[OSM-talk] Cheap Recorder

[Tristan Thomas]

Aha, yes, I think that'll be what I go for, thanks!

On 24/07/2009 10:24, Kai Krueger wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> You can find a fairly comprehensive list under
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Mobilephones
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> Kai
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> P.S.
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> 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/ )
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>> I'm looking for the cheapest tracker possible really, probably off
>> eBay(UK).  Any recommendations for a bargain?
>>
>> Cheers!
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