[OSM-talk] Build your own GPS receiver

[Svavar Kjarrval]

On 18/03/13 11:04, Hans Schmidt wrote:
> Am 18.03.2013 04:09, schrieb Andrew Gregory:
>> It's all down to your application. What do you want to do that you can't do
>> on a $50 smartphone?
> One problem of smartphones is that they are battery hungry and the
> software tends to shut down unexpectedly. With a dedicated gps logger, I
> can log one entire day without having to fear that the battery is low or
> that some software crash erased all my data.
>
> On the other hand, the problem with current dedicated gps logger is
> their absolute absence of status information: it does not show how long
> it is running, if they have a satellite lock, what their remaining
> battery is. Also, the data can only be retrieved with a proprietory
> software, which is really the worst. Also, the data storage isn’t
> usually sufficient for a 3 week holiday, so that you always need to have
> a notebook with you.
>
> I would really like to have a gps logger which a rudimentary display
> (e-ink would be nice) and a mini sd slot, where all the tracks are just
> saved as a gpx file, so that I can copy them to my pc without having to
> rely on any software. Also, if I insert a 4 gb card, I can let the
> receiver run an entire year.
>
> Well, building your own gps receiver will most likely have problems with
> the not-crashing part, but it would be fun nonetheless.
Maybe combine those two and have a dedicated GPS logger which you can
connect to a smartphone to retrieve the data or get its current status.

- Svavar Kjarrval

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