GPS

I'm thinking about buying another gadget. I like the idea of a GPS thingy which records where you've skiied and plots on a map, as well as giving speed, altitude and all that. Ideally, it would be as self contained as possible (memory card or USB stick?) as I don't want to take my laptop on holiday, don't have an iPhone and in fact don't even want my phone switched on when I'm away.

Can anyone offer any advice or suggestions?

Thanks

Johnski

johnski96 wrote:I'm thinking about buying another gadget. I like the idea of a GPS thingy which records where you've skiied and plots on a map, as well as giving speed, altitude and all that. Ideally, it would be as self contained as possible (memory card or USB stick?) as I don't want to take my laptop on holiday, don't have an iPhone and in fact don't even want my phone switched on when I'm away.

Can anyone offer any advice or suggestions?

Thanks

Johnski

Have a look at this one.....

http://www.gtrek.co.uk/Ski_Log/specifications_ski.html

I-gotu is another. Allows you to download to Google Earth and will insert your photos along your GPS track www.i-gotu.com

£49.99 from http://www.maplin.co.uk/

I bought and used I-GOTU - see http://www.a-trip.com/tracks/view/43519 for the results. It is small and easy to use but to download and then view the map data you need an internet connection as the mapping is done through Google Maps. Our friends have the GTREK which will draw a map of your route that can be viewed later in Google when you get home.

I also found the speeds of the I-GOTU innacurate, previously our friends had a Navman and the speeds recorded on both that and the GTREK were comparable for the same runs however my speeds were recorded 20% lower in comparison :oops: but I certainly was not skiing that much slower. The GTREK also allows you to see distance covered downhill and uphill whereas the I-GOTU does not. It was also less accurate in recording Altitude - one day I was recording as going underwater :lol:

I did like the capability of adding and geo-tagging photos. You ensure your camera/phone is set to the same time as your laptop and then the software matches the photo to the location using the time. It was this feature I liked about the I-GOTU after looking at lesmens trips on here. The ability to upload and save to the @trip server and share with others is a nice feature of the I-GOTU. You can also use the I-GOTU for a range of activities, cycling, walking, sailing, road trips etc.

You will need to take a laptop with you for the I-GOTU as it will only hold one and half days data when recording each second. You can buy a version with more memory. The GTREK is similar but has bluetooth (as does the more expensive I-GOTU) so you could send to your phone for storage until you got home.

Just a word about the Navman one nice feature was that at the bottom of each run you could see your top speed and total distance covered, this is not possible with the GTREK or IGOTU.

OMG I am a geek :oops:

Thanks Geeks!

I'm tempted by the Gtrek. This maybe a daft question, but with bluetooth can I store data on my Crackberry whilst I'm on holiday then download to the PC when I get home - thus avoiding taking my laptop on holiday??

Thanks again.