Re: Best GPS unit for track logging?

"pixseal" <pixseal@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

I currently use a Magellan 330, primarily for recording tracks (hiking
and driving) that I later transfer to maps and/or produce elevation
profiles. I'm looking to replace the unit with one that will:
* offer better battery life
* allow an external antenna
* record more than 2,000 track points
* record horizontal position, altitude and time (as my Magellan 330
does)

I've read good reviews on the Garmin 60C and 76C units, but not many
words on track logging. I have some questions:
* what is the minimum distance between track points that can be
specified?
* is altitude recorded in the track log?
* I read that "saved" track logs lose their timestamps.... true?
* can the track logs be saved to the SD card (on the "x" units)?

--
Dave Herzstein
dave@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://pixseal.com
Either the 60C or 76C should work since they can record 10K points in
the active log. A better fit would be the newer models: the 60CX or
76CX. With the current beta software and a memory
card, you can record tracks for a long time. (I have a $29 512 Meg
card with about a hundred meg of maps but figure I can log points
every second for the next 38 days...24x7) By the way with the new sirf
3 chipset, the 60cx/76cx need for an external antenna drops a lot.

All four units record lat/lon/time/alt. You can record track
points every second or every 10 meters of motion. They work with
external antennas. I just did a battery test on my 60CX and with
alkaline AA batteries it went 19 hours. With battery saver on, it went
28.5 hours. (Of course with batter saver on I only got a point every 5
seconds.)

.

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