Buying a GPS in India

IndyBoy · Oct 8th, 2003, 18:34

Hi
Here's a different question for you...
Has anyone any idea if I can get hold of a GPS in India, and if the prices compare to , say, the UK (£130 for a cheap one)?
I'm thinking of having a go at bagging a few points on the Degree Confluence Project , as there seem to be loads left in India.
Does anyone fancy coming along for the ride?!
Vinay - there must be a few around Delhi you could bag!

Cheerio!

steven_ber · Oct 8th, 2003, 18:53

GPS has been talked about with good humour on this thread, but not about it's price in India.

IndyBoy · Oct 8th, 2003, 19:15

I hear ya!
Hey, I find it hard to put my gadgets away!
But like the man said - maybe it'll help me find myself!

vistet · Oct 9th, 2003, 18:10

Quote:

Originally posted by IndyBoy
... bagging a few points on the Degree Confluence Project ...

Trainspotting for map junkies - I´m on !

IndyBoy · Oct 9th, 2003, 18:15

Hey, if you're around this winter, Vistet, I'll be out there hunting around in places no tourists ever went! All for the glory of a couple of photos on a website. Sad 'innit?

vinayverma · Oct 9th, 2003, 21:06

Hmm..sounds Interesting....I'm in !!
Lemme see if i can do some ground work...I know someone in Delhi who supplies these to Border police and Indian Army...

IndyBoy · Oct 9th, 2003, 21:21

Nice one Vinay. If possible, please get back to me in a day or so with the local prices, as I fly out shortly. Over here in the UK the price is about 10,000rp for a bottom of the range Garmin eTrek GPS. I'm considering trying to do an entire lateral, say, the 15degree lateral.

vistet · Oct 9th, 2003, 23:16

Quote:

Originally posted by IndyBoy
..if you're around this winter, Vistet

Sadly , I`ll have spend this winter saving holiday & money for my next trip. Current daydream : Karachi - Gilgit- Kashgar-Ngari/Ali- Lhasa_..(which offers opportunities for this hobby as well : there are three points logged for the whole of Tibet)

Cool reading while doing a full lateral could be The Great Arc : read about the struggles involved in hauling a half-ton theodolite on top of a temple to fix a position, then haul out the GPS out of the pocket and do the same.
With luck maybe you could find one of the towers that were built for the surveys lateral branch.

(prices are about the same here in Sweden - Rs 8900 for the basic Garmin Geko)

vinayverma · Oct 10th, 2003, 00:14

Let me try..if not when are you going to be in Delhi?

oldhippie · Oct 10th, 2003, 00:30

Indy
Buy one in the UK. There are a lot of fake Garmins on the market in India. I tested a few in Delhi and Mumbai and many of them did not work properly. Also prices are a lot higher than the West.

Oct 8th, 2003, 18:34	#1
IndyBoy Wandering fool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NE UK Posts: 146	Buying a GPS in India Hi Here's a different question for you... Has anyone any idea if I can get hold of a GPS in India, and if the prices compare to , say, the UK (£130 for a cheap one)? I'm thinking of having a go at bagging a few points on the Degree Confluence Project , as there seem to be loads left in India. Does anyone fancy coming along for the ride?! Vinay - there must be a few around Delhi you could bag! Cheerio!

Oct 8th, 2003, 18:53	#2
steven_ber Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, England. Posts: 9,243	GPS GPS has been talked about with good humour on this thread, but not about it's price in India.

Oct 9th, 2003, 21:06	#6
vinayverma Maha Infrequent Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 1,289	Hmm..sounds Interesting....I'm in !! Lemme see if i can do some ground work...I know someone in Delhi who supplies these to Border police and Indian Army... __________________ If Life is a journey....travel on...and on..on..on.....

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oldhippie Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 412	Indy Buy one in the UK. There are a lot of fake Garmins on the market in India. I tested a few in Delhi and Mumbai and many of them did not work properly. Also prices are a lot higher than the West. __________________ Too Many Gandus, Too Few Bullets.

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Oct 8th, 2003, 19:15	#3
IndyBoy Wandering fool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NE UK Posts: 146	I hear ya! Hey, I find it hard to put my gadgets away! But like the man said - maybe it'll help me find myself!

Oct 9th, 2003, 18:15	#5
IndyBoy Wandering fool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NE UK Posts: 146	Hey, if you're around this winter, Vistet, I'll be out there hunting around in places no tourists ever went! All for the glory of a couple of photos on a website. Sad 'innit?

Oct 9th, 2003, 21:21	#7
IndyBoy Wandering fool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NE UK Posts: 146	Nice one Vinay. If possible, please get back to me in a day or so with the local prices, as I fly out shortly. Over here in the UK the price is about 10,000rp for a bottom of the range Garmin eTrek GPS. I'm considering trying to do an entire lateral, say, the 15degree lateral.

Oct 10th, 2003, 00:14	#9
vinayverma Maha Infrequent Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 1,289	Let me try..if not when are you going to be in Delhi?

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