[OSM-talk] South Downs Way

[Etienne]

Matthew
Welcome to OSM.  I hope you like it here...

Etienne

On 7/9/06, matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk <
matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 01:40:54PM +0100, OJW wrote:
> > Which is why I suggested that if someone's logging an epic journey for
> OSM
> > then someone else could drive out to meet them every few days for an
> evening
> > in the pub and a tracklog download session.  Again, that would be more
> > practical on the south downs than in remotest scotland, based on how
> many
> > people OSM has got in each area.
>
> Quick introduction; I "discovered" the OSM project a week ago, dug out my
> Garmin
> GPS12, and have been busily mapping Loughborough and Leicester. It's quite
> convenient, as I commute each day on my motorbike, so now haev an excuse
> to find
> new interesting routes ;-).
>
> I have the problem that the GPS12 only stores 1024 track points, and I've
> realised that "auto" just isn't good enough for the quality that I'd want
> to
> add. Therefore at 2s intervals I only get 33 minutes of recording.
>
> So I've also dug out my Palm VX and the lead I made up a year or so ago to
> connect it to the GPS. A quick internet search leads to CetusGPS (and
> TrackLog).
> CetusGPS will happily record NMEA data as fast as it arrives (once every
> 2s),
> and then TrackLog will convert the resulting PDB file into GPX or other
> formats.
>
> The Palm is 8Mb, and I've just tested the system today and recorded 1000
> points
> in 22k. By my calculations if you assume you only have 6Mb memory free,
> you
> could record for over 6 days continuously before running out. Of course,
> the
> Palm battery then comes into consideration, but it's probably fairly easy
> to
> charge that up each night, unless you're really out in the middle of
> nowhere.
> Batteries are always going to be a problem. Last time I looked Palm Vx's
> were on
> eBay for around 50 UKP, so that might be a cheaper option. (Careful, as
> the Palm
> V is only 2Mb).
>
> Back to mapping Loughborough...
>
> --
> Matthew
>
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