[OSM-talk] best GPS for trekking

[Lambertus]

Igor Brejc wrote:
> Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote:
>> You could then have tracks at
>> 1 sec interval for the whole of your trek.
>>
>>   
> I think 5 sec interval when walking is quite enough - realistically 
> that's less than 7 m of distance between two points. The problem with 
> Garmins (at least eTrex) is that they only really use unit's internal 
> RAM for storing tracks and they store up to 10,000 points there. When 
> storing tracks on SD cards, Garmins do a lot of simplifying, so the 
> tracks end up being useless.
> 

This is not the case with Vista HCx and 60CSx when the settings are correct:
In the track menu goto Setup
- Enable the Wrap When Full option
Goto Data Card Setup menu
- Enable Log Track To Data Card option

Now you can log the raw trackpoints to the SD-card practically forever.