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Lobo Occasional Visitor
Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:20 pm Post subject: Max speed in any program |
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As I partly bought my GPS (Acore BT) for measuring and plotting hills that we run on our longboards, I'd like a program that saves the max speed. Is there any program that can do that? It's a pain in the ass to have to watch the screen on my PDA going 70+ kmh downhill. |
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nej Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jun 16, 2004 Posts: 454 Location: London, Ingerlund
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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TomTom will let you log your journey so that it can be replayed later. What it actually does when you do this is simply stores every NMEA sentance it receives from the receiver. You could analyse this data later to find the highest speed. |
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Skippy Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: 24/06/2003 00:22:12 Posts: 2946 Location: Escaped to the Antipodies! 36.83°S 174.75°E
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:09 pm Post subject: Re: Max speed in any program |
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Be careful about trusting the GPS speed. It is only really accurate in a straight line on level ground over 5 seconds or more. Going down hill and changing direction frequently will probably make the GPS read slow. |
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Lobo Occasional Visitor
Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:22 am Post subject: |
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Is there a way to make TomTom skip the roads and track my actual position? We're not always riding on the roads that are marked on the map. |
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Skippy Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: 24/06/2003 00:22:12 Posts: 2946 Location: Escaped to the Antipodies! 36.83°S 174.75°E
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:27 am Post subject: |
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Lobo wrote: | Is there a way to make TomTom skip the roads and track my actual position? We're not always riding on the roads that are marked on the map. |
You may want to take a look at OZI Explorer or Fugawi, reviews are here: http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/menu_gpstopo.php
These will allow you to scan a map (eg OS map) and plot your path, speed, direction, altitude etc on it. |
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Lobo Occasional Visitor
Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:55 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | These will allow you to scan a map (eg OS map) and plot your path, speed, direction, altitude etc on it. |
What is an 'OS map'? |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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OS=Ordnance Survey, the UK equivalent of the USGS (US Geogical survey).
if you're not from the UK it would be useful if you entered your location in your profile as it helps when answering queries _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Lobo Occasional Visitor
Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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Tnx. The profile is updated now too. |
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