--- On Wed, 27/5/09, Babstar wrote: > I'm only new to OSM and GPS logging, but I found a lot of > help on GPSpassion.com forums (they have a dedicated forum > for data loggers). > I did a fair bit of research and ended up purchasing a > Qstarz BT-1000X from ebay (note, there are a three Qstarz > BT-1000 models, you probably want the 1000X - newer > chipset). > From my limited experience the BT-1000X has good battery > life (claimed 42 hours, users changeable mobile phone > battery) > the BT-1000X nominally logs 200,000 points, although > realistically approx 110,000 with various extra logging > enabled. > Any of the MTK chipset models seem to work with the bt747 > free software for windows, mac & linux. > The older SiRFstarIII chipset appear to be capable, > although battery life seems lower (typically ~8 hours). > > GPSpassion has several articles worth reading about the > various chipsets > 2007 Chipset reviews: > http://gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=236 > > SiRF > http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=143&page=9
Thanks for the tips that everyone replied with, will give me something to swat up on. I've looked through a few devices on ebay but while they logged a large number of points, some had a 5 second refresh which is a little too high, 1 second per point would be better, and 8 hour battery life isn't a biggy especially if they have a car charger. Step 1. get a GPS logger Step 2. arrange to have it go out on a few mail runs Step 3. Profit?!? :) _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au