I would guess that very soon we will start seeing in tweeters
lat/long or UTM coordinates from GPS units when reporting
a sighting. It's sure easy. I have a unit and do all my
notebook entries -- birds, mammals, plants -- with coordinates
from my Garmin 12XL.

For the first time, $200 models (that track 10+ satellites) can
take quick readings in deep forest -- all that they lacked to
make them ideal for natural history use.

I have a lot of DeLorme's and it seems to me that with each
new state the maps get coarser and uglier. Less resolution,
less auxiliary information.

-Tully Hammill