[OSM-talk] Recommended GPS for logs for OSM *and* for vehicle - is there such a beast?

Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giudici at tidalwave.it
Fri Aug 29 06:50:04 BST 2008


On Aug 27, 2008, at 13:46 , Chris G wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 01:26:01PM +0200, Christoph Eckert wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> I rand my N810 in parallel with my Garmin Geko 201 and they both
>>> produced comparable results. I'm quite happy with the built-in GPS.
>>
>> works for me as well, as long the device is placed upright in a car  
>> via the
>> suction mount. In other cases, where it's difficult to place the  
>> device in an
>> exposed upright position (biking, hinking) things look differently.
>>
> My thoughts are actually moving away from the N810, the big drawback
> for me is that it needs a mobile phone as well to be able to connect
> from anywhere.
>
> I'm actually thinking more about a 'smartphone' (e.g. a Palm Treo)
> with an external GPS logger that can connect to it via bluetooth.

If you're using a Treo, you can try windRose (windrose.tidalwave.it).  
I'm using it regularly to record my tracks and the latest version can  
export GPX - I've piled up a set of tracks from the latest weeks that  
I'll upload to OSM as soon as I've finished studying the documents.  
Should be there any minor flaw with the exported format, I can fix it  
very quickly.

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