I have a Vista HCx but the HC is probably what you want and battery life is meant to be about 20+ hours which seems about right, also has a memory slot so you can add upto 1-2Gb of external memory (good for data logging)..
you might like to look at a Blue tooth GPS if you have a PDA too. Paul On 11/09/2008 11:17 AM, Stephen Hope wrote: > I'm looking for a new GPS, optimised for OSM data collection. As > such, long battery life would be a plus (that's the main problem with > my current one). High accuracy is good, but I'm not looking for one > of the professional quality ones (Currently have SIRF3 chip). Adding > waymarks is not a real plus, I never used it on my old device, so I > wouldn't miss it. Large amounts of logging memory is good. I don't > even really need a screen/map display - a pure data logger would be > OK. As long as it tracks my movement once per second (minimum) and > allows me to download it to a computer easily, I'll be happy. If it > used AA or AAA batteries, that would be a plus, but not essential as > long as the battery life is long enough. Oh, and I'd prefer to source > it in Australia, for ease of shipping, maintenance etc, but I'm > willing to go overseas if need be. > > I'd prefer to use one that somebody else has used so I know it will be > suitable for OSM. Any suggestions? > > Stephen > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au