Re: [Talk-ca] GPS Suggestions

2010-06-14 Thread Russell P
I just got an Oregon 450 which works very very well compared to my old Magellan unit. It isn't cheap though. I would just say don't buy a Magellan gps, they have terrible support, and their gps unit firmware is buggy and you get bad battery life. Bottom line: stay away from Magellan!! Russell On

Re: [Talk-ca] GPS Suggestions

2010-06-14 Thread Gregory
A lot of OSM-ers love the Garmin Etrex Legend HCx. It's got everything you want for a good price. Cheaper and you tend to start losing a lot for not that much money saving, more expensive and your jumping up to things like touch screen and latest/fashionable plastic case. The Legend is also so dura

Re: [Talk-ca] GPS Suggestions

2010-06-14 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:38 PM, john whelan wrote: > I run a Garmin etrex legend HCx which gives 3 meter accuracy which I think > is reasonable for a GPS unit.  Mine came from MEC they have a web site at > www.mec.ca and are reasonably priced. Hmm. Their site is down now. Must be all the OSMer

Re: [Talk-ca] GPS Suggestions

2010-06-14 Thread john whelan
I run a Garmin etrex legend HCx which gives 3 meter accuracy which I think is reasonable for a GPS unit. Mine came from MEC they have a web site at www.mec.ca and are reasonably priced. Cheerio John On 14 June 2010 13:20, Colin McGregor wrote: > I was talking to an old friend this afternoon, a

Re: [Talk-ca] GPS Suggestions

2010-06-14 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Colin McGregor wrote: > I was talking to an old friend this afternoon, and it looks like I > might have another Open Street Map ... "victim" :-) . So, next > question being what GPS should he get. My person preferred solution > (the GPS receiver that came Microsoft

Re: [Talk-ca] GPS Suggestions

2010-06-14 Thread Tyler Gunn
> I was talking to an old friend this afternoon, and it looks like I > might have another Open Street Map ... "victim" :-) . So, next > question being what GPS should he get. My person preferred solution > (the GPS receiver that came Microsoft Streets and Trips) fails on the > portability area. He

[Talk-ca] GPS Suggestions

2010-06-14 Thread Colin McGregor
I was talking to an old friend this afternoon, and it looks like I might have another Open Street Map ... "victim" :-) . So, next question being what GPS should he get. My person preferred solution (the GPS receiver that came Microsoft Streets and Trips) fails on the portability area. Here are the

Re: [Talk-ca] Toronto "Mappy Hour" Tuesday

2010-06-14 Thread Sam Vekemans
. and for those who can't make it there physically, the #osm-ca (Dedicated Canada Chat room on oftc.net) is always on & available to answer questions :-) For Ontario specifically, we need volunteers who wants to work on the Ontario Parks & Trails (from Land Information Ontario). It's on my li

[Talk-ca] Toronto "Mappy Hour" Tuesday

2010-06-14 Thread Richard Weait
Dear All, Did you know that there is a Toronto OSM meetup group? We meet roughly monthly, including tomorrow Tuesday 15 June 2010 The Pilot Pub 22 Cumberland Street (near Yonge and Bloor) We'll start at 6:30pm and go for at least an hour, but usually interesting conversation keeps us longer the