Re: Mexico and GPS unit
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Date: 01/07/05
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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 06:41:18 -0500
On 6 Jan 2005 13:33:50 -0800, "Khinkali" <khinkali@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Hi, I'm new to the world of GPS and need to some help. If this
>questions is off topic, I apologize. My wife is headed to Mexico in a
>few weeks to do her Ph.D. research. She will be corrdinating a 800
>household survey in rural Oaxaca Mexico and she wants to record the
>geographical location of each house surveyed. There will be three or
>four survey teams and we want to have a GPS unit with each team. Then
>once a week or so, the data from each unit could be downloaded into my
>wife's computer, then I can build the maps for her. Here are my
>questions:
>
>1) Can someone recommend a good GPS unit for this task? We want to
>spend less than $200 per unit.
>
>2) Should we purchase GPS units with installed Mexico maps?
>
>3) What software package would be best to transfer the waypoints from
>the handhelds into ARCGIS?
>
>4) What issues will be faced that we have not thought of?
>Thanks
>Khinkali
On item #4, a good theft insurance policy so you can replace the units
as they come up missing.
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