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#1 2009-10-25 00:26:24
- JonathanM
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- Registered: 2009-10-25
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GPS Devices?
Hi am new to all of this. I want to map out the area of which i live in but don't know what gps device to use as am having no luck on finding a 'Navi' i am on a budget so obviosuly the cheaper the better. Any suggestions?
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#2 2009-10-25 03:34:04
- MikeN
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- Registered: 2009-09-03
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Re: GPS Devices?
A Garmin eTrex H is good start for basic acquisition, but I think it's much more expensive than the Navi.
Less expensive is if you have access to a laptop computer. You can get a USB GPS accessory for data collection. That will give you the necessary hardware, but I don't know if USB GPS devices come with software to create a GPX file.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Reviews has everything and is a bit overwhelming even for me.
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#3 2009-10-25 14:09:09
- Martin Goose
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- Registered: 2009-09-28
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Re: GPS Devices?
I was in a similar position having an old TomTom Bluetooth GPS unit that I wanted to replace. I was using it with an old iPAQ PDA running VisualGPSce.
In the end I went for the Globalsat BT368i which seems much better than my old TomTom unit.
PS I am also new to mapping for OpenStreetMap but finding it (mostly) straightforward
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