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Best Setup for Mapping in Undeveloped Countries?

Floodimus asks: "My girlfriend lives and works in West Africa and on my next visit she has asked me to help her do some mapping of uncharted villages. I want to make this study really accurate and useful, so I am thinking about using high tech and low tech resources such as GPS and good old fashioned compasses, but I was wondering what the Slashdot crowd would recommend for GPS hardware (does GPS equipment from the US work over there?), field equipment, mapping software etc. I use both PCs and Macs and would like the software to run on the Mac, but it doesn't have to. What's the best, most rugged stuff you've used? Where are some resources that would help me out?"

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  1. DUMBLEDORE DIES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Snape kills Dumbledore in Harry Potter 6!

    Snape is also the Half-Blood Prince of the book's title.

    Just so you're not surprised, eh.

    1. Re:DUMBLEDORE DIES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Damn it you just ruined the movie for me.