Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-26 Thread Tanveer Singh
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:58 AM, H.S.Rai hardeep@gmail.com wrote: For Joint Punjab Mapping Project I need to purchase 10 units GPS Data Loggers. Please suggest which make and model I should buy. My foremost requirement is to get transferred data (GPS logs, WayPoints) from units to Linux

Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-25 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:58:08 +0530 H.S.Rai hardeep@gmail.com wrote: For Joint Punjab Mapping Project I need to purchase 10 units GPS Data Loggers. Please suggest which make and model I should buy. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Reviews , just in case you are not aware of it. We

Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-25 Thread Sudev Barar
2010/1/26 Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net: My foremost requirement is to get transferred data (GPS logs, WayPoints) from units to Linux loaded PC / Laptop. Till date I have used Garmin GPSmap 76CSx, Garmin eTrex H, Garmin  Geko 201, RoyalTek GPS Data Logger RBT2300. For all above except 76CSx, I

Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-25 Thread Sudev Barar
2010/1/26 Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net: You could just opt to order from the US. We have been very happy with http://www.semsons.com/ . Even with shipping costs, each of the above came to about $65-70/unit. For an unrelated project we got them to US$50 for 100 devices. -- Regards, Sudev

Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-25 Thread H.S.Rai
Nice to see all good guys sharing their experience and providing valuable input. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net wrote: That is strange. Most GPS units can nowadays be made to work with Linux, with exceptions of course. If you can let us borrow a unit for a few

Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-25 Thread H.S.Rai
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Sudev Barar sba...@gmail.com wrote: I mostly use wine to run MapSource that comes along with Garmin units. Can't we replace MapSource with QLandkarte? -- H.S.Rai ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-25 Thread H.S.Rai
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: I have yet to come across a Garmin unit that does not work with gpsbabel Let me try again, and report you back. -- H.S.Rai ___ Talk-in mailing list

Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-25 Thread H.S.Rai
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: On Tuesday 26 Jan 2010 8:50:59 am Sudev Barar wrote: That is strange. Most GPS units can nowadays be made to work with Linux, with exceptions of course. If you can let us borrow a unit for a few days, we would be

Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-25 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tuesday 26 Jan 2010 11:27:25 am H.S.Rai wrote: I have yet to come across a Garmin unit that does not work with gpsbabel But produce supported on Linux officially by manufacturer is what required. as mentioned before, jtd is your solution (but does his device work on windoze? no

[Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-22 Thread H.S.Rai
For Joint Punjab Mapping Project I need to purchase 10 units GPS Data Loggers. Please suggest which make and model I should buy. My foremost requirement is to get transferred data (GPS logs, WayPoints) from units to Linux loaded PC / Laptop. Till date I have used Garmin GPSmap 76CSx, Garmin eTrex

Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-22 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Saturday 23 Jan 2010 7:58:08 am H.S.Rai wrote: For Joint Punjab Mapping Project I need to purchase 10 units GPS Data Loggers. Please suggest which make and model I should buy. My foremost requirement is to get transferred data (GPS logs, WayPoints) from units to Linux loaded PC / Laptop.

Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-22 Thread Anush Shetty
go with JTD's devices with your total confidence - it is even open hardware. And deadly accurate. You can buy battery for it at 150 rupees. What more do you want? There is also a python script available to convert his output to gpx format for both trackpoints and waypoints. What is the cost

Re: [Talk-in] GPS purchase

2010-01-22 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Saturday 23 Jan 2010 11:09:32 am Anush Shetty wrote: go with JTD's devices with your total confidence - it is even open hardware. And deadly accurate. You can buy battery for it at 150 rupees. What more do you want? There is also a python script available to convert his output to gpx