[TriLUG] OT: GPS units

[Reginald Reed]

+1 for Garmin.  I've had an eTrex Legend for about 5 yrs.  Its got a
serial interface so I'm good.  I am considering another one for faster
sat acquisition.  The Legend is a little slow, but once it locks its
pretty good.  Was in Grand Cayman last week and used it to track all
over the island.  Pretty cool stuff!

--Reggie

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Charles Fischer <fischer at 4pi.com> wrote:
> Most of the Garmin GPSMAP series have serial and USB interfaces.  I
>  have a GPSMAP 76CSx and an Edge 305 and am happy with both.
>
>  If you plan on using one on a bike, get one made for it, do not get a
>  bike mount for a GPS the has removable batteries.
>
>  In the past I found some Linux software that would convert a lot of
>  the Garmin USB only GPS units to a NUMA stream so that Linux programs
>  that expect a serial interface would work.  Sorry I do not remember
>  the name of the project.
>
>  -Charles Fischer
>
>
>
>
>  At 03:58 PM 4/25/2008, you wrote:
>  >Another yes for Garmin here, but get a hiking model instead of nuvi -
>  >I have a cs70 (I think, maybe a cs65) which is halfway between an
>  >etrex and a nuvi (color, larger than etrex, but still ruggedized
>  >one-hand design).
>  >
>  >Nuvi is great for urban travel but I don't think it's as rugged or
>  >waterproof as the others.  Also don't depend on it as your only way to
>  >get out of the woods - it's good for convenience but it does depend on
>  >charged batteries and satellite visibility.
>  >
>  >The older Garmins with serial interfaces do have output modes that
>  >work with Linux.  Don't know about the newer usb models.  You will
>  >(almost certainly) need to boot Windows to do bios flashes and load
>  >maps (if someone knows different please say which wine version I need
>  >to load...).
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