Find a GPS with Camera Functions for Your Outdoor Adventures
GPS devices are great tools when you're outdoors. They provide the navigation you need to find your way, to know of changing weather conditions, and more. Now, GPS with camera functions included are the next step and offer even greater utility for users.Garmin has introduced it's first GPS device with a built-in camera. You can see it here and when more devices come along, we'll highlight those as well.
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What's Cool about a GPS with Camera Functions?
Garmin Oregon 550T
Garmin Oregon 550T 3-Inch Handheld GPS Navigator with 3.2MP Digital Camera (U.S. Topographic Maps)
Amazon Price: $539.56 (as of 12/07/2009)
Oregon 550t is the first GPS device with a camera for hikers and other outdoor enthusiasts. It comes with built-in U.S. topographic data for the continental U.S. and a worldwide basemap with shaded relief. Users get information on national, state and local parks and forests, along with terrain contours, elevation information, trails, rivers, lakes and points of interest. Designed for outdoor use, it's housed in a waterproof casing which resists exposure to dust, dirt, and being bumped around. It's navigation features also provide users with a rugged 3-inch diagonal, sunlight-readable, color touchscreen display and built-in 3-axis tilt-compensated electronic compass, so that you always know your heading. Its barometric altimeter allows you to precisely know your altitude and changing weather conditions while you're out in the elements.
The built-in camera is a 3.2 megapixel device with 4x digital zoom, autofocus and geotagging for all of your photos. Pictures can be taken with a landscape or portrait orientation. It also has a USB port to allow you to transfer your pictures to computer quickly and easily. The Oregon 550T also accepts MicroSD cards, giving it the memory you need to store the images you take.
This device also allows you to wirelessly share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches with other Oregon and Colorado users with the push of a button.
A Quick Look at the 550T
Garmin's Oregon 550t
Here's a first look at Garmin's Oregon 550t -- an all-in-one unit that combines rugged outdoor touchscreen navigation, a 3.2 megapixel digital camera, and preloaded U.S. topo maps. For more information, go to http://garmin.blogs.com and to see the Oregon and other Garmin gear at work in the great outdoors, go to http://www.carecotv.com.
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Are Your Photos More Important?
If getting the best quality photos is more important than the navigation features, then a GPS enabled digital camera may be a better option. You can see them here.
Garmin Oregon 550
Garmin Oregon 550 3-Inch Handheld GPS Navigator with 3.2MP Digital Camera
Amazon Price: $429.00 (as of 12/07/2009)
The 550 GPS with camera is the same as the 550T described above with the exception that it comes with worldwide maps versus US topographical maps. It has the same 3.2 megapixel camera with geotagging,the tri-axial compass, and rugged build that makes it the perfect outdoor companion.
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- Ramkitten Ramkitten Jul 6, 2009 @ 1:27 am
- In Search & Rescue, we use GPS units a lot, and I've heard some folks talking about this one. It's pricey but could come in very handy in our line of (volunteer) work, because we could take photos of evidence, footprints, etc. and have the coordinates recorded automatically, rather than having to mark them separately ... which occasionally people neglect to do.
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- chefkeem chefkeem Jul 4, 2009 @ 7:01 pm
- Amazing! What's next - a man on the moon?
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- jaye3000 jaye3000 Jul 4, 2009 @ 1:53 pm
- Very cool~ i don't use a GPS, but can see the need for one, and a camera function would be great...my friend would like this, always hiking. Great lens :)
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