Re: GPS Units and Railfans

[Homer <mdoyle@mail.usyd.edu.au>]

trainboy@ozemail.com.au wrote:

> 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.
>

i'd like to see a unit that can give the co-ord's of the nearest train too;)

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