Re: GPS Units and Railfans

[trainboy@ozemail.com.au]

In article <368a3437.0@139.134.5.33>,
  "John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Are there any railfans out there using a GPS (Global Positioning System)
> unit to record train journeys, station locations on existing and closed
> lines, great line side photo locations, etc.?
>
> I would like to know how useful they are,

They are good for chasing trains.  You can make a waypoint at an important
turnoff (Say the Wambool turnoff) and the GPS will alert you when you are 2
minutes away.  Makes finding turnoffs at night easy.  Also makes things easy
if you have a topographic map and you know where you want to be.  In the
future, popular hackspots may be published as lat/long.

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