Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-26 Thread colliar
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 24/04/12 04:02, Russ Nelson wrote: Philip Barnes writes: I can imagine it could be annoying if you are stopped in a tunnel and it switches off and later logs are then lost. It sleeps until you start moving again. Martijn van Exel

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-23 Thread Andrew Errington
On Mon, April 23, 2012 14:09, kenneth gonsalves wrote: On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 16:52 +1000, Steve Bennett wrote: What do you want to use it for? What's your budget? What features do you need? Any special requirements? an NGO is constructing toilets over an area. They need to map the locations

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-23 Thread kenneth gonsalves
On Mon, 2012-04-23 at 15:31 +0900, Andrew Errington wrote: an NGO is constructing toilets over an area. They need to map the locations and state of construction/repair/beneficiaries etc. They will need several devices as 50,000 toilets are being done - so around 200 USD. -- regards

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-23 Thread Philip Barnes
I can imagine it could be annoying if you are stopped in a tunnel and it switches off and later logs are then lost. Phil On 23/04/2012 6:37 Martijn van Exel wrote: On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Russ Nelson nel...@crynwr.com wrote: [..] The Columbus V-900 is $89. Charges via USB,

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-23 Thread colliar
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 23/04/12 07:37, Martijn van Exel wrote: I've been eying the Columbuses. Do you know what the difference is between the V900 and the (newer) V990? One feature that I particularly like about the 990 is the ability to switch to passive mode

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-23 Thread colliar
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Oh, I forget one major disadvantage: There was no usb-data support. Therefor you always had to pull out micro sd and use a card-reader to transfer the data. Cheers -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux)

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-23 Thread Paul Norman
From: Andrew Errington [mailto:a.erring...@lancaster.ac.uk] Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit What about a camera with built-in GPS? That way you can make photo documentation of the progress at each site with a timestamp and geostamp[1]. Many cameras also record audio, so you

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-23 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 23. April 2012 12:05 schrieb Paul Norman penor...@mac.com: firmware on it. The problem is the accuracy of camera GPS units is pretty bad, and battery life can be an issue. You're better off with a separate unit and then syncing them up. +1, I guess it is similar as with smartphones (AFAIK

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-23 Thread Spod
I have the VisionTac VGPS-900 (which is the same as the Columbus V900), and am very happy with it. 1) For me, the audio recording is a vital feature, especially when mapping house numbers, shops, POIs, turn restrictions etc. Having used this a lot, I can't see myself going back to a logger

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-23 Thread Russ Nelson
Philip Barnes writes: I can imagine it could be annoying if you are stopped in a tunnel and it switches off and later logs are then lost. It sleeps until you start moving again. Martijn van Exel writes: I've been eying the Columbuses. Do you know what the difference is between the V900

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-22 Thread kenneth gonsalves
On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 16:52 +1000, Steve Bennett wrote: What do you want to use it for? What's your budget? What features do you need? Any special requirements? an NGO is constructing toilets over an area. They need to map the locations and state of construction/repair/beneficiaries etc. They

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-22 Thread Russ Nelson
kenneth gonsalves writes: On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 16:52 +1000, Steve Bennett wrote: What do you want to use it for? What's your budget? What features do you need? Any special requirements? an NGO is constructing toilets over an area. They need to map the locations and state of

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-22 Thread Martijn van Exel
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Russ Nelson nel...@crynwr.com wrote: [..] The Columbus V-900 is $89. Charges via USB, records on a micro-USB, has a button to take a waypoint, or another button to press to record a georeferenced audio note. Gets a fix within two seconds if the previous fix

[OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-21 Thread Volker Schmidt
-- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:19:49 +0200 From: Claudius claudiu...@gmx.de To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit Message-ID: jmrk97$1sq$1...@dough.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Do you know how

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-20 Thread Steve Bennett
What do you want to use it for? What's your budget? What features do you need? Any special requirements? etc Steve On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:20 PM, kenneth gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote: hi, what are recommendations for a handheld reasonably priced gps unit? -- regards Kenneth

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-20 Thread Claudius
Do you know how this compares to the newer touch screen Garmin devices (Dakota, Oregan, Montana)? I know that upon release the GPS performance (read Accuracy) of the touch devices was below the Vista HCx. Wondering if they could fix that via firmware upgrades or even improvements to the

[OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-19 Thread kenneth gonsalves
hi, what are recommendations for a handheld reasonably priced gps unit? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-19 Thread Thomas Davie
I'm very pleased with my Garmin eTrex Vista HCx. Bob if (*ra4 != 0xffc78948) { return false; } On 19 Apr 2012, at 13:20, kenneth gonsalves wrote: hi, what are recommendations for a handheld reasonably priced gps unit? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-19 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:20:10 kenneth gonsalves wrote: hi, what are recommendations for a handheld reasonably priced gps unit? Bit old these days, although maybe that makes it cheaper, but I love my Garmin Geko 201. Waterproof, takes two AAA cells. Reasonably accurate. Robust.

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-19 Thread Jannis Achstetter
Hi, Am 19.04.2012 14:20, schrieb kenneth gonsalves: what are recommendations for a handheld reasonably priced gps unit? I am also very happy with my Garmin eTrex Vista HCx, allthough it doesn't feature a recent GPS chipset. On the german list there is a discussion at the moment about current

Re: [OSM-talk] handheld gps unit

2012-04-19 Thread Russ Nelson
kenneth gonsalves writes: hi, what are recommendations for a handheld reasonably priced gps unit? I still enjoy my Columbus/Visiontac V-900. It's a GPS data logger which records georeferenced audio notes. It's quite compact, and the battery lasts from morning to night (rechargable). --