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5/8/2017 8:05am
Hey gang, looking for some guidance on a GPS unit that I can use to map out some of the features on the farm and import them onto a map, then print up a poster for our various locations, offices, etc. Right now I can use MS Paint or some other picture editing software to put features on a map, but it isn't quite as exact as I'd like and I end up having to piece portions of maps together to get all of the farm onto the same poster sized shot. Here's an example of the items I would be putting on the maps, I need to have different icons for each type of item (housing, irrigation box, etc.).
Do any of the GPS manufacturers have programs for this or do you have to import the data into something like Google Earth? How difficult is it to do for a technological illiterate farmer?
Do any of the GPS manufacturers have programs for this or do you have to import the data into something like Google Earth? How difficult is it to do for a technological illiterate farmer?
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It seems like it should be a fairly common thing, but the local stores that carry handheld GPS devices don't really know much about them other than the hiking/hunting/fishing features.
Having an engineer do it wouldn't be worth it, when it comes down to it I can always use a photoshop type program to put things on an image of a map, but I'd like it to be somewhat filterable, so I could select just one category of landmarks and print up a map of that alone with all the other landmarks hidden. An example of how this would be useful would be when the beekeeper brings in hives for pollination. I'd really like to be able to map out our desired locations and either email it to them or leave it for them somewhere so my guys don't get woken in the middle of the night for 4 or 5 consecutive nights. The beekeeper doesn't need any landmarks such as our main irrigation boxes, fuel stations, etc on their maps.
But I'd also want to be able to "select all" landmarks to make large posters showing all the landmarks on the farm. I'd also like to be able to add landmarks as I find things that are important, which would be prohibitive to use an engineer every time you decided to add a landmark.
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Like I mentioned before , a garmin etrex will do what you want and are really cheap on ebay now because all the latest and greatest models are out.
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