Comments on: Garmin Foretrex 301 and 401 http://gpstracklog.com/2009/06/garmin-foretrex-401-and-301.html GPS reviews, news, tips and tricks Wed, 23 May 2012 18:40:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rich Owings http://gpstracklog.com/2009/06/garmin-foretrex-401-and-301.html/comment-page-1#comment-39568 Rich Owings Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:16:25 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/?p=2305#comment-39568 Sounds like a Legend HCx. Nice unit! Sounds like a Legend HCx. Nice unit!

]]> By: Greg http://gpstracklog.com/2009/06/garmin-foretrex-401-and-301.html/comment-page-1#comment-39501 Greg Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:45:50 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/?p=2305#comment-39501 Thanks for the advice. I got the same comments today from the saleman at my local outdoor shop. On his advice and yours, I bought an eTrex legend. I've been playing with it all afternoon, and it seems indeed to be a nice gps. It's well priced, and the colour screen is much easier to read than the foretrex. According to the saleman, battery life will also be better than to AAs instead of AAAs. I also had a look at the GPX files. the xml code is pretty easy to generate with MS Excel. I tried loading a 6,000 point trackfile. That didn't work. but by splitting the tracklog in 499-point logs, I can load my complete itinerary. Cheers, Greg Thanks for the advice. I got the same comments today from the saleman at my local outdoor shop.
On his advice and yours, I bought an eTrex legend. I’ve been playing with it all afternoon, and it seems indeed to be a nice gps. It’s well priced, and the colour screen is much easier to read than the foretrex. According to the saleman, battery life will also be better than to AAs instead of AAAs.

I also had a look at the GPX files. the xml code is pretty easy to generate with MS Excel. I tried loading a 6,000 point trackfile. That didn’t work. but by splitting the tracklog in 499-point logs, I can load my complete itinerary.

Cheers, Greg

]]> By: Rich Owings http://gpstracklog.com/2009/06/garmin-foretrex-401-and-301.html/comment-page-1#comment-39480 Rich Owings Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:54:12 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/?p=2305#comment-39480 You could probably convert it to a trackfile, but I want to address the "high cost of European maps." There are plenty of free ones at: http://mapcenter2.cgpsmapper.com and http://gpsfiledepot.com Of course, you would need a mapping receiver. I believe that some of the eTrex units are rated at 25 hours battery life. If you still want to convert to a trackfile, you could perhaps do it manually. Or maybe GPSBabel could do it. You could probably convert it to a trackfile, but I want to address the “high cost of European maps.” There are plenty of free ones at:
http://mapcenter2.cgpsmapper.com
and
http://gpsfiledepot.com
Of course, you would need a mapping receiver. I believe that some of the eTrex units are rated at 25 hours battery life.

If you still want to convert to a trackfile, you could perhaps do it manually. Or maybe GPSBabel could do it.

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