Hi Schweik, Do you want a dedicated GPS navigation device, or simply something that has GPS built-in ?
No sure about dedicated GPS products, but with USD 200 you can buy a nice tablet (very likely an Android one) and install whatever app you like. A general-purpose tablet may have lower battery life compared to a traditional GPS and therefore causes problems when you work in the field. But I doubt that a dedicated GPS with a RGB display would be much better. In terms of accuracy, a modern phone/tablet GPS unit should be fine. (Please correct me if I'm wrong here.) You mentioned that the data will come from your state gov website. Is it a standard OGC service ? Can you provide a link ? Best, Zhengfan Lin On Sep 4, 2012 11:09 PM, "Charles Schweik" <cschw...@pubpol.umass.edu> wrote: > I'm trying to identify GPS' to purchase for our institution for > teaching that are capable of using and displaying > > GeoTiff orthophotos or > JPG 2000 or > MrSid images > > from our state government GIS website. Our budget is pretty small and > we want to get at least 10, so I'm hoping for something in the US > $200-300 range. > > Does anyone have any recommendations? > > Thanks in advance, > -- > Charlie Schweik > > Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst > Department of Environmental Conservation - http://eco.umass.edu > Center for Public Policy and Administration - http://masspolicy.org > Associate Director, National Center for Digital Government - > http://ncdg.org > Author, Internet Success: A Study of Open Source Software (MIT Press, > 2012) - see http://tinyurl.com/d3e4545 > Outsmart Invasive Species project: http://masswoods.net/outsmart > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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