>>>Cool. Thank you.
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>>>Next, what is the least expensive way to find out the longitude and latitude of places. I need to catalog a few hundred. What specs should I look for in a GPS?
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>>>Alex
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>>Free?
>>http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocode
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>Thanks for the response. It won't be free because I don't have street addresses :(
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>I am looking for a device that will store the lat/long of desired places. At the office the stored values will be extracted and placed in a table, later to be included in a URL to get a Google map with location highlighted. Google maps of Panama don't have the name of all streets, but show enough detail to find the place.
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>So far the devices I find are oriented to help your driving in a well mapped conutry such as Canada, US etc. I need something more basic that shows latitude and longitude with enough precision.

Would a GPS logger be helpfull? I stores the location ( longitude, latitude sometimes eleveation) on a time base. It can be read into a standard format that all those GPS based stuff can read. It might not be as accurate as Mikes device (depending on antennas orientation) but you can carry it in your pocket.

I might scan you an article on how to use this stuff - in german. ::(

Agnes