[OSM-talk] GPS recommendations

Karl Newman siliconfiend at gmail.com
Wed Apr 23 21:19:43 BST 2008


On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Gervase Markham <gerv-gmane at gerv.net>
wrote:

> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/GPS
> says:
> "Thinking of getting a GPS Receiver to add data to OSM? These reviews
> are here to help."
>
> Well, if you have a particular model in mind, and want to know if it's
> any good, then they are some help. But if your mother has told you "I
> want a GPS with a screen for my motorbike, which I can also use for
> gathering OSM data", then trying to read through and compare 50
> different models is impossible.
>
> Would it be really too controversial for OSM to have a "we particularly
> recommend these N models" page, where N is small? Clearly, the NaviGPS
> (which I own) would be one, because it's good and OSM gets some money.
> But it would be great to have some sort of consensus on models in other
> price/capability brackets, perhaps a little more than a few mailing list
> messages saying "I have a Foo GPS, and it's fine".
>
> What do people think?
>
> Gerv
>

I have a Garmin Vista HCx, and it's fine. :-p

Karl
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