Re: [OSM-talk] Getting Good Tracks With eTrex
... Good advice (and what I do) - but be aware that saving to the memory card saves only the track and not any waypoints so make sure you download those separately. Mike Harris -Original Message- From: Martin Koppenhoefer [mailto:dieterdre...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 June 2009 22:08 To: Paul Houle Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Getting Good Tracks With eTrex 2009/6/3 Paul Houle : >I was annoyed to discover that saved tracks on my eTrex Vista HCx > don't have timestamps. I did some experimenting and discovered that I > need to use the "ACTIVE LOG" if I want timestamps and control over the > tracks. Funny enough, I didn't find this in the manual or online, > so I wrote something up at > > http://gen5.info/q/2009/06/03/getting-a-good-track-from-a-garmin-etrex > / > >Is there anything else I need to know about getting good tracks? > probably you should save tracks parallely to the memory-card as gpx (at least on the 60Cs it's like this) to get best quality (same as active log, which is uncompressed). Best setting IMHO 1 point per second. cheers, Martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Getting Good Tracks With eTrex
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Ed Loach wrote: >> Is there anything else I need to know about getting good >> tracks? > > Lambertus posted some tips on logging to this list in April: > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2009-April/036015.html +1 to what Lambertus said. Log to the SD card continuously. Oh, and turn off "snap to road" as well, if you haven't done so already. Cheers, Andy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Getting Good Tracks With eTrex
On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:52:37 -0400, Paul Houle wrote: > I was annoyed to discover that saved tracks on my eTrex Vista HCx > don't have timestamps. I did some experimenting and discovered that I > need to use the "ACTIVE LOG" if I want timestamps and control over the > tracks. Funny enough, I didn't find this in the manual or online, so > I wrote something up at > > http://gen5.info/q/2009/06/03/getting-a-good-track-from-a-garmin-etrex/ > > Is there anything else I need to know about getting good tracks? > It is like that with eTrex Yellow as well, though there are a few other tweeks to be aware of. My experience is that a saved track have less points than the active log from the same time interval, and also that you cannot set sampling interval, theither in time or distance, it only uses a special formula for when to store a point (fewer points along a straight leg, and more points in the turns). There are many situations where I wished I had a unit that stores a point every second, or that stores to a memory card, but I have to live with my eTrex yellow for now. When travelling, I upload tracklogs to my laptop every day in order to store as many points as possible. -- Brgds Aun Johnsen via Webmail ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Getting Good Tracks With eTrex
> Is there anything else I need to know about getting good > tracks? Lambertus posted some tips on logging to this list in April: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2009-April/036015.html Ed ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Getting Good Tracks With eTrex
2009/6/3 Paul Houle : > I was annoyed to discover that saved tracks on my eTrex Vista HCx > don't have timestamps. I did some experimenting and discovered that I > need to use the "ACTIVE LOG" if I want timestamps and control over the > tracks. Funny enough, I didn't find this in the manual or online, so > I wrote something up at > > http://gen5.info/q/2009/06/03/getting-a-good-track-from-a-garmin-etrex/ > > Is there anything else I need to know about getting good tracks? > probably you should save tracks parallely to the memory-card as gpx (at least on the 60Cs it's like this) to get best quality (same as active log, which is uncompressed). Best setting IMHO 1 point per second. cheers, Martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Getting Good Tracks With eTrex
I was annoyed to discover that saved tracks on my eTrex Vista HCx don't have timestamps. I did some experimenting and discovered that I need to use the "ACTIVE LOG" if I want timestamps and control over the tracks. Funny enough, I didn't find this in the manual or online, so I wrote something up at http://gen5.info/q/2009/06/03/getting-a-good-track-from-a-garmin-etrex/ Is there anything else I need to know about getting good tracks? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
