[OSM-talk] best GPS for trekking

[Igor Brejc]

Lambertus wrote:
> Igor Brejc wrote:
>> 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.
>
>
You're right - I've just compared the GPX from the internal memory 
(Vista Cx) with the one from the SD card and they seem to be exactly the 
same. Hmmm I'm SURE I viewed these a way back and they were all 
mangled.... You learn new things every day.

Igor

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