On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:57:23 -0800, Eric R Snow
wrote:

Greetings All,
It looks like using a GPS for locating features on my 10 wooded acres
would be a real bonus. Especially since my wife cannot tell where she
is on the parcel. There are many available for around $100.00. I don't
really want one for driving directions, or that has a bunch of maps in
it. I just want to know, with reasonable accuracy, where I'm standing
in relation to a map of the parcel. It looks like a 3 meter circle is
standard accuracy for the $100.00 units. I think this will be OK. So,
opinions and advice please because there are so many options and so
many well educated folks reading this NG.
Thanks,
Eric R Snow

Garmin or Magellen with external patch antenna. The better antenna
makes a huge difference because it shags more satellites at lower
angles under forest canopy, which results in less geometric error.
Garmin does an excellent job of dealing with an over-constrained
problem, perhaps with singular-value decomposition. Whatever, it
works. Magellen is probably as good, my experience is with Garmin.
Minimal Garmin. I don't need or want all that fancy map crap, I just
wanna know where the hell I am. I don't need or want a GPS any
bigger than a pogeybait candybar.