Igor Brejc wrote: > True, and I'm thinking constantly about switching to that solution, but > my Garmin unit still has some good sides (when hiking): > - it's robust
Dropped phones & PDAs definitely don't bounce, a GPS 60 does (resulting in nothing more than a minor scuff) > - it's waterproof But unfortunately they don't yet seem to offer a model fitted with a little windscreen wiper, which would have been very handy last week. > - it uses AA batteries and can run pretty long on a pair of them + you > can have extras just in case This is extremely important so you don't end up with a unit which is useless due to lack of battery availability. (Rechargeable batts don't last forever). > - it's a unit dedicated to a single job, which is sometimes better than > a multipurpose one As demonstrated at the leeds mapping party when one of the guys had his bluetooth GPS disconnect from his phone, resulting in a fair amount of missing track. Jon _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
