When I returned from a summer on fires I told my wife that I was going to buy a gps. After 50 years in the woods another tool is welcome. While I get along very good with a topo map and a compass, I think in this case more is better. I will follow this forum closely. Hopefully I will be able to take advantage of your expertise. This is clearly a learning process and causes a little brain damage. :roll:
I support using LAT/LONG as a location standard for the BLM and National Forest Lands. That is the standard for dispatching aircraft and emergency equipment when they can get the information. When a National Incident Team is dispatched to manage a major fire, or works an incident for FEMA their docutments use LAT/LONG to indentify hospitials, helispots, hazards, water sources and other key information. When a Life Flight helicopter is dispatched to an accident it is given a LAT/LONG.
K-Tags found on public and private lands normally show Township, Range, and Section. A nail will identify the approximate location of the tag. At times these tags may also have the LAT/LONG on them. This is not common on old tags. Base on a little training provided by the military UTM is more accurate, but it is not in common use by the resources that might pull me out of the woods.
Anyway she pulled out a nice Garmin that she had put away for Christmas, as she handed it to me she told me that if that was not the model I want, I could exchange it. I did, I exchanged it for the Garmin Legend. I picked it because it contain a North American Base Map, and I could load up to 8 Megs of maps from Map Source on it. Waiting for a deal on MapSource Software and will buy the Topo software.
Enjoyed your Web Page.
Siskiyou :grin:
I support using LAT/LONG as a location standard for the BLM and National Forest Lands. That is the standard for dispatching aircraft and emergency equipment when they can get the information. When a National Incident Team is dispatched to manage a major fire, or works an incident for FEMA their docutments use LAT/LONG to indentify hospitials, helispots, hazards, water sources and other key information. When a Life Flight helicopter is dispatched to an accident it is given a LAT/LONG.
K-Tags found on public and private lands normally show Township, Range, and Section. A nail will identify the approximate location of the tag. At times these tags may also have the LAT/LONG on them. This is not common on old tags. Base on a little training provided by the military UTM is more accurate, but it is not in common use by the resources that might pull me out of the woods.
Anyway she pulled out a nice Garmin that she had put away for Christmas, as she handed it to me she told me that if that was not the model I want, I could exchange it. I did, I exchanged it for the Garmin Legend. I picked it because it contain a North American Base Map, and I could load up to 8 Megs of maps from Map Source on it. Waiting for a deal on MapSource Software and will buy the Topo software.
Enjoyed your Web Page.
Siskiyou :grin: