GPS Usage for Backpacking in Europe
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From: erilar on 15 Nov 2009 11:15 In article <a2bf16d4-cbd2-4cc6-8332-6943853e0c78(a)n35g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, aquachimp <aquachimp(a)aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > I've got a Garmin Nuvi 255w. It does the "breadcrumb" thing along > with other stuff; It also has a "Picture Viewer" though I've never > bothered with it. The battery doesn't last long though. Providing it > has been freshly full charged, and with everything toned down (sound, > backlight) I can get around 4 hours, but on normal use it's more like > 2 hours. > > The trick is to get in a bit of rambling experience using it, so that > over long periods of time, it gets used mainly only as a double check > and obviously the more often one turns it on to check something, or > toying with it (which is tempting because it's good) the shorter the > battery time, so the more rambling experience, the less incidences of > having to switch it on, because one gets accustomed to retaining the > image of the map in one's mind more confidently. I usually feed mine regular AAAs, because they last longer, but I always have spare rechargeables along because I use them for my camera. I get a LOT more than 4 hours, though, I presume because my Garmin etrex is pretty basic. That makes it small and light, too 8-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: aquachimp on 15 Nov 2009 11:34 On Nov 15, 5:15 pm, erilar <dra...(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > In article > <a2bf16d4-cbd2-4cc6-8332-6943853e0...(a)n35g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, > > aquachimp <aquach...(a)aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > I've got a Garmin Nuvi 255w. It does the "breadcrumb" thing along > > with other stuff; It also has a "Picture Viewer" though I've never > > bothered with it. The battery doesn't last long though. Providing it > > has been freshly full charged, and with everything toned down (sound, > > backlight) I can get around 4 hours, but on normal use it's more like > > 2 hours. > > > The trick is to get in a bit of rambling experience using it, so that > > over long periods of time, it gets used mainly only as a double check > > and obviously the more often one turns it on to check something, or > > toying with it (which is tempting because it's good) the shorter the > > battery time, so the more rambling experience, the less incidences of > > having to switch it on, because one gets accustomed to retaining the > > image of the map in one's mind more confidently. > > I usually feed mine regular AAAs, because they last longer, but I always > have spare rechargeables along because I use them for my camera. I get > a LOT more than 4 hours, though, I presume because my Garmin etrex is > pretty basic. That makes it small and light, too 8-) > Hmm, I don't have the batteries option. > -- > Erilar, biblioholic medievalist > > http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: Mike Lane on 15 Nov 2009 17:40 erilar wrote on Nov 15, 2009: >>> ? 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. Neither do I - far too much weight and the risk of getting it nicked. That's why I'm beginning to think a dedicated gps data logger may be the answer. They're very small and light so you could carry one around in a back-pack or your top pocket or whatever and just switch it on in the morning and forget about it. Apparently they have a far greater recording capacity than a GPS handheld unit (up to 250,000 points in some cases). They're not very expensive either. -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire email: mike_lane at mac dot com
From: Alfred Molon on 15 Nov 2009 18:10 In article <0001HW.C72633DC00205E34B01029BF(a)news.virginmedia.com>, Mike Lane says... > Neither do I - far too much weight and the risk of getting it nicked. By the way, netbooks are cheap (they start at 200-300 Euro) and light. Even if you were very unlucky and somebody stole it, it wouldn't be a huge loss. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
From: Tim C. on 16 Nov 2009 02:09
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:44:08 -0600, erilar wrote in post : <news:drache-7CE80E.14440813112009(a)news.eternal-september.org> : > I recharge my iPod by plugging into > a wall(I stay over night in buildings with electricity) Via an adapter &/ charger of some sort I presume? -- Tim C. |