I wonder if you've ever seen the system of footpath / cycle path
numbering that is used in Belgium and Netherlands. See here:
http://youtu.be/sx1TsHc4ZgI
Maybe not appropriate to your need but such a clever simple low tech system.
Cheers
Jez
On 11/02/2015, Mike Lazzari <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Are other, dedicated GPS units much better? More sensitive receivers? Any
>> GPS is dependent on getting multiple satellite
>> signals.
> More sensitive receivers, better antenna. My decent quality Garmin
> Montana 650 does a very good job. Capable of sub 5m accuracy, typically
> seldom exceeds 10m even under cover. It is the EM1 of the gps world. I
> went out with the Nat'l Park tech who uses a Trimble with < 1m accuracy
> for which taxpayers forked over 10x the price of mine. Then there are
> suryerors' instruments + $10x again.
>
>> Sure, it's a little flaky under tree cover, but a little watching and
>> moving around, combined with the contour lines, roads, streams and trails
>> on the map, can actually be quite useful in locating oneself.
>
> Yes, from the track I posted one can guess the amount of cover. One
> thing which concerns us (Trails Committee, Nat'l Pk, etc.) is the number
> of people getting disoriented in our maze of trails. e.g. young mother
> w/ infant in stroller and a toddler getting turned around and exiting
> after dark 4mi from her vehicle. Luckily she ran into a friend of mine
> who got her out and drove her around to her car.
>
> I've created some QR codes to post at trailheads linking to an
> down-loadable map which is keyed to on-the-ground signage which the NP
> is in the process of installing before the summer flood. However I would
> like to link to a free app like your suggestion Moose (or another) and
> overlaying our trail system... work in progress. I've conversed with
> Scott G. about NFC tags but so far the Park isn't on board and that's
> where the funding comes from.
>
> Mike
>
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