On Wednesday 27 February 2008 17:39:30 Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > It's a 5-year-old eTrex. It doesn't have the facility to change the > > frequency > > of recording points. The software is v.2.0.2, and I think even upgrading > > it to 2.5 wouldn't give me that. It won't take 3.0 > > I used a similarly-aged eTrex for many years. It's not much good for > city centre mapping, but it's fine out in the countryside, for long A > roads or for cycle trips. They have a 1536-point tracklog memory, > which will cope with a day or two's driving/cycling. > My son-in-law bought it for mountain walking in the Lake District. It is absolutely fine for that. For street-walking, it isn't.
> The 71 points and the lack of timestamps really does sound like you > "saved" the track on the eTrex. If you don't do this then you should > be able to get decent results from it. > No, I hadn't saved it. > (That said, the current HCx eTrexes are lovely if you feel like > upgrading...) > I've already ordered an eTrex H :-) It sounds as though it will do the job without breaking the bank. Anne
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