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Garmin Nüvi 670 GPS
I have three GPS gadgets and still I sometimes get lost. I’ve come to ignore the traffic re-routing on my Garmin nüvi 670 more often than not as it appears to be outdated info (a few times I took a detour between junction 5 and 4a of the M3 and, while enjoying the countryside, noticed that the M3 was moving just fine when I went over it later).
My oldest GPS device is a Garmin something or another from the late 1990’s. It is hand-held and shows a blank screen with just a X in the middle. No maps. So, unless you like watching pixels (bread-crumb routing) and know your longitudes from the latitudes, its not much use. But it was cool at the time I bought it. There is no way, either, to get the data off of it.
Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS watch
That leads me into the latest GPS gadget: my wife’s 2008 Christmas present from me (but guess who uses it most?), a Garmin Forerunner 305. Its meant for tracking your exercise. Me? I use it for geotagging my photos.
I haven’t yet used the supplied heart rate monitor with it – I wonder what it would record as I take my photos? Increasing heart rate as I anticipate the best composure for a photo?
Update! I now use the 305 GPS watch to track my cycling routes!