[OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

[Kai Krueger]

Tristan Thomas wrote:
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> Hello all,
> I've just joined OSM, it's looking really interesting & useful.  I have
> a question, that I'm sure has been asked before, but I don't where I'm
> afraid.

If you are looking for a cheap option, you might want to consider getting a GPS
receiver without logging and instead hook it up to your mobile phone, in case
you have a bluetooth enabled phone. With that you can get reasonable gps
receivers from about 10 pounds onwards on ebay.

Depending on the software you use on your phone, you can then also use it to
display OSM maps, use it for routing or many of the other things you can do with
more expensive GPS receivers like the Garmins. There is a wide variety of
Software covering pretty much all mobile phones and all sorts of different features.

You can find a fairly comprehensive list under
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Mobilephones

Kai

P.S.

This is the receiver I have (not from that seller) and apart from the low
battery life of only 8 hours, it is fairly decent.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GPS-4NOW-BLUETOOTH-MOBILE-GPS-SAT-NAV-RECEIVER-SATNAV_W0QQitemZ360164653539QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Mobile_Home_Phones_Bluetooth_Acc_ET?hash=item53db7c79e3&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1683|293%3A1|294%3A50
The software I use on my phone is GpsMid ( http://gpsmid.sourceforge.net/ )

> 
> I'm looking for the cheapest tracker possible really, probably off
> eBay(UK).  Any recommendations for a bargain?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
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