Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-24 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Viernes, 24 de Julio de 2009, Andrew Gregory escribió: Having said all that, *would* anyone be interested in a ~USD$200 640x480 geotagging camera and GPS logger? I think I could buy a half-decent smartphone and a bluetooth GPS for *less* than that money. --

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-24 Thread Kai Krueger
Tristan Thomas wrote: div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixed Hello all, I've just joined OSM, it's looking really interesting useful. I have a question, that I'm sure has been asked before, but I don't where I'm afraid. If you are looking for a cheap option, you might want

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-24 Thread Tristan Thomas
Aha, yes, I think that'll be what I go for, thanks! On 24/07/2009 10:24, Kai Krueger wrote: Tristan Thomas wrote: div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixed Hello all, I've just joined OSM, it's looking really interesting useful. I have a question, that I'm sure has been

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-24 Thread Maarten Deen
Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: El Viernes, 24 de Julio de 2009, Andrew Gregory escribió: Having said all that, *would* anyone be interested in a ~USD$200 640x480 geotagging camera and GPS logger? I think I could buy a half-decent smartphone and a bluetooth GPS for *less* than that money. Or

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-24 Thread John Smith
--- On Fri, 24/7/09, Maarten Deen md...@xs4all.nl wrote: I have no idea how good the GPS receivers on mobile phones are, but if that is I've played with several GPS enabled mobile phones, mostly BB's and the G1, but they are pretty good in most cases. There is also A-GPS enabled phones too,

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-24 Thread Joseph Reeves
I've been very impressed by the GPS performance of both my Nokia N96 and the Openmoko FreeRunner [1], and would certainly recommend that people think GPS if they're getting a new phone. Battery life suffers on both, of course, so you're not going to be logging as much as you can with a dedicated

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-24 Thread John Smith
--- On Fri, 24/7/09, Joseph Reeves iknowjos...@gmail.com wrote: people think GPS if they're getting a new phone. Battery life suffers on both, of course, so you're not going to be logging as You can get after market batteries for some/most? phones that have increased capacity. You can

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-24 Thread Joseph Reeves
Yes you're right, some spare batteries for the Nokia would be a good idea; I've got a stack for the Openmoko that are pretty useful. I have a flexible solar panel on my desk that we had been trialling with a number of mobile devices, although I managed to break it (and my boss another)... Still,

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-24 Thread Jack Stringer
Why don't you put one of those dynamos on the bike, go old skool. Jack On Jul 24, 2009 1:41 PM, Joseph Reeves iknowjos...@gmail.com wrote: Yes you're right, some spare batteries for the Nokia would be a good idea; I've got a stack for the Openmoko that are pretty useful. I have a flexible

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-24 Thread Joseph Reeves
I'm not fit enough to move my bike _and_ power a phone ;-) 2009/7/24 Jack Stringer jack.ix...@googlemail.com: Why don't you put one of those dynamos on the bike, go old skool. Jack On Jul 24, 2009 1:41 PM, Joseph Reeves iknowjos...@gmail.com wrote: Yes you're right, some spare batteries

[OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-23 Thread Tristan Thomas
Hello all, I've just joined OSM, it's looking really interesting useful. I have a question, that I'm sure has been asked before, but I don't where I'm afraid. I'm looking for the cheapest tracker possible really, probably off eBay(UK). Any recommendations for a bargain? Cheers!

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-23 Thread John Smith
--- On Thu, 23/7/09, Tristan Thomas tristan.tho...@wikinewsie.org wrote: I'm looking for the cheapest tracker possible really, probably off eBay(UK).  Any recommendations for a bargain? In a car or ? I grabbed a couple of cheap data loggers off ebay(AU), AU$70 inc postage, out of the

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-23 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Viernes, 24 de Julio de 2009, Tristan Thomas escribió: I'm looking for the cheapest tracker possible really, probably off eBay(UK). Any recommendations for a bargain? Well, search eBay for GPS recorder (d'uh) or GPS logger. There are cheap-o loggers from 40 bucks onwards. Any that can be

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-23 Thread Ian Dees
2009/7/23 Iván Sánchez Ortega i...@sanchezortega.es Be advised, though, that GPS logging is quite addictive. You'll be wanting a logger capable of logging data to an SD card in no time (so you don't have to download the data every day). I mean, who doesn't love OSM maps in an eTrex? Sorry

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-23 Thread John Smith
--- On Thu, 23/7/09, Iván Sánchez Ortega i...@sanchezortega.es wrote: You'll be wanting a logger capable of logging data to an SD card in no time (so you don't have to download the data every day). I mean, who doesn't love OSM maps in an eTrex? I skipped the sd card variant and bought

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-23 Thread John Smith
--- On Thu, 23/7/09, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to be off-topic, but has anyone looked in to building the perfect OSM GPS logger from parts? I wonder if the overall price would be less than $40 if we put together a GPS chipset, an SD card slot, and a simple microcontroller.

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-23 Thread Andrew Gregory
Sorry to be off-topic, but has anyone looked in to building the perfect OSMGPS logger from parts? I wonder if the overall price would be less than $40if we put together a GPS chipset, an SD card slot, and a simple microcontroller. No screen, just one mode: record every second to the

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-23 Thread Aun Johnsen (via Webmail)
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:47:56 -0500, Ian Dees ian.d...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/23 Iván Sánchez Ortega i...@sanchezortega.es Sorry to be off-topic, but has anyone looked in to building the perfect OSM GPS logger from parts? I wonder if the overall price would be less than $40 if we put

Re: [OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

2009-07-23 Thread Marc Coevoet
Tristan Thomas schreef: Hello all, I've just joined OSM, it's looking really interesting useful. I have a question, that I'm sure has been asked before, but I don't where I'm afraid. Hello, I was able to open a VDO Dayton MS2000 (bought in 2nd hand in French shop for 30 euros, no