Re: [OSM-talk] GPS Watch

2017-12-29 Thread Mike Thompson
Russ, Thanks! So many options, even from this one vendor. Mike On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 10:03 PM, Russ Nelson wrote: > Craig Wallace writes: > > Or another option is the Garmin Foretrex 601. It is much bulkier and > > heavier than most watches, maybe a bit too big to wear

Re: [OSM-talk] GPS Watch

2017-12-25 Thread Simon Poole
On 24.12.2017 00:05, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > I'm always wondering why people would wear a GNSS logger on the wrist, > where the 70% water mass of the wearer's body is always shielding half > of the satellites. > > On top of the head would be a much better position for the receiver, > at least for the

Re: [OSM-talk] GPS Watch

2017-12-23 Thread Tom Pfeifer
I'm always wondering why people would wear a GNSS logger on the wrist, where the 70% water mass of the wearer's body is always shielding half of the satellites. On top of the head would be a much better position for the receiver, at least for the antenna, thus I wonder why there are so many

Re: [OSM-talk] GPS Watch

2017-12-23 Thread Mike Thompson
Craig, Thanks, very helpful, especially the info about the FIT format. Mike On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Craig Wallace wrote: > On 2017-12-22 18:48, Mike Thompson wrote: > >> I am looking at getting a GPS Watch. Does anyone have any advice? My >> primary

Re: [OSM-talk] GPS Watch

2017-12-23 Thread Craig Wallace
On 2017-12-22 18:48, Mike Thompson wrote: I am looking at getting a GPS Watch. Does anyone have any advice?  My primary concerns: 1) Ease of getting GPX tracks out of the watch so they can be uploaded to OSM. Seems like a lot of the devices require you to first upload the track to their

[OSM-talk] GPS Watch

2017-12-22 Thread Mike Thompson
I am looking at getting a GPS Watch. Does anyone have any advice? My primary concerns: 1) Ease of getting GPX tracks out of the watch so they can be uploaded to OSM. Seems like a lot of the devices require you to first upload the track to their proprietary site from where you can download the