Cool.. Good information, everybody. Thanks for the info! I'm not terribly addicted yet (although I seem to spend about an hour a day in JOSM these days).
I'm thinking of going with a eTrex Venture HC or a Vista HXx. Has color, high sensitivity, decent tracking. The Vista has an SD slot which is attractive, but it's a hefty price jump for that slot. :) On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El Jueves, 22 de Mayo de 2008, Christoph Eckert escribió: >> [...] or at least one of those new eTrex Hcx series devices whose chip also >> seems to be great. IMO the latter ones provide great value for the money. > > I just upgraded to a legend HCx, and I think it's worth every > penny^H^H^H^H^Heuro. > > It all depends on what you're trying to do: if you're planning to hold mapping > sessions (or do trips) longer than 3 hours, definitively go for a model with > a SD card or similar (that means Navi, eTrex -x, magellan explorist 200+, > check the reviews page). > > If you want to brag about how good OSM maps are (which is my case), go for a > model with color display and the ability of showing OSM maps. Medium- and > high-end garmins do it; I'm not sure about the magellans. > > If you carry a high-end phone (SD card plus bluetooth), go for a bluetooth GPS > receiver. > > If all you need is something for brief mapping sessions and geotagging photos, > go for one of the cheaper no-screen data loggers. > > > IMHO, it all depends on how addicted you are to OSM - as you progress in the > inevitable spiral of OSM addiction, you'll find yourself needing better (and > more expensive) hardware. > > > Cheers, > -- > ---------------------------------- > Iván Sánchez Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Elves and Dragons!" I says to him. "Cabbages and potatoes are better > for you and me." > -- J. R. R. Tolkien > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > -- Eric Ladner _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
