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Ian- I am currently using a Garmin Etrex (available at Walmart for
about US $110 ) for site location inventory and isolated object
locations. I use a Trimble Pathfinder (about US $4000) in some cases
where in the past I would have used an aledaide and plane table or tape
and level survey (for sub-meter accuracy)for mapping individual features
within sites. Our Geographic Information Specialist who used to be a
land surveyor has developed software so that we can down load the
"tracks" from the Etrex into ArcView (I would guess there is a lot of
independent invention going on)so we can plot our inventory 'meander'
coverage on 1:24,000 USGS Maps. We are working on linking the Etrex to
a Palm Computer (about US $350 for the palm and US$100 for software
[Solus Basic from DeLorme] including regional maps) Map and database so
we can mark UTMs and annotate site and isolate data in the field
electronically. Again I presume there are others out there that have
some wisdom about the workability of this, but so far, after a very
short time we are thinking the technology is workable and may be
preferable to our tried and true paper based field documentation system.
I would be very appreciative of guidance from others about pitfalls in
their experience in the direction we are taking. Hope this helps- Mark
Mark Henderson
Ely, Nevada
Iain Stuart wrote:
> I would be interested in finding out what GPS receivers archaeologists are
> using in this post-selective availability era.
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> I have some experience with Trimble units but these seem terribly expensive
> for what they offer and I was wondering whether there are other alternatives
> around.
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> The primary use for a GPS would in my case be in locating sites and
> producing accurate AMG grid references and possibly tracking survey
> transects.
>
> Iain Stuart
> Principal, Archaeology and Heritage Management
> HLA-Envirosciences Pty. Ltd.
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