[talk-ph] GPS reservation request

[Ronny Ager-Wick - Develo Ltd.]

Thanks Jim, that is very useful! Will definitely check out one of those
converters.
I was thinking of simply collecting all the data and process it when we
come home to Magalang, but it seems increasingly intriguing to bring a
laptop and do edits directly on the "road". Do you know if usable
packages exit for Ubuntu that can act as a GPS with one of the loggers
connected to the USB port?
Ronny.

Jim Morgan wrote:
> Ronny Ager-Wick - Develo Ltd. wrote, On Sunday, 12 July, 2009 11:23 PM:
>   
>> A GPS logger with car charger would be preferable, unless they have
>> battery life of up to two-three days. Please let me know if any are
>> available. I assume you can use these things with Linux (Ubuntu)?
>>     
>
> The GPS to go units have a pretty good battery life - they seemed to go for well over 24 hours on one charge. In addition they have a USB charger which can be plugged into the cigarette lighter socket in the car. 
>
> If you're using them with a laptop (linux, tango gps etc), then probably your biggest problem is going to be your laptop battery. In which case I came across a bunch of cheap inverters the other day at CDR-King, which will power any AC 240 volt device in a car. A 100 watt model was about 500 pesos, and a 500 watt version was just over 1000 pesos. Seemed like a good price.
>
> They're on the website, but I can't link directly to the page ... just search for inverter in the product search.
> 	http://www.cdrking.com.ph/
> You'll probably have to go to one of the bigger branches to pick one up. 
>
> Jim
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