On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Andrew Gregory
andrew.greg...@gmail.com wrote:
It's all down to your application. What do you want to do that you can't do
on a $50 smartphone?
Well, the first thing that I'd be looking for is performance... The
GPS on the phones that I've used have not had
On 2013-03-18 at 11:09:49 +0800, Andrew Gregory wrote:
However, in terms of making your own receiver, I don't see the point unless
it is for an extremely specialized task. The reason is cost. The GPS
breakout board is ~$40. A Raspberry Pi is ~$35. That's already ~$75.
Shipping not included. I
I have no problem with fun. I've had fun with GPS receivers in the past:
http://www.scss.com.au/family/andrew/gps/rojone/
Here's a 1A car charger:
Hi Rob,
On 17 March 2013 16:26, Rob Nickerson rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
Going back a few years before GPS was widely available in pretty much
everything bar the kitchen sink (please do post a link if you find a gps
enabled sink :-) ) there was some discussion about making your
Am 18.03.2013 04:09, schrieb Andrew Gregory:
It's all down to your application. What do you want to do that you can't do
on a $50 smartphone?
One problem of smartphones is that they are battery hungry and the
software tends to shut down unexpectedly. With a dedicated gps logger, I
can log one
On 18/03/13 11:04, Hans Schmidt wrote:
Am 18.03.2013 04:09, schrieb Andrew Gregory:
It's all down to your application. What do you want to do that you can't do
on a $50 smartphone?
One problem of smartphones is that they are battery hungry and the
software tends to shut down unexpectedly.
On 2013-03-18 at 12:04:54 +0100, Hans Schmidt wrote:
Am 18.03.2013 04:09, schrieb Andrew Gregory:
It's all down to your application. What do you want to do that you can't do
on a $50 smartphone?
One problem of smartphones is that they are battery hungry and the
software tends to shut down
Hi,
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 03:26:00PM +, Rob Nickerson wrote:
Hi all,
Going back a few years before GPS was widely available in pretty much
everything bar the kitchen sink (please do post a link if you find a gps
enabled sink :-) ) there was some discussion about making your own GPS
Florian,
On 18 March 2013 14:32, Florian Lohoff f...@zz.de wrote:
I'd rather go for getting your own OS running on a commercial GPS
available e.g. the Garmins getting you DIY GPS receiver running
is probably not that hard - but for what purpose? It'll neither be better
on battery life,
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 03:10:20PM +, Kevin Peat wrote:
Building your own Etrex is probably a waste of time from an OSM
perspective but would still be fun for some of us especially if the
accuracy was really good. This sort of module would also be great for
someone to build a quadcopter to
On 18 March 2013 15:20, Florian Lohoff f...@zz.de wrote:
Why would that be a waste of time? One could workaround e.g. replace
the Garmin stuff and let the multitude of OSM tags be displayed,
probably even with a user preference...
Wouldn't it be better to just start with an Android device
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 03:50:53PM +, Kevin Peat wrote:
On 18 March 2013 15:20, Florian Lohoff f...@zz.de wrote:
Why would that be a waste of time? One could workaround e.g. replace
the Garmin stuff and let the multitude of OSM tags be displayed,
probably even with a user
On 18 March 2013 16:18, Florian Lohoff f...@zz.de wrote:
Show me a smartphone with the screen turned on, gps running which lasts
more than 3 hours...
You are right there, but I wasn't really thinking of a phone. I have a
Nexus 7 + waterproof case and *if* the screen was brighter it would
make
Where did you buy those magical batteries? Mine lasts 6 hours max with
rechargables (if the temperature is above 15C).
On 03/18/2013 05:18 PM, Florian Lohoff wrote:
Show me a smartphone with the screen turned on, gps running which lasts
more than 3 hours.
You cant should amps into the phone
Hola,
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:09:50PM +0100, Cartinus wrote:
Where did you buy those magical batteries? Mine lasts 6 hours max with
rechargables (if the temperature is above 15C).
2200mAh NiMh rechargables. Not using Backlight. The 60Csx is rated
with 18h with normal AA Alkali IIRC.
Flo
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On 18/03/2013 14:32, Florian Lohoff wrote:
I'd rather go for getting your own OS running on a commercial GPS
available e.g. the Garmins
Has anyone hacked the Garmin OS?
Many things irritate me about the Oregon software, but not having a
proper on/off switch for the back-light is just lazy.
The GPS module they're using is based on the MK3339, which I'm currently
using in a commercial project. Very low power consumption and amazing
performance.
However, in terms of making your own receiver, I don't see the point unless
it is for an extremely specialized task. The reason is cost. The
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