>>btw, call me naive but i was expecting these things to be like $49 (read: medium-scale-research-project price)
I agree...its not even WASS enabled and it only buys you 15-meter horiz. accuracy (I doubt if there's even a df component to it). For the hefty price, looks like they are pitching to the "gimmicky" crowd and novelty of doing anything with a USB. Delorme's blue tooth enabled Earthmate is a much more practical device for collecting non-survey grade gps. My personal favorite, "find out where your kids have been" function. I'd never trust myself holding on to a $400 device like that let alone my kids. Your better off hiding a radio transmitter in their backpack or writing your own kml files with geocodes that you can extract off the web. Michael Jeffe IONIC Enterprise, Inc. www.ionicenterprise.com 901 N. Pitt Street, Suite 300 Alexandria, VA. 22314 703-535-5973 O. 240-731-6947 cell 703-535-5975 fax -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Crowley Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Geowanking] GPS Receivers (TrackStick) Track Stick = $349 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006ZRRP0/sr=8-1/qid=1143356695/ ref=pd_bbs_1/103-4972122-2009423?%5Fencoding=UTF8 (thanks Lars) btw, call me naive but i was expecting these things to be like $49 (read: medium-scale-research-project price) ____________ dennis crowley founder, dodgeball.com + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + 917-301-2028 ____________ On Mar 25, 2006, at 11:37 PM, Lars Aronsson wrote: > Mike Cattle wrote of the TrackStick: > >> While it does look like a thumb drive, be warned that it is a >> little bigger > > It operates from two AAA-size batteries? How long do they last? > The brochure (almost) says you can tape it to your employee's back > and forget about it, but that hardly holds if you have to change > batteries every day or two. Active GPS receivers tend to use up > batteries. Is there an external antenna connector? > > > -- > Lars Aronsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.1/292 - Release Date: 3/24/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/296 - Release Date: 3/29/2006 _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
