Richard Fairhurst >Sent: 24 April 2008 10:57 AM >To: talk@openstreetmap.org >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] GPS recommendations > >Stephen Hope wrote: > >> I think it's just as important to have a list of models NOT to buy. > >The one recommendation I'd give is: if you're expecting to be at all >serious about OSM, grit your teeth and pay for a decent Garmin. > >I'm now using an eTrex Legend HCx (having started with a basic yellow >eTrex, then moved up to a Geko 201) and the difference it makes is >enormous: quality of reception, in-built OSM mapping, storage >capacity, ease of use, ease of marking waypoints... it's just a >beautiful unit, and I wish I'd gone straight to it rather than >bothering with the Geko. It's such a shame to see people struggling >with gpsbabel, drivers etc. when you can just plug a USB cable into a >higher-end eTrex and download the tracks in mass storage mode. > >Personally I don't get on with the NaviGPS at all, finding it a >fiddly, unreliable, counter-intuitive little beastie, and would >happily see it consigned to ocean floor surveying duties. But if >you're a happy Linux command-line hacker you may have more luck with >it than me.
Totally agree with Richard on both points here. I've had a B&W legend as my first & primary GPS and am really glad thats what I started with and am sure it has a lot to do with keeping me interested in the mapping. Yes I do now need to upgrade the unit to the Legend HCx to get the benefits of more OSM map coverage and faster download/upload from the unit, but the old B&W workhorse has served me well and I think if funds are limited and the mapping is only being done periodically and in a reasonable localised area then its still a valuable device even today, and what's more they can be picked up second hand on ebay for less than £50. I'd go for a second hand unit that displays OSM mapping over a Navi or other pure logging platform any day. But hey, each to their own. Cheers Andy > >cheers >Richard > > >_______________________________________________ >talk mailing list >talk@openstreetmap.org >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
