On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 10:40 +0100, Chris G wrote:
I'm looking for some sort of GPS/PDA set up for logging walking/cycling and to provide directions for when I'm riding my motorbike.
One suggestion is the Nokia 810 which is Linux based so that's an extra plus.
One thing to be aware of from googling, out of the box the mapping capability of the N810 seems limited unless you pony up some more money to enable the full feature-set of the built in software.
As standard I think it is unable to do directions/navigation. Also I think it requires an Internet connection to do this bit anyway so you are either going to chew through your mobile data plan or know exactly where you are going before you leave home/go out of range of wifi
It's a shame the otherwise excellent Google Maps for Mobile isn't supported, but that again would need a continuous Internet connection, I had it on a demo E90 for a bit and it did chew the bandwidth (even more so on sat view)
Aside from that I am not aware of any good mapping/navigation software that works on the N810 when it is offline, so while it could cope pretty well with the position logging I think it will be pretty limited in terms of a navigation device...also the battery life might be a problem because I presume it would have to remain fully powered for the GPS to work.
I think this might be one of those cases where a dedicated device is a better option, there is third party software for the more recent tomtom's that allows a position log to be created such as NEMALogger