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+ | Haha after yesterday's phone fail, I really want one. However, I am on a student budget. Do you know of any good models that are cheap? I found a used TomTom for $20, but isn't there a difference between the GPS units for cars and the ones that we need for geohashing? | ||
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+ | -- [[User:Chandru|Chandru]] 23:26, 13 August 2012 (PDT) | ||
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+ | Yeah I figured that's why you hadn't gotten one... I got a basic yellow Garmin one at the sporting goods store for $100 so maybe you could get a similar one used for less? I dunno... -- [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] 13:24, 14 August 2012 (EDT) | ||
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+ | I have been checking Craigslist, and noticed that there seems to be a difference between automotive and sporting GPS devices. How do you tell? For example, is this[[http://sacramento.craigslist.org/ele/3188628624.html]] what I would need? | ||
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+ | -- [[User:Chandru|Chandru]] 12:39, 15 August 2012 (PDT) | ||
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+ | Never used one, though it looks kinda similar to stuff in pictures from other people's reports? I'm not sure. You could ask around. -- [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] 13:46, 15 August 2012 (EDT) | ||
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+ | Will do. Thanks for your help! -- [[User:Chandru|Chandru]] 22:05, 15 August 2012 (PDT) | ||
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+ | == Global Hash Friday February 12, 2021 == | ||
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+ | The global hash is slightly west between the half way point of Dallas and San Antonio. https://goo.gl/maps/QGGkgJW2KNT7dwT56 --[[User:NWoodruff|NWoodruff]] ([[User talk:NWoodruff|talk]]) 16:09, 11 February 2021 (UTC) |
Latest revision as of 16:16, 11 February 2021
(((mysterious voice in your head urging you to break down and buy an actual gps...)))
-- OtherJack 23:07, 13 August 2012 (EDT)
Haha after yesterday's phone fail, I really want one. However, I am on a student budget. Do you know of any good models that are cheap? I found a used TomTom for $20, but isn't there a difference between the GPS units for cars and the ones that we need for geohashing?
-- Chandru 23:26, 13 August 2012 (PDT)
Yeah I figured that's why you hadn't gotten one... I got a basic yellow Garmin one at the sporting goods store for $100 so maybe you could get a similar one used for less? I dunno... -- OtherJack 13:24, 14 August 2012 (EDT)
I have been checking Craigslist, and noticed that there seems to be a difference between automotive and sporting GPS devices. How do you tell? For example, is this[[1]] what I would need?
-- Chandru 12:39, 15 August 2012 (PDT)
Never used one, though it looks kinda similar to stuff in pictures from other people's reports? I'm not sure. You could ask around. -- OtherJack 13:46, 15 August 2012 (EDT)
Will do. Thanks for your help! -- Chandru 22:05, 15 August 2012 (PDT)
Global Hash Friday February 12, 2021
The global hash is slightly west between the half way point of Dallas and San Antonio. https://goo.gl/maps/QGGkgJW2KNT7dwT56 --NWoodruff (talk) 16:09, 11 February 2021 (UTC)