[OSM-talk] GPS Units for the Foundation

[Andy Robinson]

SteveC wrote:
>Sent: 05 September 2006 3:44 PM
>To: Robert Scott
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] GPS Units for the Foundation
>
>* @ 05/09/06 03:28:00 PM lists at riscott.ukfsn.org wrote:
>> On Tuesday 05 September 2006 10:13, Mikel Maron wrote:
>> > I ideally want to get to a dozen spare GPS units. Since there are no
>more
>> > NaviGPS units for sale in the UK, I'm thinking of ordering some Garmin
>Geko
>> > 201 units, which is at a similar price point. How do Geko's compare to
>> > NaviGPS? Any pointers on a good place to order from?
>>
>> Is there a reason you're looking at gekos rather than eTrexes? The
>classic
>> yellow eTrex seems to be about £5 cheaper on amazon, and, though slightly
>> bigger, has better battery life due to the use of AAs over AAAs, has a
>> clearer screen and (I think) is slightly better built. Other than that,
>the
>> two are near identical, right down to the user interface.
>
>But there are two versions of the yellow etrex both with the same shell.
>One of them goes up to 2.14 (IIRC) doesnt do EGNOS and wont record
>per-second. The other (3.20 IIRC) does both.


Yes, Steve and I investigated this during Bath where the batch on loan
contained both types. Those able to run the later firmware have the full
10,000 point at 1 sec capacity as far as I recall.

>
>You dont know which one you have till you try and update the firmware.
>
>> NaviGPSs will generally do better in these circumstances due to their
>decent
>> sirf II chips.
>
>If anything, I've found the geko better than the navi for reception so
>far.
>
>have fun,
>
>SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/
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Andy Robinson
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