[OSM-talk] best GPS for trekking

[Karl Newman]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Igor Brejc <igor.brejc at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>

If you "save" your internal track, it simplifies (mangles) it. But the track
on the card will always have the original data.

Karl
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