Hi Ralph
Have you seen a map roamer? it will do what you want and requires no batteries
:). I think from memory I showed you mine when we did the hike up to the top of
that hill in the Avon valley after finding the personnel carriers.
If not I can show you mine.
Andrew


On 4/09/2008 8:43:57 PM, Ralph Ditton (rdassetts@...) wrote:
> FWIW.
>
> I sent the following suggestion for their consideration:
>
> <snip>
>
> I have been mulling this over for a time and I haven't found one on the
> market.
>
> I would love to have an instrument that tells me exactly where I am on a
> map.
>
> I carry a GPS and sort of work out where I am.
>
> The instrument that I envisage would have a little wheel that moves over
> the
> map and records the GPS positions on the map similar to a cursor on
> Google
> Earth.
>
> One would have to key in the map scale and border co-ordinates of the map.
>
> Starting in one corner the unit would be dragged across the map until it
> matched the GPS waypoint giving the exact location.
>
> I can see military precision applications for this also.
>
> There would have to be a menu of units to cater for the map being used
> similar to what is in a GPS, such as UTM/UPS Map Datum WGS 84 and HD M'S.
> S".
>
> The display would be digital and powered by a button style battery.
>
> This is the challenge.
>
> I was not aware that there would be a prize. That came out of the blue.
> Very
> nice though.

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