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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott  Not driving a car, I wouldn't need the whole navigation setup but am thinking of getting a GIS - useful if you're on the moors and have forgotten that the clocks have been changed (in October) or if you enter a cloud of heather smoke! I've stuck by maps until now but think it may be worth investigating good models.
I'm glad you find them infallible. Not true for all models - I've had people sending me twelve-character grid references for an alleged record which was five kilometres NW of the actual site. Doesn't seem to happen so much nowadays.
As for satnavs - I've been in cars where people seemed to be more interested in what the nav was saying than what was happening on the road  and, of course, you hear the reports of artics getting stuck on bridleways and people taking first right onto a railway line .... 
But I'd be pleased for any suggestions about a handheld GIS.  |
Hi Paul,
I've also thought about a GPS, but I would miss the sense of joy
when you suddenly realise you know where you are and you've
worked it out all by yourself with a map, compass and
sometimes a big slice of luck