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Originally Posted by Newhythebirder  Hi, apologies if this is something covered before. I am looking for a GPS that is simple to use and gives 6 fig OS Grid Refs. I had a look on ebay and I am bewildered by the range. I am probably looking at something second-hand as my budget is only c£30. Is this realistic. I read the thread below about the Garmin and it seems hellishly complicated....is it??!!  |
I think all the small garmins will do this for you, but
like all things techy there is a learning curve.
Small external GPS receivers that plug into PDAs or
Lapttops usually only give Lat Long (decimal usually),
but are usually used fo Sat Nav, rather than OS.
I know that my techy son has had his PDA working with Anquet
1:50,000 maps OS (the pink ones) giving accurate positoning.
Converting them to OS used not to be that easy, though
I downloaded an excel conversion sheet that had added
functions in it from Bangor Uni (I think!). This was 4-5 years
ago though.
There are some excellent GPS fora about though, and if no one
comes up with anything better than have a trawl through them.