GPS Usage for Backpacking in Europe
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From: Alfred Molon on 15 Nov 2009 05:47 In article <0001HW.C724BB7B003FA540B02919BF(a)news.virginmedia.com>, Mike Lane says... > Most, if not all the Garmin hand-held units record a track log. They use this > to display a 'breadcrumb trail' on the screen so that you can easily > backtrack. The log can be exported but the problem for me is that the track > log is usually limited to about 10,000 points which is enough for a few days > of trips but no more There are units (from other manufacturers) which can record over 100000 points, for instance this one: http://www.transystem.com.tw/products/index_detail.php?mcat_no=2&cat_no= 33&pno=6&ver=en In any case even 10000 points would be perfectly sufficient for me, because I travel with a notebook and could download the points every day. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
From: Mike Lane on 15 Nov 2009 08:13 Alfred Molon wrote on Nov 15, 2009: > In article <0001HW.C724BB7B003FA540B02919BF(a)news.virginmedia.com>, Mike > Lane says... >> Most, if not all the Garmin hand-held units record a track log. They use >> this >> to display a 'breadcrumb trail' on the screen so that you can easily >> backtrack. The log can be exported but the problem for me is that the track >> log is usually limited to about 10,000 points which is enough for a few >> days >> of trips but no more > > There are units (from other manufacturers) which can record over 100000 > points, for instance this one: > http://www.transystem.com.tw/products/index_detail.php?mcat_no=2&cat_no= > 33&pno=6&ver=en Yes but that's a dedicated data logger. It has no screen and can't display any positional information without the assistance of a computer. I'm talking about the GPS navigation units which have a screen and give you readable navigational data. > > In any case even 10000 points would be perfectly sufficient for me, > because I travel with a notebook and could download the points every > day. > A basic unit like this records up to 10,000 track points which is more than enough for a day's travel https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=&pID=6446#specsTab -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire email: mike_lane at mac dot com
From: Mike Lane on 15 Nov 2009 08:27 erilar wrote on Nov 15, 2009: > In article <0001HW.C724BB7B003FA540B02919BF(a)news.virginmedia.com>, > Mike Lane <mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk> wrote: > >> Alfred Molon wrote on Nov 14, 2009: >> >>> >>> You can try one of these GPS loggers, which you switch on in the morning >>> and attach to your backpack or belt and then carry with you. >> >>> I was thinking of buying such a unit, but it would be cool to have a GPS >>> logger with a display and maps. In standard mode it's in your backpack >>> and automatically logs your coordinates, in case you get lost you can >>> use it to determine your position and find the way back. Is there any >>> unit like this? >> >> Most, if not all the Garmin hand-held units record a track log. They use >> this >> to display a 'breadcrumb trail' on the screen so that you can easily >> backtrack. The log can be exported but the problem for me is that the track >> log is usually limited to about 10,000 points which is enough for a few >> days >> of trips but no more > > ? It sounds as if you are describing the kind I have, but I don't use it > to mark every few feet I travel. The "breadcrumb trail" is less > important than the marked waypoints I want to return to, and when I'm > traveling, one day's "trail" often isn't even visible because I've > covered too large a distance by wheeled vehicle between areas where I'm > on foot. > > Yes but the point is that the 'breadcrumb trail' is just a display of the track log that the unit records as you travel. You can download this track log (which is basically like a long list of waypoints taken at short time intervals) to a computer and use the data to show your exact position at any given time. -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire email: mike_lane at mac dot com
From: erilar on 15 Nov 2009 11:09 In article <fjcvf5drvj4uscjl2got8oj10t0vk7s5p0(a)4ax.com>, Andreas H. Zappel <az-deletethis(a)ch-is.net> wrote: > "tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > >>>By the way, most people travel only with a mobile phone, notebook, > >>>digital camera and a shaver (and of course some clothes and a > >>>toothbrush). > >> Tell me, what are the clothes and the toothbrush for? > >> In every city you can find shops to buy new clothes and a toothbrush. > > > >Why take a camera, in most towns you can find a shop selling postcards > > But not of all these points I make a foto from. <g> I take hundreds of fotos, MANY more than I did when I used film, but I still buy postcards because some of the views are different than what I can get and/or lack intrusive bodies. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 15 Nov 2009 11:11
In article <0001HW.C725B238000A095FB01029BF(a)news.virginmedia.com>, Mike Lane <mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk> wrote: > erilar wrote on Nov 15, 2009: > > > In article <0001HW.C724BB7B003FA540B02919BF(a)news.virginmedia.com>, > > Mike Lane <mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> Alfred Molon wrote on Nov 14, 2009: > >> > >>> > >>> You can try one of these GPS loggers, which you switch on in the morning > >>> and attach to your backpack or belt and then carry with you. > >> > >>> I was thinking of buying such a unit, but it would be cool to have a GPS > >>> logger with a display and maps. In standard mode it's in your backpack > >>> and automatically logs your coordinates, in case you get lost you can > >>> use it to determine your position and find the way back. Is there any > >>> unit like this? > >> > >> Most, if not all the Garmin hand-held units record a track log. They use > >> this > >> to display a 'breadcrumb trail' on the screen so that you can easily > >> backtrack. The log can be exported but the problem for me is that the > >> track > >> log is usually limited to about 10,000 points which is enough for a few > >> days > >> of trips but no more > > > > ? It sounds as if you are describing the kind I have, but I don't use it > > to mark every few feet I travel. The "breadcrumb trail" is less > > important than the marked waypoints I want to return to, and when I'm > > traveling, one day's "trail" often isn't even visible because I've > > covered too large a distance by wheeled vehicle between areas where I'm > > on foot. > > > > > > Yes but the point is that the 'breadcrumb trail' is just a display of the > track log that the unit records as you travel. You can download this track > log (which is basically like a long list of waypoints taken at short time > intervals) to a computer and use the data to show your exact position at any > given time. I really wish I could, but I can't connect mine to my computer anyway, quite apart from the fact that I don't take the laptop along when I'm overseas anyway. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo |