[OSM-newbies] small-sized, track-recording, OSM-compatible GPS?

[Andy Allan]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Hervé S.
<herve.openstreetmap at ouvaton.org> wrote:
> Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es> wrote:
>
>> > - show position on OSM maps (ideally: using TangoGPS)
>> > - record tracks
>> > - fit in pocket (even if maybe a "larger" pocket ;-)
>>
>> Let me be the first to say "Garmin eTrex series".
>
> I just went to have a look but I'm a bit lost in the huge number of
> models -are you sure they can use openstreetmap cartography?

Yes. See the "featured images" of mine on my userpage:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/User:Gravitystorm

If you were to ask for a specific model, I (and quite a few other
OSMers) would recommend the eTrex Legend HCx

> Also, it's unclear for me what is the max size of their SD cards (some
> models say "128Mb" which is extremely low compared to the Freerunner
> -indeed I've currently more than 256Mb of OSM cards preloaded here...

They come with a built-in chunk of memory - used to be around 8-16Mb
(like on my Venture Cx) but I would imagine the newer ones are bigger.
But so long as it has an 'x' suffix to the model number, it'll also
take larger (e.g. 2Gb) microSD cards without problem.

Cheers,
Andy