[OSM-talk] GPS recommendation

[John McKerrell]

On 20 Mar 2008, at 14:47, Jon Stockill wrote:

> John McKerrell wrote:
>
>> Is that a problem? It's still cheap at £42.99. As far as I can  
>> tell  the only potential problem is going to be battery life  
>> compared to a  non-logging bluetooth GPS. Has anyone used one of  
>> these? I'm very  tempted to just go ahead and get one as I think  
>> it will be ideal for me.
>
> I've found some reviews that say the minimum logging period is 5s -  
> which isn't terribly accurate, particularly if you're using a  
> vehicle for your mapping. The manual downloaded from the Holux  
> website seems to back this up. If they've fixed that in recent  
> revisions then it seems ideal, if not then I think that could be a  
> serious problem.
>

Ah, yes, I noticed on some tech specs that it had an update frequency  
of 1Hz but it looks like you can't tell it to record with that  
frequency. How annoying, won't be buying that then..

John