Re: [OSM-talk] mapping while hiking

2008-04-27 Thread Igor Brejc
Lauri Hahne wrote: 2008/4/27 Igor Brejc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Charles Basenga Kiyanda wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. I hadn't thought about clipping the receiver > to the top of my backpack. I also hadn't thought that a lot of small > movement, compared to a steady stable disp

Re: [OSM-talk] mapping while hiking

2008-04-27 Thread Lauri Hahne
2008/4/27 Igor Brejc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Charles Basenga Kiyanda wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestions. I hadn't thought about clipping the receiver > > to the top of my backpack. I also hadn't thought that a lot of small > > movement, compared to a steady stable displacement, might lower the >

Re: [OSM-talk] mapping while hiking

2008-04-26 Thread Igor Brejc
Charles Basenga Kiyanda wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. I hadn't thought about clipping the receiver > to the top of my backpack. I also hadn't thought that a lot of small > movement, compared to a steady stable displacement, might lower the > accuracy. I'll keep that in mind if I try to at

Re: [OSM-talk] mapping while hiking

2008-04-26 Thread Charles Basenga Kiyanda
Thanks for the suggestions. I hadn't thought about clipping the receiver to the top of my backpack. I also hadn't thought that a lot of small movement, compared to a steady stable displacement, might lower the accuracy. I'll keep that in mind if I try to attach the gps to my forearm and see wha

Re: [OSM-talk] mapping while hiking

2008-04-26 Thread Jon Stockill
Mike Collinson wrote: > I noticed that I got much better tracks on a bicycle than walking, even in > similar conditions and speeds. After some experimentation, the reason seems > to be that a GPS device likes to be kept relatively stable and not shaken or > twisted around. The best place I've

Re: [OSM-talk] mapping while hiking

2008-04-26 Thread Mike Collinson
At 04:13 AM 26/04/2008, Charles Basenga Kiyanda wrote: >This is slightly off-topic, but does anyone have a trick to deal with >the gps when tagging while hiking trails? I carry a garmin etrex legend >Cx (unfortunately not the H version) and I find that it has to be >"looking" directly up and fla

Re: [OSM-talk] mapping while hiking

2008-04-26 Thread Andy Robinson
2008/4/26 Charles Basenga Kiyanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This is slightly off-topic, but does anyone have a trick to deal with > the gps when tagging while hiking trails? I carry a garmin etrex legend > Cx (unfortunately not the H version) and I find that it has to be > "looking" directly up and

Re: [OSM-talk] mapping while hiking

2008-04-26 Thread Steve Hill
Charles Basenga Kiyanda wrote: > This is slightly off-topic, but does anyone have a trick to deal with > the gps when tagging while hiking trails? I carry a garmin etrex legend > Cx (unfortunately not the H version) and I find that it has to be > "looking" directly up and flat to get best recep

Re: [OSM-talk] mapping while hiking

2008-04-25 Thread Karl Newman
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Charles Basenga Kiyanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is slightly off-topic, but does anyone have a trick to deal with > the gps when tagging while hiking trails? I carry a garmin etrex legend > Cx (unfortunately not the H version) and I find that it has to be

[OSM-talk] mapping while hiking

2008-04-25 Thread Charles Basenga Kiyanda
This is slightly off-topic, but does anyone have a trick to deal with the gps when tagging while hiking trails? I carry a garmin etrex legend Cx (unfortunately not the H version) and I find that it has to be "looking" directly up and flat to get best reception. Especially around here with often