[OSM-talk] Which entry level budget garmin

[D Tucny]

2009/1/5 Joseph Scanlan <n7xsd at arrl.net>

> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, D Tucny wrote:
>
>  The response I received from Garmin was:
>> "Thank you for contacting Garmin International.
>>
>> There are several units that may fit your purpose:
>>
>> nuvi 500 (you get to see 1:100,000 scale Topo Maps)
>> nuvi 775T
>> nuvi 765T
>> nuvi 755T
>>
>
> Interesting.  I'm using a nuvi 760.
>
> What I do is connect the 760 to my computer with a USB cable and transfer
> nuviCurrent.gpx to my hard drive.  nuviCurrent.gpx works as-is in JOSM but I
> have to hand edit it to remove Garmin's data if I want to upload my tracks
> to the OSM servers.
>
> This might work for the less expensize nuvis but I have to admit it is a
> little awkward.
>

Interesting indeed...

http://www.geobuddy.com/gps-receivers/Garmin-nuvi-760.asp lists the active
tracklog capacity as 99999 track points...
and
http://www.travelbygps.com/articles/nuvi_760.php mentions that only the 700
series get track logging, which seems to be confirmed by
http://www.geobuddy.com/gps-receivers/garmin-geocaching-software.asp...

What sort of control do you have over the tracklogging with the 760? If it
allows 1 point per second, then 99999 track points works out at 27hours,
better than the 10000 limit of the active tracklog in the handheld units
which works out at 2hrs 46, but, the ones with external storage do allow for
as many points as will fit on the flash card...

Still, expensive...

d
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