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(More customer reviews)I have used several GPSs over the years and this one takes the cake. It went on a trip to Ireland the Scotland with me and performed so well I am thinking of new ways to push it to see where it might fail.
First it locked on just about anywhere, inside airports while in my luggage, inside the overhead bin on the plane while inside my luggage, inside cars while in my pants pocket, in buildings, in hotels, in pubs large and small. It locked on everywhere, and when it did not it just kept me in the same location until it did find a lock, meaning it did show me bouncing all over the place when I was really just sitting still.
Secondly the software is OK, I did use it for downloading the data, setting up the GPS, exporting to GPX and Google Earth, and some preliminary review of the days events, but really that was it. So I cannot talk to how it does anything else, nor do I much care. It does what I needed it to do very well with no problems or complaints. I ran it on XP SP3 on 2 machines and it had no issues of any kind.
Thirdly it lasts FOREVER. I left it run almost 2 days, nearly 42 hours, before it died. 42 hours. That is amazing. Plus since it charges via USB I can charge it ANYWHERE. I can charge from my laptop, desktop, car charger, wall charger, even from those little engergizer 2xAA battery thingies. I even made a charger from a USB cable and a 4xAA battery holder. So I can charge this from rechargeable batteries as needed without connecting to my laptop.
Forthly it stores a lot of info. I have easily almost 2 weeks of time, in 1 minute increments about 10-16 hours a day, stored on here. You cannot erase from it , it just overwrites the old stuff, so I can see all the way back to when I first got it still, plus the 9 day Ireland/Scotland trip, plus all the flights to and from, plus misc playing around with it. It is all still on there. Amazing.
The one thing you really really really do have to do though if you plan to geotag photos, and I know you already know this but just listen anyways, is to sync the camera clock to GPS time (in your home timezone if possible). My camera time drifts, I had synced it before maybe 6 months ago when using the Garmin GPS around home, but I was 5 minutes off, which would be fine except that my shots of a given church were blocks away, my shots of the Cliffs of Moher are geotagged from the parking lot, etc until I corrected for the drift. There is no way to tell what time this GPS thinks it is, but since all GPS receivers use the same time it is a simple matter of syncing to any GPS or just to a reputable Stratum 1 or 2 time source online.
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Hardware: # Adopt MTK II latest chipset with high sensitivity -165dBm and 66-Channel tracking# Ultra lower power consumption up to 42hrs operation# Less than 15-Sec. AGPS fix support: download almanac data to realize faster TTFF and positioning under warm start# Stand-Alone travel recorder to log up to 400,000 records (*)# Easily switch Travel Recorder to LOG mode or NAV mode (Navigation + Log)# Support button push manually to memorize your location immediately# Update Rate 1~5Hz changeable by utility provided# G-Mouse + Bluetooth in one: wired and wireless GPS receiver# Fast Position Fix ,Cold start 35s, Warm start 33s,Hot start 1s# Auto On-Off function for smart power control# Personal/Portable Navigation (PDA, Smartphone, PC, etc.)# QZSS, DGPS(WAAS+EGNOS+MSAS) supportSoftware:# Support Multi-mode setting to record data (Vehicle, Bicycle, Jog)# Provide Travel Recorder PC Utility V4 with built-in Google Map, Multi-language support, and Visualization UI# "Wizard interface" for Utility to easily manage importing and exporting tracks# Provide RaceChrono 5Hz software for high speed sport racing# Auto track split function helps you organize your travel path# Support Track Edit function allowing you to remove unnecessary waypoints# Track playback function, changeable different track color and name# Active NMEA protocol VTG / GLL manually via Qstarz setup tool# Output your travel record as GPX / CSV / NMEA / Google Earth file format.# Draw your navigation path immediately on Google Earth as default# Support GeoTagging function for digital photo and generate KMZ file easily# The waypoints would be decreased when the more options of Log Format are selected
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