[Geowanking] ike: GPS, electronic compass, laser distance meter, inclinometer, camera

[Rich Gibson]

Hi All,

I've been ranting around Etech with the idea of a small linux based geo
annotating device based on a gumstix board.

http://www.testingrange.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/2004/02/11#gumgps

Cheers,
Rich



On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Ben Discoe wrote:

>
> This appeared on Slashdot yesterday, and i'm surprised nobody has mentioned
> it here.  'ike' is a gadget from a New Zealand company:
>
> http://www.surveylab.co.nz/
>
> There is nothing about price on their site, but in the Slashdot discussion:
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/10/1852237&mode=thread&tid=100&tid=
> 137
>
> the number US $8,000 was mentioned.
>
> Naturally, this is a dream device for any geowanker: generates georeferenced
> features and photos with a few clicks of a button, theoretically enabling a
> vast number of cool things.
>
> Of course, at that price point, they can only hope for a very small number
> of deep-pocketed early adopters, possibly large companies with research
> labs.
>
> It seems likely, however, that a suitably skilled geowanker could assemble
> this kind of system themselves from parts, for a much cheaper price.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -Ben
> http://vterrain.org/
>
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