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Thinking of getting a GPS Receiver to add data to OSM? These reviews are here to help. If you think about other mapping related hardware too, look at the Hardware Guide.

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Summary

Type can be:

PDA	Data Logger	GPS Receiver	Navigator	Mobile Phone	Professional GPS
the GPS is included in a PDA.	the GPS includes an automatic geographic position logging system with extraction possibility to another electronic device	the GPS receiver can simply deliver a geographic position for another device or on a simple screen without navigation facility	the GPS includes a screen with maps and software for navigation assistance	the GPS is included in a mobile phone device	the GPS is designated for massive or accurate geographic survey

Storage can be:

Internal	Compact Flash (CF)	MemoryStick (MS)	MultiMedia (MMC)	Secure Digital (SD)	Smart Media (SM)	xD-Picture Card (XD)	None
Specify the capacity		or or	or	, or			none

Common GPS chipsets are SiRF Star, I, II, IIe, IIe/LP, IIt, III, SiRFLoc, SiRFXTrac, Nemerix, RFMD, MTK, Sony Solution, u-Nav + iTrax 3rd Gen, Atmel Antaris 4l, u-blox, Ublox, Xemics, HP6515 AGPS, Skytraq Venus 5.

Methods of DGPS correction can be SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS,MSAS), Beacon, Glonass, NTRIP, Direct IP, RTCM correction.

Connectivity can be achieved by :

Bluetooth	Wifi	WLAN	IrDa	USB	Serial RS232	ActiveSync	SynCE	PS/2

The file in ODS Format online GPS List

Brand	Name	Type	GPS Chipset	No. Channel	Augmentation	Data Logging Capacity	Storage	Connectivity	Estimated Price
Acer	n35	PDA	SiRFstarII	12	?	Unlimited	Internal 64MB, ,		Discont'd
Adapt	AD-850	Data Logger	SkyTraq Venus 5	44	None	120000 points/16-20 hours		(charged over Mini-USB)	€80
AGL (AMOD)	3080	Data logger	SiRF Star III	20	?	260,000 points/72 hours minimum	Internal 128MB		GB£57
Airis	T620	PDA	SiRFstarIII	12	?	Unlimited	Internal 64MB, ,		€250
Asus	Mypal A636	PDA	SiRFstarIII	20	?	Unlimited	Internal 128MB, ,		Discont'd
Asus	Mypal A636n	PDA	SiRFstarIII	20	?	Unlimited	Internal 64MB, ,		Discont'd
ATP	Photofinder	Datalogger and GPS data to Exif	SiRFstarIII	20	?	?	internal 128MB	USB OTG, , ?	ca. 100€
Blumax (also other brands)	GPS-009	GPS Receiver	SiRFstarIII	20?	SBAS (if enabled with the free SIRF demo pc program)	None	None		€40+ (one of the cheapest)
Cellink	BTG-7000	GPS Receiver	Sony	16	WAAS/EGNOS	0	None		US$ 50
Emtac	BTGPS II Trine	Data Logger	SiRFstarIIe/LP	16	?	24k	Internal 512KB		AU$ 450
FAC	GDL30 MMC	Data Logger	?	?	?	Unlimited		?
Falk	N Series	Navigator	?	12	?	Unlimited	Internal,
FIC (OpenMoko)	Freerunner	Mobile Phone	ANTARIS 4 ATR0635	?	?	Unlimited	Internal,		~300-350€
Freedom	Keychaingps 2000	GPS Receiver	MTK	51	WASS/EGNOS/MSAS	None	None	(charged over Mini-USB)
Fujitsu-Siemens	Pocket-Loox N560	PDA	SiRFstarIII	12	WAAS/EGNOS	Unlimited	Internal 64MB, ,		380-450€
Garmin	Geko 101	Data Logger	?	12	No	3k	Internal	No
Garmin	Geko 201	Data Logger	?	12	WAAS/EGNOS	10k	Internal		88€ (2008-08-01)
Garmin	Forerunner 201	Personal Trainer	?	12	?	?	Internal		139€ (2008-08-01)
Garmin	Forerunner 205	Personal Trainer	SiRFstarIII	12	?	13k	Internal		126€ (2008-08-01)
Garmin	Edge 305	Personal Trainer	SiRFstarIII	?	?	12k	Internal	?	185€ (2008-08-01)
Garmin	eTrex	Data Logger	?	12	WAAS/EGNOS	10k	Internal		Discont'd
Garmin	eTrex H	Data Logger	?	12	WAAS/EGNOS	10k	Internal		79€ (2008-08-01)
Garmin	eTrex Summit	Data Logger	?	12	WAAS/EGNOS	10k	Internal		Discont'd
Garmin	eTrex Legend	Data Logger	?	12	WAAS/EGNOS	10k	Internal		Discont'd
Garmin	eTrex Legend C	Data Logger, Navigator	?	12	WAAS/EGNOS	10k	Internal		Discont'd
Garmin	eTrex Legend CX	Data Logger, Navigator	?	12	WAAS/EGNOS	10k	Internal,		GB£ 180
Garmin	eTrex Legend HCx	Data Logger, Navigator	MediaTek MTK	?	WAAS/EGNOS	10k or to SD-card			167€ (2008-08-01)
Garmin	eTrex Venture HC	Data Logger, Navigator	?	12	WAAS/EGNOS	10k	Internal 24MB		145€ (2008-08-01)
Garmin	eTrex Venture Cx	Data Logger, Navigator	?	12	WAAS/EGNOS	10k			Discont'd
Garmin	eTrex Vista	Data Logger, Navigator	?	12	WAAS/EGNOS	10k	Internal		Discont'd
Garmin	eTrex Vista Cx	Data Logger, Navigator	?	?	WAAS/EGNOS	10k or to SD-card			Discont'd
Garmin	eTrex Vista HCx	Data Logger, Navigator	MediaTek MTK	12	WAAS/EGNOS	10k or to SD-card			203€ (2008-08-01)
Garmin	GPSmap 60CSx	Outdoor mapping GPS	SiRFstarIII	12	WAAS/EGNOS	internal or up to 2GB SD-card			349€
Garmin	Nüvi 760	Navigator	SiRF II	?	?	internal 10,000points	up to 4GB		~ 300€
GiSTEQ	CD110BT	Data Logger	MTK	51	?	internal 150,000points	internal 4MB		~ GB£ 60
GlobalSat	DG-100	Data Logger	SiRFstarIII	20	WAAS	60k	Internal		US$ 110
GlobalSat	BT-308	GPS Receiver	SiRFstarIIe/LP	12	WAAS	0	None
GlobalSat	BT-335	Data Logger	SiRFstarIII	20	WAAS	60k	Internal		€ 80
GlobalSat	BT-338	GPS Receiver	SiRFstarIII	20	WAAS/EGNOS	0	None
GlobalSat	BT-359	GPS Receiver	SiRFstarIII	20	WAAS/EGNOS	0	None		US$ 80
GlobalSat	BT-368	GPS Receiver	SiRFstarIII	20	WAAS/EGNOS/MSAS	None	None		GB£47
GlobalSat	BU-353	GPS Receiver	SiRFstarIII	20	WAAS/EGNOS	0	None		GB £28 - £57
GlobalSat	BU-303	GPS Receiver	SiRFstarII/LP	12	No	0	None		50€
GlobalSat	BR-304/5	GPS Receiver	SiRFstarIIe/LP	12	No	0	None		US$ 50
Hewlett Packard	iPaq hw6915	PDA	Globallocate AGPS	?	?	Unlimited	Internal, (max 2GB)	GPRS	€500
Holux	M-1000	GPS Receiver	MTK	32	WAAS/EGNOS	No	None		230 PLN
Holux	BT-321	GPS Receiver	RFMD	?	?	No	None
Holux	GM-210	GPS Receiver	SiRF Star II	12	?	No	None
Holux	GR-213	GPS Receiver	SiRFstarIII	?	?	No	None		~70€
Holux	GPSlim236	GPS Receiver	SiRFstarIII	20	WAAS/EGNOS (upgrade firmware)	No	None	(special USB cable)	~50€
Holux	GPSlim240	GPS Receiver	SiRFstarIII	?	?	No	None	(special USB cable)	~90€
Holux	M-241	Data Logger, GPS Receiver	MTK	32	DGPS (EGNOS/WAAS/MSAS)	130 000	Internal		~ 75 €
HTC	Artemis (= O2 XDA Orbit)	PDA	Sirf Star III	12 ?			Internal,		(no longer available) ~450€
i.Trek	M7	GPS Receiver	MTK	32	WAAS/EGNOS	No	None		~50€
Konet	BGL-32	Data Logger	MediaTek MTK	32	?	100k	Internal 16 Mb		78 €
Leadtek	LR 9553D	Data Logger, GPS Receiver	SiRFstarIII/LP	20	WAAS/EGNOS	?	Internal 4MB
Magellan	Magellan-320	Data Logger	?	?	?	1k	Internal
Magellan	SporTrak Pro	Data Logger	?	?	?	3k	Internal
Magellan	eXplorist 400	Data Logger, Navigator	?	14	WAAS/EGNOS	?	Internal 16MB,		300€
Magellan	eXplorist 500	Data Logger, Navigator	?	14	WAAS/EGNOS	?	Internal 16MB,		389€
Magellan	eXplorist 500 LE	Data Logger, Navigator	?	14	WAAS/EGNOS	?	Internal 16MB,
Magellan	eXplorist 600	Data Logger, Navigator	?	14	WAAS/EGNOS	?	Internal 16MB,		400€
Magellan	eXplorist 210	Data Logger, Navigator	?	14	WAAS/EGNOS	2k	Internal 22MB		US$ 275 / 219€
Magellan	eXplorist XL	Data Logger, Navigator	?	14	WAAS/EGNOS	?	Internal 30MB,
Magellan	eXplorist 100	GPS Receiver	?	14	WAAS/EGNOS	0	Internal 4MB	No
Magellan Professional	MobileMapper CE	Professional GPS	?	14	WAAS/EGNOS, MSAS, Glonass, Beacon, NTRIP, Direct IP, RTCM correction	Unlimited	Internal 128MB,
Magellan Professional	MobileMapper Pro	Professional GPS	?	14	WAAS/EGNOS, MSAS	Unlimited	Internal 128MB,
Mitac/Mio	DigiWalker C510	Navigator	SiRFstar III	?	?	?	Internal 512MB,		~270€
NavGear	PX3015	Data Logger, GPS Receiver	MTK	32	WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS, RTCM	170k	Internal 16MB		~80€
Navibe	GB-732	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar III	?	?	No	None		US$ 50
Navibe	GB-735	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar III	?	?	No	None		~50€
Navigon	GoPal 2.x	?	?	12	?	?	?	?
Navigon	MobileNavigator 4.X/5.X	Data Logger, Navigator	?	?	?	?	?
Navilock	BT-348	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar III	20	?	No	None		90€
Navilock	BT-359	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar III	20	?	No	None
Navilock	NL-302-U	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar III	20	?	No	None		40€
Navilock	BT-455PDL (not available anymore)	Datalogger, GPS-Receiver	SkyTraQ Venus 5	54 max.	?	100000 trackpoints, no waypoints	internal		100€
Navilock	NL-456DL (EasyLOGGER)	Data Logger	u-blox ANTARIS®4 SuperSense®	16	?	94000	internal 4MB		100€
Navman	N20	Navigator	?	12	?	?	?
Navman	N40i	Navigator	?	12	?	?	?
Navman	N60i	Navigator	?	12	?	?	?
Navman	PiN 570	PDA	?	?	?	Unlimited	Internal 64MB,		GB £130
Navman	3450 IPAQ Sleeve	PDA	?	12	?	?	Internal, (CF II)	?
Navman	B10	GPS Receiver	SiRF Star III	20	?	None	None	(charged over miniUSB)	€35+
Nokia	N and E series	Mobile Phone	SiRFstar II	?	?	Unlimited?	Internal,
Nokia	LD-1W	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar II	?	No	0	None
Nokia	LD-3W	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar III	?	No	0	None		85€
Nokia	N810	PDA (Internet Tablet)	TI GPS5300	12	None	5MB (Maemo Mapper)	Internal 2GB,		450€ US$ 400
Pentagram	PathFinder P3301	GPS Receiver	MTK	32	WAAS/EGNOS	0	None		<69€
Qstarz	BT-Q818	GPS Receiver	MTK	32	WAAS/EGNOS	0	None		US$ 85
Qstarz	BT-Q1000	Datalogger, GPS Receiver	MTK	32	WAAS/EGNOS	Yes, 100.000 datapoints, can log 5Hz	Internal 2MB,	GPS: , log:	US$ 100
Qstarz	BT-Q1000P	Datalogger + GPS Receiver	MTK	51	WAAS/EGNOS	Yes, 200.000 datapoints, can log 5Hz	Internal 4MB,	GPS: , log: ()	US$ 100
Qstarz	BT-Q1200 Solar	Datalogger, GPS Receiver	MTK	32	WAAS/EGNOS	Yes, 100.000 datapoints, can log 1Hz	Internal 2MB,		€ 130
Qstarz	BT-Q1300	Datalogger, GPS Receiver	MTK	66, -165dBm	WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS	Yes, 200.000 datapoints, can log 1Hz	Internal 4MB,		€ 119
Ricoh	500SE	Digital camera w/ GPS	?	?	No	1/photo	Internal		GB£575
Royaltek	BlueGPS RBT-3000	Data Logger	SiRFstar III	12	WAAS/EGNOS	30k	Internal		US$ 100
Royaltek	BT GPS mini RBT-1000	GPS Receiver	?	12	No	0	None
Royaltek	BT GPS x-mini RBT-2100	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar III	20	WAAS/EGNOS	0	None
Royaltek	BT GPS x-mini II RBT-2200/10	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar III	20	WAAS/EGNOS	0	None
Royaltek	RBT-2300	Data Logger	SiRFstar III	20	WAAS/EGNOS	400k..650k	Internal 64MB	Ext antenna	US$ 65
Royaltek	Mini Xtreme RBT-2110	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar III	20	WAAS/EGNOS	0	None
Royaltek	RGM-2000	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar III	20	No	0	None
Royaltek	Vnus RGM-3600	GPS Receiver	SiRFstar III	20	No	0	None
Royaltek	RGM-3800	Data Logger	SiRFstar III	20	WAAS/EGNOS	650k	Internal		~65€
Scytex/Locosys	NaviGPS GT-11	Data Logger	SiRFstar II	12	WAAS/EGNOS	80k	Internal,		GB£65
Scytex/Locosys	NaviGPS BGT-11	Data Logger	SiRFstar II	12	WAAS/EGNOS	80k	Internal,		GB£80
Scytex/Locosys	NaviGPS GT-31	Data Logger	SiRFstar III	12	WAAS/EGNOS	80k	Internal,		GB£74.99 launch Q1 2008
Scytex/Locosys	NaviGPS BGT-31	Data Logger	SiRFstar III	12	WAAS/EGNOS	80k	Internal,		GB£94.99 launch Q1 2008
Sony-Ericsson	C702	Mobile Phone	?	?	?	Unlimited	Internal 150 MB,		~280€
TomTom	Rider	(Data Logger), Navigator	SiRFstar III	20	?	Unlimited			430€ (Discont'd?)
Transystem (?)	i-Blue 717	GPS Receiver	Nemerix	16	?	none	none		30€ - 50€ (ebay)
Transystem	i-Blue 737	GPS Receiver	MTK	32	WAAS/EGNOS, MSAS	0	None		US$ 45
Transystem	i-Blue 747	Data Logger, GPS Receiver	MTK	32	WAAS/EGNOS, MSAS	70k	Internal 2MB. new version with 4MB		US$ 55
Transystem	i-Blue 757	Data Logger, GPS Receiver	MTK	32	WAAS/EGNOS, MSAS	50k	Internal 1MB		US$
Telefunken SAfrica	TGPS-374 / Axxion 374	WinCE device	?	12	-	3rd party SW : Unlimited	Internal 64MB		R1,700 - R2,000
Wintec	WBT-201	Data Logger, Navigator	u-blox Antaris 4	16	WAAS/EGNOS	131k	Internal		US$ 89 (?) / 90€ (2008-08-03)
Xaiox	Itracku	Data Logger, Navigator	Nemerix	16	?	250k	Internal		~100€
Xroad	V4150	Data Logger, Navigator	SiRFstar III	12	WAAS/TCM (option)	Upto 2GByte		(with hacking)	~$160
Yakumo	DeltaX-5 BT	PDA	SiRFstar III	12	?	Unlimited	Internal 512MB, ,		~250€

Units are listed alphabetically (Garmin,TomTom and /Wintec_and_Woxter units are listed on dedicated page). PDA based GPS receivers can be found under the PDA devices heading.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Adapt 2.1 Adapt AD-500 2.2 Adapt AD-850 3 Alan 3.1 Alan MAP 500 3.2 Alan MAP 600 4 Asus 4.1 Asus GPS BT100 5 ATP 5.1 Photo Finder 6 Blumax 7 Cellink 7.1 Cellink BTG-7000 8 EMTAC 8.1 EMTAC BTGPS II Trine Datalogger 9 FAC 9.1 FAC GDL30 MMC DATA LOGGER 10 Falk 10.1 Falk N Series 10.2 FIC Freerunner (OpenMoko) 11 Freedom 12 Garmin 13 Globalsat 13.1 Bluetooth 13.1.1 Globalsat BT-308 13.1.2 Globalsat BT-338 13.1.3 Globalsat BT-359 13.1.4 Globalsat BT-368 13.2 USB mouse 13.2.1 Globalsat BR-305 13.2.2 Globalsat BU-353 13.3 Datalogger / USB mouse 13.3.1 Globalsat DG-100 13.3.2 Globalsat BT-335 13.4 RS-232 13.4.1 Globalsat BR-304 14 Holox 14.1 Holox BT 321 15 Holux 15.1 Holux GM-210 15.2 Holux GPSlim236 15.3 Holux GPSlim240 15.4 Holux GR-213 15.5 Holux M-241 16 i.Trek 16.1 i.Trek M7 17 Leadtek 17.1 Leadtek 9553 / 9553X / 9559X 17.2 Leadtek LR 9553D 18 Magellan 18.1 Magellan 320 18.2 Magellan eXplorist 100 18.3 Magellan eXplorist 210 18.4 Magellan eXplorist 400 18.5 Magellan eXplorist 500 18.6 Magellan eXplorist 500 LE 18.7 Magellan eXplorist 600 18.8 Magellan eXplorist XL 18.9 Magellan SporTrak Pro 18.10 Magellan Triton Range 19 Magellan Professional (ex Thales Geomatics) 19.1 Magellan Professional - MobileMapper CE 19.2 Magellan Professional - MobileMapper Pro 20 Motorola 20.1 Mobile Phone 20.1.1 Motorola A780 21 Mitac/Mio 21.1 Mitac/Mio DigiWalker C510 21.1.1 Pros 21.1.2 Cons 22 NavGear 22.1 NavGear PX3015 23 Navibe 23.1 Navibe GB732 23.2 Navibe GB735 24 Navilock 24.1 Bluetooth 24.1.1 Navilock BT-359 24.1.2 Navilock BT-348 24.2 Bluetooth and USB 24.2.1 Navilock BT-455PDL (Photo Data Logger) 24.3 USB 24.3.1 Navilock NL-302U 24.3.2 Navilock NL-456DL (EasyLOGGER) 25 Medion 25.1 Medion GoPal Navigator 3 ME 25.2 Medion GoPal Navigator 4 ME 25.3 Medion PNA470T 26 Navigon 26.1 Navigon MobileNavigator 4.X/5.X/6.X 27 Nokia 27.1 Bluetooth 27.1.1 Nokia LD-1W 27.1.2 Nokia LD-3W 27.2 Mobile Phone 27.2.1 Nokia N Series, E Series, 6290, 6110 Navigator & 6220 Classic 27.3 Internet Tablet 27.3.1 Nokia N810 27.3.2 Nokia N800 28 PDA devices 28.1 Acer 28.1.1 Acer n35 GPS 28.1.2 Acer N50 28.2 Billionton CF-card 28.3 HTC 28.3.1 HTC Artemis (=O2 XDA Orbit) 28.4 Sony Clie N series 28.5 Mio P550 28.6 Navman 28.6.1 Navman N20(/N40i/N60i) 28.6.2 Navman 3450 IPAQ Sleeve 28.6.3 Navman PiN 570 28.7 Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket-Loox N560 29 Hewlett Packard 29.1 HP iPaq hw6915 29.2 HP iPaq rx5940UK 30 O2 31 Qstarz 31.1 Qstarz BT-Q818 31.2 BT-Q1000P Travel Recorder 31.3 BT-Q1200 Solar Travel Recorder 32 Ricoh 32.1 Ricoh 500SE 33 RoyalTek 33.1 RoyalTek BT GPS mini RBT 1000 33.2 RoyalTek BT GPS x-mini RBT-2100 33.3 RoyalTek Mini Xtreme RBT-2110 33.4 RoyalTek GPS x-mini II RBT-2200/RBT-2210 33.5 RoyalTek RBT-2300 33.6 RoyalTek BlueGPS RBT 3000 33.7 RoyalTek Vnus GPS-Mouse RGM-3600 33.8 RoyalTek RGM-3800 33.9 RoyalTek RGM 2000 34 Scytex / Locosys 34.1 Scytex NaviGPS / Locosys (B)GT-11 34.2 Scytex NaviGPS / Locosys (B)GT-31 34.2.1 Availability 34.2.2 Downloading Tracks 35 Sony 35.1 Sony GPS-CS1 36 Sparkfun Components 36.1 Logomatic Serial SD Datalogger & EM-406 Receiver and usb breakout board 37 Thales Geomatics 38 Tom Tom 39 Transystem 39.1 Transystem i-Blue 717 39.2 Transystem i-Blue 737 39.3 Transystem i-Blue 747 39.3.1 Linux usage 39.4 Transystem i-Blue 757 Pro / iTrek Z1 39.4.1 Recommended use 39.4.2 Good Things 39.4.3 Bad things 40 Wintec/Woxter 41 Xaiox 41.1 Xaiox itracku 42 Xroad 42.1 Xroad V4150 43 Zaapa 43.1 Zaapa ABTG-7000

Adapt

Adapt AD-500

• Price: Around 75€–90€
• Track rate: one point per two seconds, one speed update per second
• Battery life: around 20 hours
• Connection: Bluetooth
• Chipset: Nemerix
• Max satellites: 16

Good things

• Very small: around 2×3×4cm
• Not terribly expensive
• External connector (never used it myself)
• Quite reliable, once it has a fix.

Bad things

• Can take a while to get a good fix if not in open air

Summary I find the accuracy quite good once it has been given some time to get a good fix. However, if you go into a building and then come out it sometimes gets confused and needs some time to recover. If you try to use it in this state, the update frequency drops and become quite erratic. Being in a city probably doesn't help. I find just holding it on your hand for a minute is enough (the red light starts flashing when it's got a good fix).

I've only used it on my bike and on foot where it works fine. Can't comment on car usage. User:Kleptog

Adapt AD-850

• Price: €80
• Track rate: 1 point/second (configurable, but only from a (Windows) PC with dedicated application)
• Battery life: around 20 hours
• Connection: Bluetooth 1.2
• Max satellites: 44
• Chipset: SkyTraq Venus 5
• Dedicated PC application can be used to read the log, clear it, and convert it to kml (Google Earth) format. It can also be used to read out the live position (NMEA).

Good things

• Small and light (7,7×4,3×1,8 cm, 55g)
• Quick fix and keeps working under foliage, underneath trees, inside some buildings/structures and often inside trains.
• Goes a long way on one battery charge
• High memory capacity for log points (120000)
• Can be used as a GPS mouse (BT) (NMEA output)
• It has two antislip 'feet', that (when new) allow it to be stuck against a window

Bad things

• GPS traces seem to be "smoothed" sometimes - It's cutting corners when not under a clear sky. I see it do that mostly under foliage. This is weird, since it would have to 'calculate' those points. It would be better if it would simply interrupt writing points. Maybe this is something that happens during the conversion of the internal format over kml to gpx.
• Not possible to reset logs without a PC, i.e. there is no application to do so from Windows Mobile and for Linux
• No external antenna (not needed either)
• Wrong position when next to walls like eg. houses leading in a specific direction.
• Battery can be replaced but is proprietary: 3.7V Li-Ion Battery Pack ( Mobile Phone Battery ? )
• Only a charger for in the car is deliverd with it, no mains. It's a standard mini-USB connector though, so it can be charged from a computer as well or with this: Keomo Charging Bank External Accu (2200 mAh). The USB connector does not connect to an internal USB-port. So no USB connectivity only BT.
• Data format ( .log, .logg ) seems to be non standard. See comment below.
• Not supported by gpsd. Therefore also no support for GPSDrive and other software relying on gpsd.

Remarks

• When you get one and you are using Windows Vista. It may be necessary to do the following: Rename the tool that is on the CD-ROM from .exe to .rar and 7zip or WinRAR to open and start using it.
• The Windows software which came with the device can convert the proprietary data format ( .log, .logg ) to Google Earth's .kml though. Linux's gpsbabel can translate this to gpx which in turn can be read by eg. josm

Alan

• technical Data (German) : http://service.alan-germany.de/GPS/index.htm

Alan MAP 500

• is rebranded Holux GM-101
• CF-Card
• Connection: serial
• Chipset: SIRF II
• black/white map
• map format description: http://service.alan-germany.de/GPS/Map500/Software/file-descriptions/

Alan MAP 600

• uses other map format than MAP 500: supports routing
• map format description: http://service.alan-germany.de/GPS/Map600/ARD-map-structure-map600.pdf

Asus

Asus GPS BT100

• Bluetooth puck (bundled with 12V car power supply, windshield mount & universal PDA cradle)
• No memory
• Battery life: 10 hours+
• Connection: Bluetooth & USB
• Chipset: SiRF StarIIe/LP
• Spec: http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/IA/Accessory/qe2021_gps-bt100.pdf

Good things

• Bluetooth mobile phone should allow tracking with no cables
• Small
• Charged via mini USB connector
• External GPS antenna connector

Bad things

• Bluetooth requires re-pairing
• No memory for standalone tracking

Summary

ATP

Photo Finder

• http://photofinder.atpinc.com/
• GPS Datalogger
• Allows to write GPS-postion to jpeg-Exif-Data via built-in card-slot (SD/MMC/MS Card)
• Manual for Photo Finder (PDF)

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" (p11) and "Update rate Continuous operation: 1Hz" (p14).

Blumax

Blumax delivers a simple gps receiver that has no data storage capabilities itself. It can be used with any mobile phone supporting j2me and bluetooth (using mobiletrailexplorer).

Although it's one of the cheapest GPS-receiver one can find, I'm very impressed by it's accuracy.

Cellink

Cellink BTG-7000

• Price: $30 – $66
• Connection: Bluetooth
• Has a built-in rechargeable battery of some sort, and a car charger
• 4 or so LEDs for status
• One "hard" power switch
• Two buttons: power (stand-by?), and Bluetooth pairing
• Antenna port
• Rubberized housing
• Outputs NMEA statements at 1 Hz (by default, at least)

Works great with the Nokia N800 with "Maemo Mapper" application, and the Treo 650 with the "Cetus GPS" application. Usually sees 7–12 satellites.

EMTAC

EMTAC BTGPS II Trine Datalogger

• Price: AU$449 (£150?)
• Trackpoints: 26,000 pts
• Battery life: 10 hours+
• Connection: Bluetooth
• Chipset: SiRF StarIIe/LP
• Specification: http://www.emtac.com/products/bluetooth/datasheet_BTGPS2Trine.html

Good things

• Memory capacity and battery life allows a whole day trip to be recorded. Best on the market at the time.
• Highly flexible in what is logged: reading quality, time interval, distance interval etc.
• All in one

Bad things

• May just be my unit, but sometimes takes a very long time to lock on; best to stay in one place and put it on a flat, preferably metal, surface until the green light starts rapidly blinking.
• Tacky by functional data download and adjustment setting software
• Proprietary download format (spec provided)
• Introduction of SiRF III chip makes this a little dated (2006)

Summary Excellent for a switch-on-and-forget datalogger if you are going out for a whole day, pity it uses older SiRF II chipset.

FAC

FAC GDL30 MMC DATA LOGGER

A simple GPS blackbox. It is designed to automatically logging an NMEA frame on a multimedia Card every time it is in use. No display, no POI on that stuff. It is used with an external active antenna and a external power supply (12v). It is possible to redirect the NMEA signal on a COM port for using with other stuff. You can't do many things with that device, but it is really easy to use for our Open Street project.

The GDL30 MMC Data Logger device

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Falk

Falk N Series

The Falk N Series is a Window CE based navigator. The bundled Falk Navigator 4 software does not support data logging but 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.

FIC Freerunner (OpenMoko)

Some known facts: It is a device which is still in a kind of development state. You can buy it and it will work, but there will be further versions. The software running on the device is open source (OpenMoko), and there is some development going on to build an application for OpenStreetMap. Many informations about using Neo1973 (the older model) or FreeRunner can be found on the page GPS Navigation.

There exists an OpenMoko build of the application tangoGPS which uses OSM as the default map source and is capable of producing GPS trails.

Freedom

First 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. Homepage

Garmin

Garmin now has its own page

Globalsat

Bluetooth

Globalsat BT-308

• price approx. £80
• trackpoints: 0 pts (no memory)
• connection: Bluetooth
• SiRF StarII/LP
• Comes with Magnetic External Antenna and car charger (with splitter that allows the charging of Ipaq at the same time)
• channels 12
• Full review

Globalsat BT-338

• SiRFstar III (new generation ultra sensible chipset)
• trackpoints: 0 pts (no memory)
• connection: Bluetooth
• Comes with car charger
• Full review

Globalsat BT-359

• SiRF StarIII
• trackpoints: 0 pts (no memory)
• Car charger & Wall Charger
• 15 hours battery time according to review: Full review, 11 hours officially. Battery from Nokia 3310/3330 fits and works, but too thick, cannot close lid. Should be slimmed versions of these somewhere.

Globalsat BT-368

• Product page
• more details to follow

USB mouse

Both these are good and works well with laptops. I've heard from pere that his unit broke down, and stopped sending data, I've seen the same thing when it's too cold. They both use serial USB, so they should work with all GPS track programs, both loads pl2303 on Linux.

Globalsat BR-305

• price 40–60€
• trackpoints: 0 pts (no memory)
• connection: USB
• Sirf II
• can't handle cold environment
• channels 16

Good buy, but I recommend buying the 353 instead.

Globalsat BU-353

• SiRF Star III based

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 50m 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.

Datalogger / USB mouse

Globalsat DG-100

• price: 100€ - 100£ - $90
• type: datalogger and usb-mouse in one.
• trackpoints: 60000 pts
• battery: two AA NiMH batteries, 20+ hours, recharge trough usb-port.
• connection & recharge : USB
• SiRFstar III chipset
• channels 20
• set three saving intervals (Time/Distance)
• manual waypoint save with button
• Globalsat product page w/ specs
• good and bad things: read user manual

• user review
• alternative, open source managing software on sourceforge (a must!)
• dg100utils open source download and configuration software
• JOSM-Plugin to download data directly into josm, where it could be saved as a gpx file

Tip: Glueing a washer around the on/off button prevents accidental switch off when carried in a backpack

Globalsat BT-335

• price: €80
• type: datalogger
• trackpoints: 60000 pts
• battery: Li-ion rechargeable, up to 24 hours from one charge
• connection: Bluetooth
• charge: Car and mains charger provided
• channels: 20

RS-232

Globalsat BR-304

• Price 50e-70e (new) 30e-40e (used)
• Sirf II
• Channels 12
• No internal memory
• Connectors RS-232 and USB or PS/2

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.

Holox

Holox BT 321

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 (8cm by 5cm by 2cm), and generally sells on eBay for around to £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.

More Info:

• Holox Website
• review with photo

Holux

Holux GM-210

Holux 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 PS2 port and several adaptor cables to USB/Mini-USB/Serial. No specific drivers needed, works with gpsd (Linux).

More info:

• Holux Website
• technical data GM-210

Holux GPSlim236

This 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 SIRF-III 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 UK page
• GPSlim 236 review

Holux GPSlim240

Also a Bluetooth device as the GPSlim236, but this unit is more compact (64x22x15mm^3), 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 WASS/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 product page
• GPSlim 240 review

Holux GR-213

This 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 130km/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 B