[Gocamino] Re: Gocamino Digest, Vol 10, Issue 21

[Roger Rhoades]

Bob,
I agree.  The camera gps would be handy for extended trips across country, 
USA or foreign.  Often times we take pictures for a week, then we when we 
return home we sometimes can't remember the locations of some photos.

Roger



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> From: Robert Spenger <rspenger at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Gocamino] camera/gps (gadgetophobes please delete)
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>  Dear Members of camino forums,
>
> Awhile back, some one, on one of these forums, mentioned having a
> problem identifying pilgrimage photos due to a failure to note down
> the time and place. Later it occurred to me that, with digital
> cameras, we no longer need to note our camera settings - those are
> all nicely stored for us along with the digitalized photo. The time
> and date are also recorded - if we have made the effort to set the
> camera's internal calendar and clock properly (which I am prone to
> fail to do).
>
> But why not go one step further? It shouldn't take too much effort
> for some enterprising manufacturer to incorporate a gps in a camera
> so that the coordinates would be stored as well. Perhaps this has
> already been done. Have any of you heard of such a camera?
>
> I have been told that there is a move to include a gps in all cell
> phones for safety considerations (and perhaps surveillance as well -
> grrr). Since many cell phones already include cameras, that may be
> where it will all come together. I am not at all keen on cell phones
> and I doubt that their cameras are worth while, so I would much
> rather see a decent gps/camera combination developed. It would be
> especially helpful in relocating a favorite wilderness scene in my area.
>
> Any comments?
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> regards,
>
> Bob S.
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> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:02:30 -0400
> From: "Glenn" <Guha2005 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Gocamino] Refugio Refurbishing?
> To: <Santiagobis at yahoogroups.com>
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> Hello All,
>
> Is it true that the Camino facilities are in better condition in the 
> Spring than in the Fall?  I have read that the facilities are noticably in 
> better condition in the Spring than in the Fall.  Is this true?  I did the 
> Camino in May and thought the refugios were in good shape...but what about 
> September and October?  Do the supporting organizations make an extra 
> effort in the Winter to get them in shape for the increasingly large 
> number of pilgrims that come in the Summer?
> Glenn
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> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:29:56 -0400
> From: "C.Christopher Rush" <c.c.rushassociates at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Gocamino] Camino article
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> Hola--I leave for Bilbao on Thursday from JFK; I will be a walking pilgrim 
> starting in Pamplona.  I wanted to share with all of you, however, a 
> wonderful article in the August issue of Adventure Cycling on a group of 
> adults and children who cycled from Roncesvalle to Santiago.  The text 
> seems true to the spirit of the Camino, and the photographs are beautiful.
>
> Patricia Rush
> Schenectady, New York
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