[OSM-talk] GPS recommendations
Richard Fairhurst
richard at systemeD.net
Thu Apr 24 10:56:46 BST 2008
Stephen Hope wrote:
> I think it's just as important to have a list of models NOT to buy.
The one recommendation I'd give is: if you're expecting to be at all
serious about OSM, grit your teeth and pay for a decent Garmin.
I'm now using an eTrex Legend HCx (having started with a basic yellow
eTrex, then moved up to a Geko 201) and the difference it makes is
enormous: quality of reception, in-built OSM mapping, storage
capacity, ease of use, ease of marking waypoints... it's just a
beautiful unit, and I wish I'd gone straight to it rather than
bothering with the Geko. It's such a shame to see people struggling
with gpsbabel, drivers etc. when you can just plug a USB cable into a
higher-end eTrex and download the tracks in mass storage mode.
Personally I don't get on with the NaviGPS at all, finding it a
fiddly, unreliable, counter-intuitive little beastie, and would
happily see it consigned to ocean floor surveying duties. But if
you're a happy Linux command-line hacker you may have more luck with
it than me.
cheers
Richard
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