GPS

[Robert Mesibov]

Gordon Snelling wrote:

"I have also found another similar program of the same name  but have not
tried it at  http://www.geocomp.com.au/geocalc/ I have not used this
program so have no clue how well it works, the previous program
mentioned works really well though."

This isn't a  tracking program. GeoCalc from GeoComp simply interconverts
position formats. It does this accurately and simply for anywhere on the
planet, one location at a time or batchwise, and has great help files.

Doug Yanega's enthusiasm for Google Earth is shared by the kids at my local
high school. What a great way to learn geography!

Australians have another way to do what Doug does. In March 2005 the
Australian Greenhouse Office released a free DVD with 5 Landsat coverages of
the whole of Australia, from 1972 to 2004. The coverages are stitched
together fairly seamlessly and georegistered, and you can fade from one
year-set to another. The coverages are viewed with a data viewer installable
from the DVD. The viewer is linked on the DVD to a detailed gazeteer,
climate information and "paper map" images for teh geographically
challenged. This is a wonderful free giveaway, available through
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/ncas. Landsat resolution isn't the best, but
I've used it a la Doug Yanega at 1:75000 for locating collecting sites.
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Dr Robert Mesibov
Honorary Research Associate, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
and School of Zoology, University of Tasmania
Home contact: PO Box 101, Penguin, Tasmania, Australia 7316
(03) 6437 1195

Tasmanian Multipedes
http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html
Spatial data basics for Tasmania
http://www.geog.utas.edu.au/censis/locations/index.html
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