All I need is long/lat

landman · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 17, 2004 Posts: 1

I'm a total novice to this but all I need is longitude and latitude of any spot that I'm standing. The handhelds I see for sale are way to much for me to spend and have too many bells and whistles. Does anyone know if I can get some kind of a handheld that just delivers long/lat nothing else.

I've been to a few web sites that are not that accurate. I have not tried software but I really don't want to carry my laptop around.

Does anyone know if I can get some kind of a handheld that just delivers long/lat nothing else or know of another solution besides the internet.

Mike

lbendlin · Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 1:41 am Post subject:

How about the Microsoft programs? Streets and Trips or Mappoint? Some of these are really cheap, and they always show you lon/lat
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Darren · Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 7:49 am Post subject:

Your best bet would be a secondhand handheld receiver from somewhere like eBay, the excellent Garmin GPS12 can often be had for £50 or less and will provide Lat/Lon (and a host of other features but then the majority do that).

Only the very first generation of receivers offered Lat/Lon and nothing else, these were also 8 channel, had poor sensitivity and are not worth considering.
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