Btw PPCs can bounce and swim, too :). http://www.andres-industries.de/rugged_pda/
If you use a GPS mouse with built in memory you can record quite a lot for a long time. That solution has a few more advantages compared to a Garmin: * Waypoints with real timestamps, unlimited comment fields, UTF-8 and side information like images * Tracks with all information if neccessary * Maps without limitations. Nothing competes with a real nice raster map while you are hiking. * You can upgrade your GPS receiver very easily. Sure the price is in the upper range, but if I compare it to the stash I spent on my Garmin 60SCx 3 years ago it's reasonable. Especially if you take into account that my Garmin never made me really happy. Thus Garmin is not the only option on earth. Oliver -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:20:55 +0100 > Von: Jon Stockill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [OSM-dev] Garmin GPX madness > 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 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
