Re: [tlug] GPS

[BABA Yoshihiko <babayoshihiko@example.com>]

Josh,

Hi,
 
On Thursday, October 06, 2005, at 03:40PM, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:

>Does anyone have experience with a cheap GPS unit that they could
>recommend? Linux compatibility is desirable if the unit even has a
>computer interface, but I could certainly make do with just writing
>the coordinates down when I am out in the field and entering them into
>my XML file by hand when I am ready to put them on the map.

My advice is not GPS but software. GPSBabel supports most of the famous GPS devices such as Garmin's.
http://www.gpsbabel.org/capabilities.html
http://www.qgis.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=61

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