[OSM-talk] GPS recommendations

[Jeffrey Martin]

"I think that either of these units will serve you well and, in my opinion,
any purchasing decision should be made on the basis of features, not the
brand of chipset."

I think he could also add that chip manufacturers don't have a lot of
control over things like antenna placement, and case design when
someone puts one of their chips in a device. I bet that could make a lot of
difference.

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Karl Newman <siliconfiend at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Andy Robinson (blackadder) <
> blackadderajr at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
> The Garmin eTrex H series use a MediaTek chipset. I've seen a few
> comparisons with the Sirf Star III, such as this one:
> http://gpstracklog.typepad.com/gps_tracklog/2007/08/mediatek-gps-ch.html
>
> Generally the conclusions from the reviews I've read are that the MediaTek
> performs equal to if not better in some cases than the Sirf Star III
> chipset.
>
> Karl
>



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