[Talk-us] Currently available good GPS for use with OSM mapping in the USA?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2013/11/26 Dion Dock <dion_dock at comcast.net>

> I've used a Garmin GPSmap 60CSx.  I think it records a point every
> second--or maybe it's every 5--I can't find the setting in the menus at the
>  moment.  Saving tracks to the micro SD card will strip off their
> timestamps and OSM rejects tracks without timestamps.  You could still
> trace them or import them with JOSM, probably.



I'm using this same unit. You can set the recording intervall in the track
recording page (I am using and promoting 1 second, there are also other
settings like per distance or less frequently but this only reduces
usefulness because stuff gets simplified and you get less "raw" data). I do
get the timestamps in the recorded track on the micro SD card, how do you
copy it? You have to mount the device as a disk and copy it like you would
with any other file (requires to set "record on card" in the device
settings from the tracks page, settings).

The track recording admittedly is a bit confusing, as you get the good
recording on the SD Card, but there is also a simplified (if you "save" it,
the "active log" is the same like the one on the SD card) trace on the
device's internal memory together with the custom way points. Both tracks
do have time stamp information if downloaded correctly (as gpx).

cheers,
Martin
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