Re: [Aroid-l] Exact locations of plants

From: "Steve Lucas Exotic Rainforest" steve at exoticrainforest.com> on 2006.09.26 at 22:11:05(14660) I found all sorts of global tracking positions on TROPICOS for one plant I was researching. Someone is certainly using some sort of tracking device to pinpoint locations. Steve Lucas +More ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Hatfield To: 'Discussion of aroids' Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 4:33 PM Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Exact locations of plants Its called geocaching and it is a blast Ive found many unusual plants (tome at least) while looking for a Tupperware container in the woods. Im suresome researcher out there somewhere has to be using a gps to keep track of astand of some rare plant and if there not they should be!! They can help youget back to the car too!!See geocaching.com You can get a low end gps for as little as $87.00Amazon.com or ebay has many.Steve-----Original Message-----From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com]On Behalf Of Brian WilliamsSent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:04 AMTo: Discussion of aroidsSubject: [Aroid-l] Exact locations of plantsI thought many of the botanist and others might be interested in this. I am not sure if this is something already in use? I have not seen anything on it personally being used in plant research. A few friends of mine play a game over the internet. It is basically a scavenger hunt using global positioning systems. This handheld device can get a person with in feet to were the treasure is hidden. I was fairly amazed by this and was wondering if anyone was recording plant positioning when collecting? The devices usually run from 150.00 dollars and up. My friends use fairly cheep ones and they tend to work well. Another thing they use is a very interesting map called google Earth. This is a map made up of satellite photos of the earth you can put in your Global positioning systems cordenance and it will show you a picture of the area with in a few feet in some cases you can see the cars and people in the photos. I would think both of these could be extremely useful to someone collecting plants and it would be interesting to add in the cordenance of a plant and get a image of exactly were it grows. So is anyone using this in the field?Here are some links to google earth and GPS devices.http://earth.google.com/http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/common/search/search-results1.jsp;jsessionid/4YDDWTDD0HCCWQNWSCCNIK0BW0KIWE?QueryText=gps&NH87&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=gps&noImage=0&rid 80101070502&cmCat=perf&cm_ven=performics&cm_cat=yahoo_nonbrand&cm_pla=boat_fishfindersgps&cm_ite=gps%20devices&OVMTC=standard&OVKEY=gps%20device&OVRAW=gps%20devices&_requestidd29_______________________________________________Aroid-l mailing listAroid-l@gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l-- No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 9/22/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 9/22/2006 _______________________________________________Aroid-l mailing listAroid-l@gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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