[OSM-talk] best GPS for trekking

[Karl Newman]

2009/4/16 Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es>

> El Jueves, 16 de Abril de 2009, Karl Newman escribió:
> > One 2 GB MicroSD card should be enough for years of data, even at 1 sec
> > resolution in GPX format. Just make sure you format the card as FAT32 so
> > you can have more efficient storage of many small files (assuming you get
> a
> > Garmin).
>
> On the contrary - Garmin does save just one big .gpx file per day, no
> matter
> how many times it loses signal or is switched off and on again. The one
> that
> saves lots and lots of files (and sometimes gets the filesystem corrupt in
> the process) is the NaviGPS.
>
> Just remind that most models with a SD or microSD slot only accept cards no
> bigger than 2GB. That means "no SD-HC cards".
>
>
Yes I know, but if you're going to be away for many days, one file per day
adds up. Probably not so much of an issue for his scenario, but it's
something I had to change to optimize the storage on my cards, since I
maximize the maps I put on and leave minimal space for tracklogs. In that
case, the large allocation units for FAT16 on a 2 GB card wasted a lot of my
available space.

Karl
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