[Az-Geocaching] GPS: problem locking on enough satellites and more

Bill listserv@azgeocaching.com
Thu, 1 Aug 2002 07:04:36 -0700


I just bought a book from Coleman called the Arizona Atlas and Gazetteer.  It was $11 at
Costco.  It has a lot of info on public lands, parks, etc., and 1:250,000 topos of the whole
state with GPS tic marks on the edge.  I haven't checked the accuracy yet, and much larger
scale maps are available, but this looks handy to carry and didn't cost much.  Perhaps someone
with more experience with it can comment on the accuracy.

Bill, team Freeholder

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monika" <monika.s@asu.edu>
> I also wanted to get a few positions from a map before I leave.
> I have found this web page:
> http://www.juggling.org/bin/un.cgi/map-find
> which gives latitude and longitude of given location, but it does not give
> altitude. I was also told that such sites provide usually poor accuracy.
> Do you know where I could access good quality on-line maps with latitude,
> longitude and altitude? If not, then do you know of a bookstore or another
> place in Phoenix area, which would carry good quality cartographic materials
> (which are not terribly expensive)?