[OSM-talk] what GPS?

[SteveC]

* @ 08/05/06 09:45:32 AM libby at asemantics.com wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 5 May 2006, Thomas Coulson wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> >
> > My first post to the group - I discovered openstreet map the The Map
> > Room..a blog at http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/   and very glad I
> > did too! A brilliant idea. As a cartographer working in the U.K. I've
> > long been cursing the Ordnance Surveys stranglehold on data here and
> > have suffered the expense of purchasing aerial photographs to
> > digitize road networks from.
> > I'm based in Brighton and a keen cyclist so I'm hoping to contribute
> > by proving GPS tracks of Brighton and Hove and surrounding area. My
> > question - what GPS system would you guys recommend? Obviously I need
> > something small and lightweight, fairly cheap and be able to connect
> > to a Mac.
> 
> I've been using a garmin 201 this weekend. it's < 100 UKP. UI is crap

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/GPS_Reviews#Geko_201

:-)

> (esp for entering metadata, waypoints etc though this seems pretty much
> universal with GPS). To connect to a mac you'll need a usb to serial cable
> (e.g.
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?TabID=1&criteria=usb%20serial&ModuleNo=29968&doy=4m5
> comes with drivers for mac os x which work with 10.* (including 10.4). I
> use link2gps as a simple bit of software to grab the points and waypoints.
> 
> I guess the disadvantage is that it's relatively innaccurate compared with
> the star 3 stuff.
> 
> So that lot is a workable and cheapish solution. I'm sure there are
> more.
> 
> Libby
> 
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
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have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/