Servais (il/le) to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish • 3 months agoPeople older than 35: do you remember the first time you used a GPS device to get somewhere?message-square76fedilinkarrow-up175
arrow-up175message-squarePeople older than 35: do you remember the first time you used a GPS device to get somewhere?Servais (il/le) to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•3 months ago It tells you which direction something is in, but can’t help plot a route to get there.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•3 months agoI still use my Garmin Geko even now. Useful as a basic device recording a track I can geocode photos with, and runs for days on two AAA batteries. In a pinch you can reverse a track and go back the way you came too 😅
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoThat’s such a good idea. My camera has to pair with my phone to get GPS readout and it’s a nightmare app. Going to look into this
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-23 months agoOpenstreetmap has a load of tools to help with this, as we used to use this technique for surveying. For example, JOSM can geolocate photos against a GPX file, and display them over your map.
It tells you which direction something is in, but can’t help plot a route to get there.
I still use my Garmin Geko even now. Useful as a basic device recording a track I can geocode photos with, and runs for days on two AAA batteries. In a pinch you can reverse a track and go back the way you came too 😅
That’s such a good idea. My camera has to pair with my phone to get GPS readout and it’s a nightmare app. Going to look into this
Openstreetmap has a load of tools to help with this, as we used to use this technique for surveying.
For example, JOSM can geolocate photos against a GPX file, and display them over your map.
That’s even better. Thank you
Nice device!