Slowly, I am clearing my backlog...
(My stuff arrived from Sydney today. Yay! Now I that have my battery
charger back I can recharge batteries for camera, flash, GPS, etc. The
last camera batteries went flat a few minutes into the new millenium,
whilst crazy Berliners were letting off fireworks underfoot, in the
middle of the crowd.)
Anand Kumria wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 04:11:18PM +1100, Rodos wrote:
> > Anyone play with GPS units. I am looking at an Garmin ETrex.
>
> Indeed. Just setup a GPS Stash / Geocache on the weekend.
>
> <URL: http://www.geocaching.com/>
Now, more specifically:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=247
I'm looking forward to someone making a lie of the name :-)
> The Etrax isn't too bad; annoyingly inaccurate at times but otherwise
> okay. It suffers because the UI isn't really designed to be used "on
> the road". Much like the Palm it goes well with companion software.
Indeed. Its UI is adequate for stuff that you need to do mobile (set
waypoints, navigate to way points, where am I?), but yes, companion
software is a must.
> > I did a search of Freshmeat and there is software to get the trip data off
> > through the PC interface cable. But I was wondering what software was
> > around for them commbining with scanned maps etc etc. What are people
> > using them for and what should one look out for.
>
> All good questions but none I can answer (the unit wasn't mine; some
> of the comments above are relaying his).
I'm using gpstrans for dumping my waypoint data. It is a horribly crufty
piece of software though. Presumably it pre-dates Garmin's publication
of the wire protocol, it ignores protocol negotiation completely. I have
hacked a means for the eTrex waypoints to be transferred cleanly, you
are welcome to a patch. I haven't worked out how to integrate it into
gpstrans (such that it will continue to work with whichever model the
author happened to own), so I've not sent a patch to the author. The
whole thing is so rickety, it's pretty much at a "start again" point,
particularly given that a clear spec now exists.
- Raz
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