Anyone interested in following my project process might be interested in some of the stuff I’m using along the way. If nothing else, it will be interesting, to me at least, to look back on this list at the end of the project to see what worked and what did not. This is the kind of post only a geek could love.
- Hiking Equipment (Stuff I’m carrying with me on each outing)
- Military surplus courier’s sack, 13 years old, original circa 1950’s, possibly German in origin
- Wolverine boots approximately 10 years old
- Magellan MAP330M GPS
- Spare AA Alkaline batteries for GPS
- Trail Map & Guide published by Lancaster Hiking Club
- Pencil & Pen
- Leatherman multi-tool (Core model)
- First Aid Kit
- Suunto Compass
- Disposal Bic Lighter
- 10′ length of accessory rope
- bottled water
- snack bars (kudos seem to be ok for now)
- Oakley Sunglasses
- Audiovox SMT5600 Smartphone (AT&T/Cingular service)
- Gerber Mini Paraframe Serrated Knife
- Streamlight Propolymer 3N LED Flashlight
- Computer Equipment (Stuff I’m using at home to keep the project moving)
- Dell Inspiron 8100 Laptop (my trusty companion provider by my employer)
- ESRI ArcMap 9.2
- GIS Data
- PAMAP Project Aerial Photography
- Lancaster County GIS Base Information
- PennDOT GIS Base Infromation
- Magellan MapSend Streets
- GPS Utility 4.30.1 (Freeware version)
- WordPress 2.1.2 (the blogging power behind this web site)
- Gallery 2.2 (the engine runnign my photo collections)
- WordPress Gallery2 Plugin 2.1 (an extension to wordpress to embed Gallery inside the blog)
- CutePDF Writer
- Mozilla Firefox
- ForecastFox (Firefox extension that puts weather data in your browser status bar)
- ScribeFire (Firefox extension to write and post blog entries)
- Corel Paint Shop Pro X (color correction and batch post-processing of images from my cell phone)
- Other Stuff
- 2002 Dodge Dakota 4×4 Quad Cab (have to get to the trail somehow)
- Delphi MyFi XM Satellite Radio (the only way to stay entertained while driving)