Accuracy/ease of geotagging should evolve rapidly with the new chipsets to
emerge. I think most new phones will use them---Moose did not like using phone
apps for geotagging in the past--also runs down battery. I expect the power
consumption may diminish and accuracy vastly improve. More Galileo satellites
should be ready and L5 is available but not sure if any current hardware uses
it yet.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/design/superaccurate-gps-chips-coming-to-smartphones-in-2018
I had yet more trouble with my Igot-u 120 --accuracy NOT very good. It used to
be fine but I had it on my hat during horse excursions--in pocket, not so good.
Also I had time issues (forensic analysis showed that to be user error with
cam time off for one day-sigh) and the software is fussy and clunky. It is
small and water resistant and hold 64K trackpoints. Moose uses a Garmin
Foretrex that is quite accurate and has the usual GPS chip and glonass I think.
The new Broadcom BCM 47755 chip is more expensive and not in any Garmin that I
know of yet. It would cut into profit. Also the Foretrex can only store 10K
trackpoints---very weird!!!! Memory is cheap. It works perfectly for Moose
as he downloads it almost nightly into his laptop. I know one can configure
how often it acquires a position so that might work anyway for shorter
trips--still don't like it despite the nice accuracy. (I read the whole &**^
manual and sent them a query) The Garmin also has the advantage of usin
g AAA batteries of any sort.
I saw this guy:
https://www.amazon.com/GlobalSat-DG-500-Logger-Bluetooth-Receiver/dp/B071HFL2R3
I like the memory card use as can't possibly fill it up. Not sure about the
chipset.
Curiously my fitbit crumped--gift, and still under warranty. The Ionic has GPS
but it is very fussy to get the gpx files--have to import the data into
Strava????? Advantage is I get it for 50% off. If it can use the Gallelo with
no L5 (--that data is not easily available) it should be sufficient after I
get the elaborate procedure down. There are "sport watches" such as Polar
vantage--just to come out and has GPS and Glonass but I don't think use any new
chips. (Large pricy beasts) I was not planning to get a new phone until next
fall and am perplexed as to an optimal solution.
Stumped, Mike
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