Affordable GPS systems

[William A. Hayes]

Dear Harvey,
I have a Magellan 2000 that has been quite serviceable... supposedly
accurate to within about 15m and show lat-long and elevation. Price for
the updated model (3000?) is about $150-200.

On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Harvey E. Ballard,
Jr. wrote:

> In spite of the warning that GPS units may, in certain regions
> particularly, give lat-long coordinates that don't jive closely with maps
> (maintaining the importance of lucid descriptions of physical landmarks!),
> I'm interested in hunting down an affordable (<=$1000 or 1500) model that
> does both latlong and elevation.
>
> This might be of interest to a variety of neophytes on Taxacom, like me, so
> please post to Taxacom.
>
> Thanks for your experience and help!
> Harvey Ballard
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Harvey E. Ballard, Jr., Assistant Professor, Plant Evolution and Systematics
> Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
> Porter Hall, Ohio University
> Athens, OH 45701
> (740) 593-4659 (office & lab phone)
> (740) 593-1130 (fax)
> email: ballardh at oak.cats.ohiou.edu
>

Best wishes,
Bill

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