FR:GPS device reviews
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Vous pensez acquérir un récepteur GPS pour ajouter des données dans OSM ? Ces pages sont là pour vous aider. Si vous pensez aussi à d'autres matériels, consultez le Guide matériel. Si vous achetez un GPS par le biais d’un de nos partenaires, alors jusqu’à 10% du prix d’achat sera donné à OpenStreetMap. Cela nous aide à maintenir nos serveurs opérationnels. Voir Boutique pour les détails. Le terme correct est GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System ou système de géolocalisation par satellite), même si le système GPS est devenu le terme le plus utilisé (si vous allez chez votre fournisseur et demandez un GNSS, le vendeur ne saura probablement pas de quoi vous parlez, ou pourra croire que vous parlez du système russe GLONASS, indépendant du système américain GPS proprement dit, afin de savoir si le modèle est compatible avec les deux constellations, ou même avec la prochaine constellation européenne Galiléo, ou la future chinoise). RésuméLe fichier au format ODS en ligne : GPS List De Acer à ATP
De Blumax à Evolve
De FAC à Fujitsu-Siemens
De G-MINI à GlobalSat
De HP à HTC
De i.Trek à Leadtek
De Magellan à Mobile Action
De NavGear à Nokia
De Pentagram à Qstarz
De Ricoh à Royaltek
De Samsung à Telefunken
De Visiontac à Yakumo
Légende pour le sommaireLes unités sont listées alphabétiquement (les unités pour Garmin,TomTom et /Wintec_and_Woxter sont listées sur des pages dédiées). Les récepteurs GPS sur PDA peuvent être trouvés sous le chapitre appareils PDA. Le Type peut être :
La Mémoire peut être :
Common GPS chipsets are:
Methods of DGPS correction / Augmentation can be SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS,MSAS), Beacon, NTRIP, Direct IP, IALA are free services, with various coverage. Spotbeam, Inmarsat, Veripos, HP/XP are semiglobal services but requires licenses and are not likely in handheld units. Corrections can be transmitted as propritary formats, single station corrections, or 'RTCM' format correction list. Some receivers might use RTCM as identifier for corrections, but the source than is one of the systems mentioned above. Alternative forms of GNSS includes: Glonass, the future Galileo and COMPASS. AGPS is an abreviation for Assisted GPS, and is usually an enhancement for GPS enabled cell phones. It allows receivers quicker startup time as well as continuing to give positions with weak or missing satelite data. Connectivity can be achieved by :
DétailsAcer n35 GPSThe Acer is primarily a conventional relatively low spec Pocket PC PDA with built in GPS receiver and Destinator Maps (UK and Ireland maps provided in the price here in the UK). To turn it into a logging device while using the Navigation software I needed to duplicate the GPS COM port which is being achieved without problems to date using GPSGate from Franson in Sweden (US$29.95 for the Standard version, US$9.95 for the Express version). This software provides virtual COM ports for the GPS receiver so that more than one software package can access the GPS receiver at the same time. For more on using an Acer n35 GPS see Blackadder's page. User:Steevc also has one. The Acer n35 is almost identical to the Navman PiN 570 GPS receiver, with the software being the main difference. Christer Weinigel was able in the spring 2005 to run Linux on the Acer n30 PDA. See also the handhelds.org wiki for the n30. The n35 is a follow-up to the n30. Where the n30 had a Bluetooth chip, the n35 has the GPS receiver chip. The Destinator (v. 3 and up) software is able to log by itself. You get a binary format which is described by Jonas Svensson, that page also includes a plain converter. Currently you lose information about number of satellites and how good the position is, but may be an alternative if you do not wish to use extra software. The N35 is known to have problems with the power/USB connectors with time. So after months of usage (specially in a car) the connector on the N35 will loose contact with the mother board , and the N35 battery will not be recharged nor it will be recognized in the computer. Link Acer N50Acer N50 is a normal PDA without an integrated GPS antenna. User EdoM use it coupled with a BT-77 Bluetooth antenna and VisualGPSce to track his movements. Adapt (general)Adapt now has its own page. Alan (general)
Alan MAP 500
Alan MAP 600
AMOD AGL3080
Asus A696This device is a PDA with
I tested different GPS tracking software (OSMtracker, TGPS, NoniGPSPlot) as well as commercial navigation software (Navigon MN7) and everything worked well.
Asus GPS BT100
ATP Photo Finder
Logging format not clear. The manual states "By connecting the ATP Photo Finder directly to your PC via USB connection, you can back up all the logged GPS position information" but does not indicate the data format. Logging frequency not clear. The manual says "logging interval Approx. 5 seconds" (p. 11) and "Update rate Continuous operation: 1 Hz" (p. 14). Billionton CF-card(by user:imi)The serial CF card for PDAs and Laptops work out of the box with most Linux systems. It is the recommend card from Trisoft (The place to get the European Zaurus from). Since it is a serial CF card, it has problems with an unpatched Zaurus C3100's serial bus driver shipped with the standard Sharp ROM. Avoid using this device with a Zaurus C3100.
Blumax (general)Blumax receivers can be used with any mobile phone supporting J2ME and bluetooth (using mobiletrailexplorer). They are cheap and accurate. While most Blumax receivers have no own storage, GPS-4012, GPS-4043 (and most like 4044) do support data storage up to 32Mb. Blumax 4043This looks much i-Blue's 747 and the specs seem to be somewhat like what PathFinder P3106 offers. Price was ~60e. Specifications according to the manufacturer: * Chipset: MTK chipset (but which?) * Sensitivity: -158 dBm * 51 channels * Power: rechargeable Li-Ion battery 1000mAh compatible with Nokia BL-5C * durée d"exploitation : 25+ heures (when fix'd) * WAAS+EGNOS+MSAS * Auto On-Off function in NAV Mode, always on in LOG Mode * Protocol: NMEA-0183 (v. 3.01) Model info by mtkbabel: * FlashInfo: 1C20161C (EON,4MB) * Model: 0007 (iBlue 747) * Firmware: B-core_1.1 (TSI_747CD) * Logger SW: V 1.38 Cellink BTG-7000
Works great with the Nokia N800 with "Maemo Mapper" application, and the Treo 650 with the "Cetus GPS" application. Usually sees 7–12 satellites. DeLormeU.S. based GPS vendor. "Earthmate" range. TODO review mapping capabilities. Can load OSM maps onto them via shapefiles. See DeLorme EMTAC BTGPS II Trine Datalogger
FAC GDL30 MMC Data Logger
Falk F/M/N SeriesThe Falk F/M/N Series is a Window CE based navigator. The bundled Falk Navigator software does not support vanilla data logging but with some tricks track recording is possible: After unlocking the Windows desktop you can use custom programs for data logging: One of the free programs is POI Observer which is actually designed to display warnings when getting near a POI but also has data logging capabilities. The forum (in german) has the program, scripts and a walk through to unlock the Windows desktop and use POI Observer in parallel to the Falk Navigator software. POI Observer is supposed to work with other Falk devices too. Another nice tool is the nfRunner and the nfSpeedMenu from Navifriend-Forum. It is an excellent software for data-logging and much more. OpenMoko Neo1973 (FIC GTA01)The Neo1973 was the first cellular phone developed to run a OpenSource operating-system. Only a few hundredths samples have been produced for developers. GPS-Chip: Hammerhead_PMB_2520 See also:
Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket-Loox N560Windows Mobile 5 with freeware Odgps (program has bug in elevation). I test Noni GPSPlot now. Questions about the device can be asked to hanoj.
OpenMoko Neo Freerunner (FIC GTA02)A update to the Neo1973 which has the mass market as target. Not like the 1973 is has only a few hardware bugs. See GPS_Problems (now solved). While the hardware is solid, the software still has beta status. The GPS problem is now solved. New units have a hardware fix, and a software update helps a lot for older units as well. This is a nice gps for tracing details. You can go around a 4×4 m square, stop briefly in each corner, and get a trace with straight edges and no rounding of the corners. The 2008.9 software includes tangogps, a nice app that shows the existing openstreetmap tiles while you trace. Navit is also an option, it uses openstreetmap for routing. See also:
FreedomFirst impressions on the Freedom Keychaingps 2000 is that it is no good in urban areas, it seems to be very sensitive to reflections from buildings. In more open areas it seems quite good and the small size is good. GarminGarmin has its own page. Globalsat BT-308
Globalsat BT-338
Globalsat BT-359
Globalsat BT-368
Globalsat BR-305
Works well with laptops. Stops working on low temperature. Uses serial USB, so it should work with all GPS track programs, loads pl2303 on Linux. Good buy, but I recommend buying the 353 instead. Globalsat BU-353
Works well with laptops. Stops working on low temperature. Uses serial USB, so it should work with all GPS track programs, loads pl2303 on Linux. Good buy, this unit will almost always get a lock directly, and I really recommend it over BU-303. The sad part is that the lock usually isn't that good. I've experienced very strange behaviour where it will lose GPS lock and get a new bad lock positioning it self 50 m from the right position and then drift back to the right position. I'm not sure why this is, or exactly what is happening. It also has issues when you are stopped or moving slowly where the position jumps around by a few metres. Once it as been running for a 5–10 minutes this problem goes away. Globalsat DG-100
Tip: Glueing a washer around the on/off button prevents accidental switch off when carried in a backpack Globalsat BT-335
Globalsat BR-304
As far as I know this is BR-305 with RS-232 connection instead of the USB. Bad thing about this connector is it doesn't have pins for voltage, so there is another connector (PS/2 or USB) for power, and that connector is in the end of a really short piece of wire, because of which I had to get USB-extension. It may seem stupid to use both RS-232 and USB, but the reason is that when USB is used only for power, the receiver doesn't need any drivers at all, in any OS. Another difference between this and 305 is that this one seems to work well in cold, I got to test it in −27 °C for about half an hour. GlobalTop GTop66 plusThe GTop66 plus is an ultra-slim Bluetooth GPS receiver. It has Bluetooth and USB connectivity. It uses the MTK ??? chipset, supporting 66 channels and AGPS. The default update rate is 300 ms, but this can be adjusted downward with suitable software. The AGPS loader software supplied crashes on my PC, so I have not been able to try AGPS yet. Thet battery is integrated into the unit, charged via the mini-USB socket. Battery life is at least several hours of continual operation. In use the unit performs very well, giving a nice stable trace at walking speed. Holox BT 321A Bluetooth GPS that talks NMEA. Only three lights (Bluetooth active, GPS fix/no-fix, low battery/charging), and no memory. The battery is easy to replace though, is the same as in many Nokia phones, and can be charged via USB. The GPS is nice and small (8×5×2 cm), and generally sells on eBay for around to GB£30 mark (inc. P&P). Since it talks NMEA, it works with most software, but you do have to do most of the processing on something else. There are a number of very nice programs for Series 60 phones (e.g., GETrack to log to GPX, nmea_info.py to log and show location, satellites etc), and also any normal PC software that does NMEA works fine too. The Holox BT 321 is a rebadged BT74R made by the Telemax Technology Corp of Taiwan, it uses the RFMD chipset, and can even get a fix indoors. Sadly the RFMD chipset is not so great when using it on foot near buildings, it can give direction information that changes with every step. Walking down the middle of the road is fine however! It does work very well in the car or on bike however, and doesn't need to see the sky; it will work in a pocket or bag. Overall for ease of use, price, its quick time at getting a fix, its a good entry level device. Holox BT 541Externally very similar to the Holox BT321. A Bluetooth GPS that talks NMEA. Only three lights (Bluetooth active, GPS fix/no-fix, low battery/charging), and no memory. The battery is easy to replace though, is the same as in many Nokia phones, and can be charged via USB. The GPS is nice and small (8×5×2 cm), and generally sells on eBay for around to GB£30 mark (inc. P&P). The Holox BT541 uses the Skytraq Venus 521 chipset which supports AGPS. Skytraq provide a free AGPS download application for Symbian and Windows. Time to lock, and typical accuracy are very good when AGPS is used (can be a bit tempramental without it). Early firmware versions had problems with track drift (firmware is upgradeable, but difficult to find the latest version). The BT541 has a motion detector (sounds like a ball bearing in a box) that allows the device to go into a low power mode when not moving. This can give a battery life of many days depending on usage. The BT541 seems to have very slow filtering that sometimes kicks in at walking speeds, giving lag of around 30 seconds and causing inaccurate tracking when walking around corners. Overall for ease of use, price, its quick time at getting a fix, its OK, but frustrating for getting good pedestrian tracks. More Info: Holux GM-210Holux GM-210 works with Windows Vista, Ubuntu Feisty and PalmOS. It's only an cable-based GPS-Receiver, so you need an extra device like a Palm or notebook. The GM-210 has a PS/2 port and several adaptor cables to USB/Mini-USB/Serial. No specific drivers needed, works with gpsd (Linux). More info: Holux GPSlim236This is a bluetooth device, about the size of a small matchbox (46.3x67x19mm). Its lithium battery lasts about 10 hours, and is a standard model so you can get a cheap spare from eBay, etc. You can charge it via mini-USB but can't transmit data over this, as you need a special cable from Holux. I haven't tried this - Bluetooth is fine for me. The USB cable gives to possibility to upgrade the firmware (enable WAAS/EGNOS) and disable the Static Navigation (bad for pedestrian use) with SirfDemo. Have used this with a laptop, Dell Axim PDA and Nokia 6230i with no problems. It has a SiRFstarIII chipset so is quick and accurate in getting a fix, with the usual caveats of 'canyoning' in cities. Standard NMEA output. Had mine about 2 years. It failed after about a year but was promptly replaced. The newer GPSlim240 has a similar spec. but no replaceable battery, though it's a bit smaller. More info: Holux GPSlim240Also a Bluetooth device as the GPSlim236, but this unit is more compact (64×22×15mm3), slightly less battery life (somewhere between 6-8 hours). Data is transmitted over SPP Bluetooth and gives standard NMEA output. Receiver should be up to 3 meters away. Packaging includes USB cable and car lighter adapter (Caveat: This should be obvious, but always remember to check the package contents list before buying; never had any trouble so far, but it's always good to be careful) for charging up the battery. Claims to have WAAS/EGNOS demodulator included, but never tested this. The unit has room for a lanyard which is not included in the package. Its only control is the on/off switch, and it has three LEDs for indicating low battery power, Bluetooth connection status and GPS signal acquisition. This unit was successfully used with Bluetooth-enabled laptops and Nokia N80 with only one firmware-related problem. Care should be taken not to use SiRFdemo's "Synchronize Protocol/Baud Rate" option on Bluetooth devices, or to otherwise tinker with this unit's baud rate, as this caused it to output garbage from that point onward. Turning it off and back on didn't work. Letting it run out of battery charge didn't work. What solved it was opening up the unit, finding the battery and shorting two of the three battery terminals. More info: Holux GR-213This is a simple receiver that is to be connected to any computer. Delivered with a driver for most recent Windows. To make it run under Linux, just compile your kernel with support for pl2303 serial-to-usb (as a module or into kernel), then everything should be fine with GPSd. It features a magnet, which is quite useful to put it outside your car, on the roof. I could ride at 130 km/h in quite heavy wind without having it to move a millimeter. It is also completely waterproof (once, i've forgotten it, and after being covered by 5 centimeters snow for a few hours, it still works). It outputs standard NMEA. Holux M-241
Holux M-241 can be used as datalogger or as receiver via the Bluetooth interface. It runs with a single AA alkaline battery, in logging-mode up to 12 hours. Under Linux, Java Phones, Palm and WinCE it can be used with BT747 (you will have to set the Baud rate to 38,400 bit/s).Also for Linux, mtkbabel helps you extracting/formating GPX files and clearing memory for next uses, much as gpsbabel works, and scriptable. More info:
Holux M-1200The M-1200 is Bluetooth device, though can be used with a custom USB lead. It is a sealed unit with a rechargable lithium ion battery. Recharge via USB or included car lighter lead. It uses the MTK MT3318 chipset and claims up to 23 hrs per charge. Colour LEDs show satellite lock, bluetooth connection and low charge. They can be bought on eBay for about GB£25. Performance seems much the same as my older GPSlim 236, in a slightly smaller package. Only disadvantage is not being able to carry a spare battery. More info at Holux's site --LeedsTracker 18:50, 22 January 2009 (UTC) HP iPaq hw6915Windows Mobile 5 device (WinPDA), with integrated GPS, camera, GSM phone, wifi and square 240x240 pixel display. Official site, technicalities.
HP iPaq rx5940UKWindows Mobile 5 device (WinPDA), with integrated GPS, WIFI, Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0
HP IPAQ 3970 windows PocketPC 2002
HTC Artemis (=O2 XDA Orbit)HTC Artemis is a PDA using Windows Mobile 6 Pro OS. It contains a Lithium Ion accumulator. More info:
HTC HeroHTC Hero is a Mobile Phone running Android. It has a replaceable MicroSD card for tracks or geotagged images, and the posibility to expose this as a removable drive for Windows/Linux/Mac computers.
Geotagged images: Footprints is a photo geotagging application that comes with the phone. With the GPS active, you can use it to take photos and later export them as *.kmz-files to the MicroSD. These can be unzipped for access to geotagged JPG files. These can then be viewed in for example JOSM using the AgPifoJ-plugin. Tracks: The phone is not delivered with any application that easily can be used for gps tracking. My tracks from Google is a Android application avalible in the Marked that can save tracks and later convert these to *.kml og *.gpx for you.
i.Trek M7GPS receiver. Very fast fix time. 5 Hz updates. Charges via USB. It can be used both via USB (USB-serial emulation working fine on Linux) and Bluetooth. Kapsys KaptenHomepage of manufacturer: http://www.kapsys.com Voice controlled navigation device, suitable for the blind, no display. Leadtek 9553/9553X/9559X
If you always carry around your PDA or notebook to get traces, this is a very good GPS receiver for a fair price. Leadtek LR 9553D
Magellan
Magellan Professional - MobileMapper CEMobile Mapper CE is a rugged DGPS device which runs on Windows CE. The GPS feature offers 14 parallel channels and can use DGPS correction from EGNOS, WAAS or GLONASS. So you can get a submetric precision. Generally it take a few minutes to initialize and fixing a new position and a few more to get on DGPS. Then, it's very fast to get a new fix even when it is partially obstructed by masks. It's rugged and waterproof (1.5 m) and the lithium-ion battery is designed to give 8 hours of power. You can directly share data with SD Memory Card, by connecting with ActiveSync or with Bluetooth. The Mobile Mapper CE is particulaly designed for GIS professionals so you can find mobile GIS software which run on it like : Arcpad or Edipocket. Softwares takes benefit of the windows CE .NET environnement, the full-color display with touch panel and the integrated alphanumeric keyboard. I have made a comparative log of a Thales MobileMapper CE (MMCE) and a FAC GDL30 MMC DATA LOGGER (a kind of GPS blackbox). You can see it here : It's :
I have never use any Garmin GPS so I don't have any point of comparaison for urban mapping. But, one of the purpose of the MMCe is its quality of detecting SNR signal (Signal sur bruit in french) and the ability of fixing it. It is specially dedicated of using in urban environnement (to avoide urban canyoning effect) and under the forest canopy. The MMCE is more dedicated for static mapping than for kinetic mapping. It is not configured to estimate a point with the coordinates of last one evaluated with speed and azimuth. The main difference between the MMCE and MMPro belong to the software. The MMCE comes with WindowsMobile CE (v. 5?) but without any mapping software. The MM Pro come with Thales mapping software. Alban 07:56, 15 Aug 2006 (BST). edited by Blackadder 08:34, 15 Aug 2006 (BST) See also:
Magellan Professional - MobileMapper Pro... Magnex DataLogger
Motorola A780The Motorola A780 mobile phone with build-in GPS receiver can be used with the BikeAtor-Software to track GPS. New versions of BikeAtor directly store tracklogs in GPX format compatible with JOSM. The original battery only lasts about 2 hours, but of course it could be replaced with one of a higher capacity to easily double the time. Other devices might give more exact results, but keep in mind: It's a cellphone with full navigation on board! No need for thinking about if you will or won't need your GPS - it's there, because you won't leave your cellphone at home, will you? Mio P550Mio P550 is a PDA that runs Windows Mobile 5. It has a built-in GPS module with the SiRFstar III chipset. It´s possible to attach an external antenna. The device also features Bluetooth and WLAN. Car mount is included in the package. The device can be bought with or without included maps and navigation software from MIO. A few of the devices sold before August 2006 had a problem with weak signal level, but the problem has now been acknowledged by Mio. Questions about the device can be asked to user:eriso
The main problem with battery life appears to be caused by the Windows ActiveSync software continually trying to make PC contact. To fix this, follow this link: http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=56706&whichpage=10 This details a procedure which adds a dummy connection, then sets ActiveSync to manual. As a result, battery life is extended considerably. The Mio software also seems to be a bit of a battery hog. If you just want to log your track, look at Beeline GPS software - its inexpensive and includes a lot of useful geo-caching functions for quick annotation.
Mitac/Mio DigiWalker C510A standard car navigation unit driven by SIRFstarIII and WinCE with simple media support and Bluetooth. As delivered the iGo software is completely useless for mapping, since it is not possible to get the GPX files out of the device. However, if you don't mind voiding the warranty, go to http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=61233&whichpage=1 and learn how to hack it to add that feature (it is quite easy).
NavGear PX3015Really look like Transystem i-Blue 747
Navibe GB732Interface: Bluetooth Display: none Memory: 0 Trackpoints Chipset: SiRFstarIII Price: €~50 (eBay) The GB732 seems to be a pretty cheap and good device. It is proven to work with PC, Nokia 6230i and Nokia E61. The signal strength is pretty good and it outputs NMEA. Coupled with the Nokia 6230i running TrekBuddy it's a perfect solution for logging. The 6230i has a slot for MMC cards (up to 256 MiB) and TrekBuddy logs to the GPX format. This format can be used directly to upload it to OSM. Alternatively it can log to NMEA. It also has a separate rechargeable, replaceable battery (compatible with Nokia 6230i) with 1050 mAh, a hard power switch (no standby) and an external antenna connector (not really necessary since the internal antenna gets lock on 6-8 satellites outside). The device has 3 LEDs: Bluetooth, Battery, Satellite. It seems to be made in China since the manual and the drivers CD feature simplified and traditional chinese as main languages (others available, too). It comes with a USB recharging cable (USB -> MiniUSB), a car charger and a normal charger. All in all a good device for a small price.
Navibe GB735
It is proven to work with PC and SE K600i (with TrekkBuddy).
... Navibe GM720
Works very well in combination with gpsd on Linux. Very cheap, but comes with minimal documentation and without software. It is also possible (although unlikely, and this is not a specific risk for this particular device but probably for each "gpsmouse" device) to mess up the settings in such a way that one cannot connect any more with the device, leaving one no solution but to open it and disconnect the battery (which is soldered) to reset the device to its factory defaults. Of course this voids your warranty. See also the utility SirfDemo. Navilock BT-359It's the same as the Globalsat BT-359 (except the logo). Connection: Bluetooth
Works good with Nokia phones (6230i and 6300) and GPS Track. Navilock BT-348Connection: Bluetooth
Works fine with: gpsd (Mac), Cetus GPS (Palm), cotoGPS (Palm), GPS4Palm (Palm). Navilock BT-455PDLPhoto Data Logger Connection: Bluetooth and USB
Mini-CD with proprietary software, installs as iTravel-Tech Application. Functions:
Not so good things:
Navilock NL-302UBased on the engine board EM-411 from Navilock mounted in a more or less waterproof casing and an attached USB cable. Connection: USB
Works good with gpsd! Navilock NL-456DL (EasyLOGGER)(Wintec WPL 1000 Easy Showily) Connection: USB
Good experience: small, lightweight, concentrates on basic features, cheep in Germany (70.0 Eur), Possibility to set PDOP, TDOP, Sat Nr masks,... for user that knows the GPS parameters quite well Navman/Mio MoovS35 model approx $NZ300 including NZ navigation
--EliotB 00:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC) Medion (general)Here you can find information about the hardware of almost every Medion (german only): Wiki on gopal-navigator.de Medion GoPal Navigator 3 ME
Sold at ALDI-Nord as Medion MD 96310 (E3210), navigation system. Software supports tracking, but this function is disabled by default. If a folder named "Tracks" is created, the device logs all tracks there. This folder can be located either on internal flash disk (in folder "\My Flash Disk") or on optional SD-Card (in folder "\Storage Card"). The internal flash disk has very limited free space, the SD-Card can at least be up to 2 GiB in size. Tracks are stored in *.trk format, which can easily be converted to *.gpx with GOPALnachGPX(). Data transfer via USB and Active Sync (works fine with Windows 2000 and XP). As this device is a navigation system there aren't any controls for GPS, although some people created alternative skins which give more control. Tracking runs always in background if the navigation is running, in card view mode as well as in navigation mode. The recorded track contains the real positional data, not aligned to any street data. Medion GoPal Navigator 4 ME
Sold at ALDI-South as Medion MD 96860 (E3212), navigation system. Software supports tracking out of the box. The recorded track contains the real positional data, not aligned to any street data. To turn tracking on, do this:
The track will be saved in *.gpx format in the folder "/My Flash Disk/UserTracks". Merkaartor and josm can load the tracks out-of-the-box. Medion PNA470T
Navigon MobileNavigator 4.X/5.X/6.XThe software is able to store the NMEA logs parallel to normal card view, but also in navigation mode. It is the real GPS position stored and not the displayed one!! The software tries to position the arrow always on the nearest street. First you have to edit the file NavLib.ini in the MobileNavigator folder (MN|6: Edit mn6/NaviLib.ini). Search here for the section [GPS]. If it not exist create it. Then enter the line Autolog=1. This enables the logging function. 0 means no logging. Store the file. All logs are stored in the Windows folder (From MN|6.2: Stored in mn6 folder). So be careful with long trips! They are named "GPS Log Day-Month-Year Hour-Minute.txt". When your tracks are logged you can move the files with ActiveSync on your computer and translate it with gpsbabel from NMEA to GPX. And now you can load them into josm. Navman 3450 IPAQ SleeveA GPS receiver built into the IPAQ expansion-pack form-factor. Although the earlier models suffered from RF-interfence and excessively long warm-up times, the 3450 model seems to have solved most of these issues. It also has an external antenna connection for improved in-vehicle reception. Once the unit warms up (1-3 minutes), it will find and hold lock with clear skys with ease. Performance near buildings and under trees is also quite good, as it will often hold a 3D lock. I found the visualGPSce program to work well. Navman support Click on the PocketPC image. Click on the 3450 image.
... Navman N20(/N40i/N60i)These Navman satellite navigation devices are not PDAs, but they run Windows CE. They can be used for OSM by enabling the "GPS data logging" function, which can be found in the fourth "Route preferences" screen (see Navman N-Series User Manual, page 110). For the iCN 500 series a similar option seems to be available, see Navman iCN 500 series User Manual, page 64–65 (option "Track Recording"). When this option is enabled, the device will save .log files in the My Documents directory. These files grow until they are 2 MiB, in which case a new file is created and used. When the device is full, it appears to start removing older files. The files can be downloaded to your computer using Actice Sync or SynCE using Linux. The .log files use the NMEA file format which can be translated to GPX by gpsbabel.
I can't compare the quality of the GPS logs to any other device. Track points are written every second, so every movement will get logged. The system can track a maximum of 12 satellites and has an external antenna connector. Navman PiN 570Car navigation system. To take track logs, go to Setup -> Guidance tab. Under Route Recording click Start, then enter file name etc. The *.gps log file is an NMEA file which can be converted to GPX format using GPSBabel
Nokia LD-1W (Bluetooth)
Nokia LD-3W (Bluetooth)
Includes DC-4 car charger, is compatible with the default Nokia AC-4E charger. The SiRF chipset is by default in "static navigation" mode, so doing mapping at anything under highway speeds will be a bit of a pain without changing the setting. Nokia Smartphones (general)The Nokia N95, N79, N810, E71, E90, 5330 XpressMusic, 5800 XpressMusic, 6220 Classic & 6110 (among others) have built-in GPS unit. It's useful have an up-to-date version of the Nokia software that uses AGPS to substantially speed up start up times (without the update, every time the GPS gets activated, it needed to perform a 'cold start' and download full almanac data from the satellites, which took several minutes). According to Nokia, on the N95 you get the best reception by sliding the keypad out, then holding the phone upsidedown, so that the numeric keypad is at the top, and has a clear view of the sky. However, once the phone has a GPS lock, it's fairly good about holding it when you close the keypad, and hold the phone. At least all Nokia smartphones based on Symbian S60 3th or 5th edition phones will communicate with external GPS devices using Bluetooth. There are many free alternatives for capturing GPS tracks. You can also geotag photos taken using these phones using Nokia's free Location tagger software.
MrGPS is an high-performance, compact, robust, comprehensive application which logs GPS tracks and provides real time statistics with voice aid. It produces GPX logs including track segmentation and waypoints. The speech capabilities of MrGPS allow real-time hands-free assistance. Geotagging is also provided, with the possibility to quickly associate names to tagged positions. To meet the widest customization requirements and address differentiated usage needs, MrGPS provides 240+ configuration settings through menus and property files. MrGPS has specialized functionalities to monitor and report altitudes via visible and voice based alerts and can integrate applications to upload produced logs to your personal cloud storage. MrGPS has many corollary functions, like automatic time GPS sync, configurable voice clock, astronomic calendar, system information tool and others. Documentation: MrGPS
Download Sportstracker, a free GPS tracking program from Nokia research labs. It allows to record a trip and export it to GPX directly. The software page says it is compatible with the following phones: N71, N73, N75, N76, N79, N80, N80ie, N91, N92, N93, N93i, N95, E50, E60, E61, E61i, E62, E65, E70, E90, 3250, 5500 Sport, 6290, 6110 Navigator, 6210 Navigator, 6220 Classic. To start recording, select New Workout, and then when you have a satellite fix, press Start. At the end press Options > Stop. To save a route, select Training Diary, select the date, open the workout, then Options > Save workout > Export as GPX.
You can download TTGPSLogger, a GPS logger software for Symbian S60 3rd Edition(FP1, FP2) and 5th Edition. The GPS tracking log can be written in NMEA, GPX, or KML format by using Built-in GPS or Bluetooth GPS. It is necessary to sign TTGPSLogger before installing it. Please read the documentation for details.
WhereAmI also works on Nokia Symbian phones. It shows your position on downloadable OSM maps but can also generate GPX trails and waypoints (text, numbered, photo and audio). Nokia N95 (Smartphone)
Nokia N810 (Internet tablet)Nokia N810 is sold as an "Internet Tablet". It is a pocket size Linux computer with a built-in GPS, wlan and USB connectivity, Bluetooth, sound in/out, a not very useful camera, tiny but very functional keyboard, and a much higher resolution (touch screen) display than e.g. the Apple iPod Touch which is probably the main competitor (though not in our field because that doesn't have a GPS). It's 13×7×1.5 cm approx and comes with a car bracket (which can be adapted for bike handlebar mounting with some ingenuity). Note it *doesn't* include a mobile phone (though you connect through one using Bluetooth). As well as the 2 GB solid state disk, there is a miniSD card which makes storage expandable. You would be hard put to fill 8 GB of card with tracks, but voice notes run at about 60 MiB per hour. It's comparatively expensive a solution, though no doubt second hand ones will start coming on the market in due course. However, if you are using audio notes (recommended, see below), the device can record these for you as well, so you don't need a separate dictaphone. The use of the GPS is highly dependent on which software is used. At the moment, OSM mappers will want to install Maemo mapper. This records and displays tracks over a map background which is OSM's Mapnik by default. Unless started in the same place as it was previously stopped, the GPS/Mapper takes quite a long to to get a fix, but once it has it is nicely dense and apparently pretty reliable (though is just as vulnerable to woodland and tall buildings as other GPSs). I (David.earl) have found a very efficient way to use it is with a Bluetooth headset (with the microphone covered with a bit of washing up sponge to suppress wind noise) to record continuous audio, and an adapted version of Maemo Mapper which provides for a single touch anywhere on the screen to make auto-numbered waypoints (so I can use gloves - essential on a bike in winter). The absence of wires is a big plus. The battery life can be a problem. It is about 4.2 hours with the display on continuously (presumably this will degrade as the battery ages). Obviously you could carry a spare battery, but I bought a cheap AA battery cage which means I can power it on external rechargable NiMH batteries if the built in one runs out. 4 hours of urban mapping at one go is quite a long session anyway through. On the whole it has been pretty reliable, but it has crashed once on me while surveying and meant I lost an hour's worth of tracks (I think I might modify Maemo Mapper to do a periodic autosave, but in the meantime frequent saves are recommended). I don't think you'd necessarily buy this just for mapping, but if you want a mobile browser, media player, note taker, navigator, PDA etc, this could be a good solution for you. I certainly like it. Footnote: Maemo Mapper currently seems to have a track limit of about 5 MiB in a single track. (AC7SS) Nokia N800 (Internet tablet)The predecessor to the N810, this device deosn't have a GPS. But used with a bluetooth GPS, you can get to use pretty much the same combination of software as the N810. The advantage is the much lower cost. Progin T-368
Unfortunately all SD cards in the image did not work on both two of these devices I had ordered. A new 2 GiB Transcend card however worked out of the box. O2 (general)O2 is a German mobile phone company. The PDAs labelled as O2 are mostly (or all?) produced by HTC and have a different name. If you know the name, please complete the list.
Pentagram PathFinder P3106Specifications according to the manufacturer:
The device can be set up and logs can be downloaded over bluetooth with the MTK GPS Datalogger Device Control Tool BT747 which can be used on Windows, Linux, Java Phones, PalmOS and WinCE. BT747 info:
Battery life:
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Qstarz BT-Q818Small bluetooth GPS mouse, reasonably priced at €85 (March 2007), excluding shipping. Some specs as specified by the manufacturer:
Might be the same device as Transystem i-Blue 747. Qstarz BT-Q1000P Travel RecorderIt's a bluetooth GPS logger based on the MTK chipset. Specifications according to the manufacturer:
The device can be set up and logs can be downloaded over bluetooth with the MTK GPS Datalogger Device Control Tool BT747 which can be used on Windows, Linux, Java Phones, PalmOS and WinCE. With this Software the Qstarz can be configured to log at up to 5 Hz! Qstarz BT-Q1000X Travel RecorderIt's a bluetooth GPS logger based on the MTK II chipset. mtkbabel works fine with this device. Qstarz BT-Q1200 Solar Travel RecorderThis is also referred as Super 99 Bluetooth GPS Travel Recorder. It's a bluetooth GPS tracker based on the MTK chipset. The small solar panel on the front of the device helps to preserve the battery. Specifications according to the manufacturer:
The good news is that this device is perfectly working with linux using the BT747 tool. Note that this device has a smaller patch antenna than the BT-Q1000 models which may impact sensitivity. See the review at gpspassion Qstarz BT-Q1300 Nano
BT747 is compatible with the BT-Q1300 too. Ricoh 500SE
RoyalTek
Scytex NaviGPS / Locosys (B)GT-11
A compact GPS with basic navigation capabilities and data logging. No facility to display a map. The GPS performance seems to be acceptable. It makes a nice bleep and flashes a red light when it achieves lock-on which is nice and reassuring. The unit is solid, well constructed and quite compact. It is waterproof (useful if it rains, or for other forms of wet mapping) It contains a non-replaceable rechargeable li-ion batteries with a maximum battery life of 32 hours. The standard version comes with a car charger as standard. Both models have a USB serial connection for upload and recharging. The ability to recharge via the USB cable is a very nice feature. It also comes with a standard adaptor for recharging from a car and the most compact and nifty 240 volt mains adaptor I have ever seen. The screen is small (33×21 mm; 128×64 pixels) but quite readable in daylight with mostly clear displays. The status symbols on the right of the screen (2D/3D, battery indicator, etc.) are quite small and hard to see (with my eyesight). The backlight is red which is a bit unusual (maybe it's intended to preserve night-vision?). It is easy to accidentally set it permanently on, or permanently off, rather than the default auto-off mode. It has only 2 buttons for operation: an On/Off/Escape button and a joystick-like button for menu navigation. The joystick can be operated, albeit a bit clumsily, while wearing thin gloves and riding a bicycle. Not sure if it would be possible while wearing very thick gloves (eg ski-gloves). The manual comes as a PDF document on a CD, or can be downloaded (see below). It is well written (for a Taiwanese user manual), and runs to 66 pages. The editor's introduction is written from the heart and is a nice touch. It has all the standard basic GPS features: routes, waypoints and track-logs (but no map display). A trip meter is provided that is clearly designed for the cyclist. It also has configurable alerts for speed, altitude and destinations which some people might find useful. It comes with a simple Windows application for uploading/downloading routes, waypoints and trackpoints. Installation of the USB serial driver was a bit fiddly, but otherwise it works fine. In the software "Version 1.1 B20060228" there are two main download options (Oziexplorer/GPX/CSV and Waypoint+) in addition to the raw NMEA files. This software version also uses GPSBabel to export the data in KML format suitable for use with Google Maps and Google Earth. There is a backup/restore function which creates a 512k binary file which I suppose is a dump of its flash memory. For Linux users, the Windows application appears to work OK using wine. The USB interface on the device is supported by the pl2303 driver and appears as a serial port (e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0) providing raw NMEA data for gpsd or gpsdrive. Some further Linux information is at NaviLink for Linux. This page includes a link to a page describing a Perl script that can be used in place of the Windows program provided with the device. It can record 8,192 track points in the built-in flash memory at "compact", 1, 5, 10, 30 and 60 second intervals.
It has a slot for an SD memory card which records tracks in NMEA format. A new log file is started as soon as the device is turned on and records continuously. We assume a:
The SD card track log data can not be read via the USB cable. You need to remove the card and use an external card reader. Initially the device failed to write any data to my SD card but it worked fine after selecting the "format card" option. The same card had been working fine in a digital camera so perhaps the NaviGPS is a little fussy about the formatting of the card (that's probably because the NaviGPS expects the card to be formatted without a partition table and will not use the card if it contains one). To convert the track logs from NMEA to a format usable by openstreetmap, see the NMEA page.
Seems to be ideal for the cyclist capturing tracklogs for OSM. Excellent price.
The PDF manual for the NaviGPS is available from the Scytex website; the manual for the GT-11/BGT-11 is available from the Locosys Technology website (these manuals are essentially identical).
The NaviGPS page contains notes about the operation of the unit.
I have written a simple Perl script for grabbing routes from google maps in KML, and converting/saving them to .wtp/.rte format. The usage is: > gmap2ozi.pl [ routename ] [ postcode 1 ] [ postcode 2 ] This could be made more generic quite easily — it is just a first stab! I wrote it out of frustration at my inability in getting useful information onto the device. It is available at http://ave.wrigley.name/gmap2ozi.pl. Scytex NaviGPS / Locosys (B)GT-31
A new NaviGPS was announced at CES 2008, featuring a SiRFstarIII chipset. It became available for sale in May 2008. Manufacturer-provided documentation is available here.
The GT-31 saves tracks to its internal SD card in a binary format (depending on the setting, the data are either NMEA or SBN). GPSBabel is capable of converting this via the "navilink" option ( Sony GPS-CS1The GPS-CS1 is a small and lightweight unit that runs on one AA battery (10 hours) and stores data (NMEA text files) on its internal memory (about 32 MiB). Memory is then accessible as a standard USB key by any OS with USB mass storage capabilities. Costs around €100. The GPS-CS1 was originally conceived to georeference digital pictures in accordance with their timestamp. Thus, it assumes pedestrian motion, and records a position every 15 seconds or so. This results in a very good sampling rate when you walk, but is less optimal when you drive your car or ride a bike - especially in a city. Accuracy is honest (around 5 meters in average conditions) but sensitivity is not good. That and the 15 seconds sampling interval make it a very bad choice for urban work on anything faster than walking. But for simple rural roads it works well. Reviews : Sony Clie N seriesThis review is based on a sony Clie PEG-N770C/U. The Sony Clie N series is a low spec PDA which runs the Palm OS. The Sony Clie N series has no inbuilt GPS reciever or CF card slot. However it can plug in to an external GPS receiver such as the Haicom HI-203E. The GPS receiver needs to be powered, and the Haicom comes with a combined cable which connects the PDA, the receiver, and plugs into a car lighter socket to power the receiver and the PDA. (If you are adept with a soldering iron, you could also make a portable battery-powered adapter). The freeware Cetus GPS software can record track logs, in its own proprietory format, which can then be converted to GPX tracks using either GPS Babel or GPS TrackData.
Sony PSP (Playstation Portable)... SparkFun Logomatic Serial SD Datalogger & EM-406 Receiver and usb breakout board
All the data can be logged to NMEA in plain ASCII files, which are quite small. Thales GeomaticsSee Magellan Professional. TomTomMain article: TomTom and Event Logger Transystem i-Blue 717My package didn't say it was a Transystem device, but it seems to be one. This small device works well with PCs and Mobile Phones. It is only a GPS mouse, so there is no setup or configuration. It has the same features as the Qstarz BT-Q818, so you might want to read its reviews, to, which is also found on this page. It also appears to be identical to the BlueNext BN-800GR.
Transystem i-Blue 737
Transystem i-Blue 737A+... Transystem i-Blue 747
The device can easily be used in Linux too; e.g., using BT747. I had a little trouble setting it up, so I decided to give a little explanation on how to use it in Linux: First you need to load two modules, usbserial and cp2101 which are included in kernel 2.6.20 (probably earlier versions too, didn't check it). If the device gets plugged you'll get a device like /dev/ttyUSB0 to access your device (don't forget to give yourself permissions accordingly). The device has to be in LOG mode. It gets recognized in the other modes too, but didn't work! In case you use gpsd use gpsd -p /dev/ttyUSB0 I don't understand why but it didn't work without the "-p" switch, although the man pages states it. Hope that helped, have fun with the device ;)
Transystem i-Blue 747A+
Works since linux kernel 2.6.29 with driver cdc_acm. For earlier kernel versions have a look here. Transystem i-Blue 757 Pro/iTrek Z1
It's a good datalogger for osm under *NIX. You can have long journey with it thanks to his panel and its good battery... unfortunately, the memory can't be extended and it's limited to ~50,000 points (14 hours at 1 Hz). You can use it in a car or in bike... where you will have to take some care about it's realy poor plastic. The best util under unix seems to be mtkbabel, which fetch data and produces GPX files.
Transystem i-Blue 821
Transystem i-Blue 887
A 2.6.30 kernel allows connection via USB and then works with BT747 download here website. Gentoo users can emerge sci-geosciences/bt747. Wintec/Woxter (general)Please see the dedicated sub-page: /Wintec and Woxter Xaiox itracku
Xaiox Marathon
Xroad V4150
I nice little unit, seems to work quite well. Tracks stored in an internal database, can be exported to '.GPX' with 2 second positons (although missing elevation info). Comes with 2 GiB card with either North America or European maps. Zaapa ABTG-7000
The poor accuracy of this cheap GPS receiver will make your GPS traces quite erratic. You'd better save €30 more and go for a better model if you want to get good traces |