[Geysers] GPS coordinates

[Jere Bush]

Scott and other GPS users,

Any recommendations on acquiring the GPS points?

Examples:: Triangulate the feature? Take a meter tape to measure the offsets and a compass to measure the offset azimuths (record the magnetic and declination corrected azimuths used in calculating the final UTM positions)? Record the epe at the time of taking the data (est. prob. err.)? average the readings 100 times (see epe). And take a pic of the feature to eliminate that small possible error?

Any interest in including a few data points along the trails to back country basins?


jere bush




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It has been suggested in the past that I include GPS coordinates (as Universal Transverse Mercator, not as Degrees Minutes Seconds) for pertinent backcountry locations when preparing the 4th Edition of my book. I _might_ do so (or not !), and so I have started recording UTM positions. Should any of you already have such positions, I would keep them on file for potential use.

As a couple of examples of what I'm after:

Shoshone Geyser Basin, Trailside Geyser, Minute Man Geyser, Union Geyser, Bead Geyser.

Heart Lake Geyser Basin, Glade, Ivory, Rustic

Gibbon Geyser Basin, Bulls Eye Spring, Bat Pool, Phoenix Geyser

Crater Hills Geyser

Cold Water Geyser near Mud Volcano

You get the idea. I see no point to such coordinates in the major frontcountry basins.

Thanks in advance.

Scott Bryan
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