[OSM-talk] Free the postcode maps

[Ben Gimpert]

Joerg -- if you are going to contact the manufacturer, I would also ask
about power draw.  Would let us do the math to find out if the thing
will (trickle) sap a car battery if left on overnight, while (say) a cab
is parked and stationary.


On Wed,  5 Jul 06 @11:45pm, Etienne wrote:
>    Joerg
>    So many questions ;-)  See below for some answers.
> 
>    Etienne
> 
>    On 7/5/06, Joerg Ostertag <openstreetmap at ostertag.name > wrote:
> 
>      ...
> 
>      > > > Yeah, sadly doesn't seem like enough.
>      > >
>      > > I hate to repost something I found on this very list, but have you
>      looked
>      > > at
>      > > this? It works with SD cards up to 2GB.
>      >
>      > I have one with a 256Mb SD card.  It will log continuously at one
>      point per
>      > second for over 5 days :-) but the battery only lasts 32 hours :-(
> 
>      Sounds nice!!
>      I got curious. Do you know any of these things?
> 
>      - What Track format is saved in the SD?
> 
>    NMEA sentences that look like this:
> 
>    $GPGGA,213942.248,5124.1614,N,00026.0372,W,1,07,1.0,60.0,M,47.1,M,20.9,0000*6A
>    $GPGLL,5124.1614,N,00026.0372,W,213942.248,A*25
>    $GPGSA,A,3,30,16,23,21,25,01,07,,,,,,2.2,1.0,1.9*3C
>    $GPGSV,3,1,09,25,54,278,45,30,49,103,46,07,27,235,37,01,20,250,37*74
>    $GPGSV,3,2,09,21,18,167,39,16,18,284,33,02,13,036,26,05,13,106,23*71
>    $GPGSV,3,3,09,23,12,328,32*4A
>    $GPRMC,213942.248,A,5124.1614,N,00026.0372,W,32.42,188.88,050706,,*20
>    $GPVTG,188.88,T,,M,32.42,N,60.0,K*60
>    $GPZDA,213942,05,07,2006,00,00*41
>     
>    You can select which ones you want to log.
> 
>      - Is the SD DOS-Formated?
> 
>    Yes, it's a FAT16 file system.  Tracks are logged to a file named
>    ccyymmdd_hhmmss.TXT in a top level directory named GPS_DATA.  A new track
>    file is started each time the unit is switched on.  You can optionally set
>    it to start a new file each time it reaches either 512k, 1034k or 2048k. 
> 
>      - Do you know if it can handle 4GB SD Cards?
> 
>    Don't know.  The docs say up to 2Gb.  I've only tried it with 256Mb. 
> 
>      - Can i also use it like a normal USB-GPS-Mouse?
> 
>    Not sure what you mean by this question.  You can download the 8k of
>    trackpoints (that can be stored in main memory) via USB.  I don't think
>    there is a way to access the contents of the SD card via the USB port. 
>    There is, I think, a way of reading the track logs in real time from the
>    USB port, but I have not tried that (there is a setting called INTERFACE
>    that has the following options: NMEA, RTCM, BINARY if that means anything
>    to you).
> 
>      - Does it have an external power supply for use in the Car?
> 
>    Yes, that is a standard accessory, included in the price.
> 
>      - Where did you buy it? At Storage Depot?
> 
>    Yes, they seem quite reliable.
>     
> 
>      - The description says:
>        > Tracks 1 with max. 8192 waypoints
>      Is that without a SD card installed?
> 
>    Yes, the 8k trackpoints are stored in the unit's onboard memory.
> 
>      - Do you know if the device has another name too, or the name of
>        the manufacturer?
> 
>    The manufacturer is Taiwanese  http://www.scytex.com
> 
>        This might help me to find it at any german(or at least european)
>        reseller.
>        Or do you know a german reseller?
> 
>    Storage Depot is the only one I know of. 
> 
>      Thanks a lot
> 
>      Joerg
> 
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