s the same GPS that I use! It’s the only one I own actually. The only thing I’ve used it for other than a GPS is a very weak flashlight. Yeah. Didn’t work the best.

[team kamper]

when I adopted my daughter from China I used mine to get the coordinates for the area she was found and I painted it on her memory box…the problem was when I was there I tried to get at least 1 cache there instead I got 4 dnf 😡

[sandlanders]

But you found something even more precious, team kamper.

[team kamper]

that’s true…and she loves caching

[sandlanders]

Oh, yeah… Great photo! 😀

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Great story and great photo!

[Trekkin and Birdin]

I forgot…marking locations of significant birding sightings so I can enter them later on e-bird. Also, it was used twice to mark the location of close sightings of timber wolves, for reporting to the DNR.

[CodeJunkie]

@Trekkin’ and Birdin’ wrote:

Also, it was used twice to mark the location of close sightings of timber wolves, for reporting to the DNR.

I think 110 grain pieces of bonded copper / lead can do an even better job of marking the wolves. 😆 (Sorry didn’t mean to steal the thread).

[labrat_wr]

😯

Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

[Author]

Posts