[OSM-newbies] Incomplete way

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 27 February 2008 17:39:30 Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > It's a 5-year-old eTrex.  It doesn't have the facility to change the
> >  frequency
> > of recording points.  The software is v.2.0.2, and I think even upgrading
> > it to 2.5 wouldn't give me that.  It won't take 3.0
>
> I used a similarly-aged eTrex for many years. It's not much good for
> city centre mapping, but it's fine out in the countryside, for long A
> roads or for cycle trips. They have a 1536-point tracklog memory,
> which will cope with a day or two's driving/cycling.
>
My son-in-law bought it for mountain walking in the Lake District.  It is 
absolutely fine for that.  For street-walking, it isn't.

> The 71 points and the lack of timestamps really does sound like you
> "saved" the track on the eTrex. If you don't do this then you should
> be able to get decent results from it.
>
No, I hadn't saved it.

> (That said, the current HCx eTrexes are lovely if you feel like
> upgrading...)
>
I've already ordered an eTrex H :-)  It sounds as though it will do the job 
without breaking the bank.

Anne

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