Heinz, I suggest you get a 12V DC to 220V AC inverter. I bought one a year or two ago at Builders Warehouse. As far as I recall it was a few hundred Rand. You plug that in the 12V socket of your car and can then charge your laptop (and a few other things) from the inverter.
Lance Burger On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 13:39 +0200, Heinz Meulke wrote: > Generally whenever I drive somewhere I take a laptop along (with 3G) > and download from my Etrex garmin every +- 600km (with the most > detailed logging). > > I have an upcoming trip through Mozambique (in about a month) that > will last about 10 days, and I will not have any power, so the laptop > is likely to run out of battery power (and it is a huge thing to lug > around) so I am looking for something that could record all points, > and save them without any drama. Something with detailed logging, good > enough for nice detailed maps. > > So thanks Nic I might take you up on the offer. > > Regards > Heinz > > > > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Nic Roets <nro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Heinz, > > I'm very happy with my 2 WinCE based GPSs (Telefunken and JNC) > with my gosmore software. They record to SD card, so they're > unlimited. And you can view, route, search and perform basic > editing. Major retailers (Pick 'n Pay) no longer stock these > units, but you can find one through junk mail or bidorbuy (+- > R1000). They all have builtin Lithium Ion batteries that will > last a few hours and can be charged from USB or from a car. > You can borrow my Telefunken if you like. It has experienced a > lot of wear and tear, but is still fully functional. I have an > external antenna for it with a long lead, but I've never even > thought of using it. > > I received a Gecko 201 from the Foundation. It also has a > limit of 10k points but the logging frequency can be reduced. > It's quite small and runs from AAA batteries, so it's nice for > hiking trips. Generating routes for it with yournavigation > takes a bit of work, but is great for cycling. (It's a pity > you didn't ask before SotM...) > > Regards, > Nic > > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Heinz Meulke > <heinz.meu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I currently have a Garmin Extrex GPS.... and I am > always keen to log trips wherever I drive, but it only > keeps 9999 points and I frequently manage to fill it > up. > > I need something that can record lots(unlimited) > points. So should I travel for 2 weeks I do not need > to frequently stop and download tracklogs. > > Any recommendations? What do other people use? > There are lots of data loggers on the market, but > where to start? Any good ones? > > Thanks > Heinz > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ZA mailing list > Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za > > > > > > -- > echo 16i[q]sa[ln0=aln100%Pln100/snlbx]sbA0D4D465452snlb xq | dc > > > question = ( to ) ? be : ! be; > -- Wm. Shakespeare > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ZA mailing list > Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za
