[OSM-talk] GPS recommendations

Andy Robinson (blackadder) blackadderajr at googlemail.com
Thu Apr 24 23:40:26 BST 2008


Jeffrey Martin wrote:
>Sent: 24 April 2008 10:50 PM
>To: David Earl
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] GPS recommendations
>
>
>I bought a Garmin HCx Vista. Does the "high sensitivity" mean
>that it's better than other receivers or that they are just now
>catching up to other receivers?

It should mean that its better than the sirf star II chipsets which you find
in many older devices but its not as far as I am aware the sirf star III
chipset that everyone raves about. I've not seen any comparison between the
sirf star III and the chipset used by Garmin in their "H" devices.

Cheers

Andy

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