I've never spent the money on that stuff yet. There is so much free publicly accessible aerial imagery and topographic maps for the entire country that I never thought that it was worth it to me to have the software with the little extra functionality - the 48 contiguous states have nearly complete coverage with free downloadable data from government sources such as the USDA, USGS, AmericaView, and most state's GIS departments. I print out aerial photos and topo maps for free for where ever I go and sometimes enter waypoints on my GPS since I rarely want to follow an exact preplanned route. I'm not sure what else you gain by spending the money on the software. Maybe I'm a little old fashioned. I use the GPS as a navigational aid only when needed and to mark trees, but try to rely on compass and map skills to save the gps batteries and to not become to reliant on it.
Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry" <[email protected]> To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:36 AM Subject: [ENTS] Re: GPS > > Will, Paul, et al, Should I get the 2008 mapsource software with this > gps, I noticed they have several regions? Larry > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
