Dudley Ibbett wrote:

My suggestion would be just to encourage people to record and upload gps tracks rather than make any recommendations.

I'd second that (especially in entry-level documentation). Due to the nature of the dayjob I've recorded a lot of GPS positions with phones, and even different models from one manufacturer can vary from the surprisingly accurate to the fairly abysmal. About the only generalisation I'd dare make is that the more radios there are in a smaller package, the less accurate they'll be.

The http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Reviews page is still linked to, and is always going to struggle not to be hopelessly out of date. You'll always get a more up to date answer by asking in the #OSM IRC channel!

Should "Notes on GPS reception" on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Recording_GPS_tracks perhaps mention WAAS / EGNOS where it's available, and perhaps that some newer devices support GLONASS as well as GPS? Perhaps not, or perhaps not on the main page (to avoid confusing new mappers).

Cheers,
Andy

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