shrug-l: crowd sourcing equipment

[Kevin Shortelle]

Katherine:

 

An alternative to a GPS receiver is to simply download a free tracking app
to their smart phone.  For instance, I use the app "Ski Tracks" on my
iPhone.  I just used it the other day on a job site.  You record a track
(i.e., series of lat/lon points) and then export as either kml or gpx file.
The kml or gpx file can then be imported into ArcGIS to create the layer
file.

 

Kevin

 

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From: SHRUG-L <shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us> On Behalf Of Milla,
Katherine A.
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 10:25 AM
To: shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: shrug-l: crowd sourcing equipment

 

Greetings colleagues.  I am teaching and advanced course in GIS for natural
resource and environmental sciences at FAMU.  Enrollment in the course has
been increasing and I am appealing to the professional community to see if
anyone out there can help me with some equipment.  I teach an outdoor
exercise where students use a handheld GPS unit to collect points and create
a layer file.  I am looking for any old working handheld GPS receivers.  I
don't need fancy, and expensive, newer models.  Just something that collects
a lat/long, but not an automobile GPS.  If anyone has an old eTrex or
similar unit laying around that you don't use or want anymore I and my
students would greatly appreciate any donations.

 

Thanks for your support,

 

Katherine

 

Katherine Milla, PhD

Center for Water Resources

121 Perry-Paige Hall

Florida A&M University

Tallhassee, FL  32307

850-561-2221

 

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