On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Dave F. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davefox@madasafish.com">davefox@madasafish.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">John Smith wrote:<br>
> 2009/12/23 Robin Paulson <<a href="mailto:robin.paulson@gmail.com">robin.paulson@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
><br>
>> i had an idea recently, that it might be possible to map a stream or<br>
>> small river (in an area with poor aerial photo coverage) by using a<br>
>> gps in a waterproof container attached to a flotation device<br>
>><br>
><br>
> I had the same thought in about June, but decided it wasn't worth<br>
> pursuing since you would have to figure out how to recover it and<br>
> that's assuming it doesn't get snagged on something or stolen.<br>
><br>
> About the same time someone announced a GPS received + GSM transmittor<br>
> for shoes for dimentia/alzhimers patients, the would require close<br>
> proximity to a phone network, which may not be as much of an issue in<br>
> other countries as it is here.<br>
><br>
</div>How about a dog tracker?:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=209&pID=8576" target="_blank">https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=209&pID=8576</a><br></blockquote><div><br>$599 (USD)? Just throw your $399 (USD) Android Dev Phone in the river, running one of the dozen tracking apps :).<br>
<br>It'd be a fun experiment, but a monetarily risky one.<br></div></div>