[pct-l] Gekko 201

[Halfmile]

Steel-Eye,
I agree with everything you saying on this...the Geko 201 is a nice
little GPS. If someone is in the market for something like this they
should also look at the newer Foretrex 301. Functionally the Foretrex
and Geko are almost the same. The Foretrex 301 has the following
advantages:

- High sensitivity gps receiver
- USB computer interface (not Serial)
- 50% improved battery live
- Smaller
- Accepts 8 character waypoint names (versus 6 on the Geko)

Halfmile



On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:38 PM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:
> Good afternoon, Mags,
>
> I certainly agree with you about UTM.  All three of my GPSs and my TOPO!
> software default to UTM, and the only time I change is to enter a Lat/Lon
> coordinate that someone may have provided.  Once entered, I then switch back
> to UTM.
>
>
>
> I first used maps with the Lat/Lon system but in the late ‘50s but I started
> using the Military Gird Reference System (MGRS) and continued with that into
> the ‘60s when I was in the Army.  MGRS is really just UTM with a different
> coordinate naming protocol.
>
>
>
> I used to really get ticked with common maps of the time:  The most
> prominate coordinate system displayed was the statute system of
> section/range/township which is useless unless you happen to stumble across
> a survey marker.  On the map edges they had Lat/Lon markings which are
> marginally useful, but only much later did they add UTM.  That’s something
> that’s always aggravated me about the PCT Guidebook maps; they don’t show
> anything but section/range/township, relying instead upon text descriptions.
> I’m a left-brainer:  Don’t tell me what it is, tell me where it is.
>
>
>
> I am very pleased with HalfMile’s maps and waypoints because they are in UTM
> and fit my style exactly.
>
>
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> This is the model I have as well. It is fairly light and does UTM
>> coordinates (the BEST part of a GPS) quite well.
>>
>> Of course, to use UTM coords you need to know how to use a map. :)
>>
>> ttfn!
>>
>>
>>
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