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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 655039" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Depends where you are. On the central Victorian goldfields water would be the most essential. My phone is also my GPS, shows me where I am on a map (which I have it registered in GIS), tells me the time, operates as an alarm and is usually useful for communications. I don't like things hanging everywhere so carry the phone in an army phone pouch. Doesn't just tell me the times but I can set the alarm to tell me when to knock off. You don't need lots of devices. Detecting is distracting but I note how far in each direction to the nearest track when I start, and even a watch is a compass (although I have a digital compass on my phone).</p><p></p><p>Elsewhere satphone instead, and SPOT tracker. I won't work alone in really remote areas -buggered if I want the embarrassment of an extended rescue, putting others at risk. In places like eastern Victoria I have a standard form that I leave in camp that gives my intended movements for that day. My wife can locate me to within a few tens of metres at any time using SPOT with my location automatically superimposed on a topo map on her screen (but I am moving to something cheaper - damned US dollar).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 655039, member: 4386"] Depends where you are. On the central Victorian goldfields water would be the most essential. My phone is also my GPS, shows me where I am on a map (which I have it registered in GIS), tells me the time, operates as an alarm and is usually useful for communications. I don't like things hanging everywhere so carry the phone in an army phone pouch. Doesn't just tell me the times but I can set the alarm to tell me when to knock off. You don't need lots of devices. Detecting is distracting but I note how far in each direction to the nearest track when I start, and even a watch is a compass (although I have a digital compass on my phone). Elsewhere satphone instead, and SPOT tracker. I won't work alone in really remote areas -buggered if I want the embarrassment of an extended rescue, putting others at risk. In places like eastern Victoria I have a standard form that I leave in camp that gives my intended movements for that day. My wife can locate me to within a few tens of metres at any time using SPOT with my location automatically superimposed on a topo map on her screen (but I am moving to something cheaper - damned US dollar). [/QUOTE]
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