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by psmiffy
12 Apr 2017, 2:04pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Garmin GPSMAP 64
Replies: 12
Views: 1637

Re: Garmin GPSMAP 64

Ivor Tingting wrote:Not so keen on the Garmin 64s although it is ok for hiking.


OK for hiking but not biking?

Ive only used my 64 on one tour - coped OK tho for the 3 months i was away - why is the Etrex better for biking
by psmiffy
10 Apr 2017, 11:36am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Garmin GPSMAP 64
Replies: 12
Views: 1637

Re: Garmin GPSMAP 64

rotavator wrote:Its main downside is the small screen so make sure you have a good look and play with one before handing over your cash.


Interesting comment - small screen - I suppose compared to a good sized smart phone it is - but even my 10" tablet is small compared to my map - I dont find it to be much of a disadvantage as for 95% of the time im only looking 1- 2km ahead - just lining things up on my map

The thing I like most about he 64 is the buttons - I use my GPS quite a lot when im working - gloves plus the occasional inclement weather make using a touch screen device often quite difficult - it is the same when cycling - the Vista HcX that preceded it had buttons but they could be quite fiddly - that the buttons are on top and are a decent size makes it a very easy unit to operate on the fly or in dark
by psmiffy
9 Apr 2017, 8:30pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Garmin GPSMAP 64
Replies: 12
Views: 1637

Re: Garmin GPSMAP 64

I've got - Garmin City Navigator Europe and OSM from openfietsmap - I tend to use the City navigator most of the time because I like the very simple look of the maps

I dont use it for navigation - but i like the maps to be there at a suitable zoom to supplement the 1:150k Michelin that sits next to it

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quite useful with CN for finding supermarkets - gas shops - occasionally campsites - worth playing with it a lot - find out what you can do with it -
by psmiffy
8 Apr 2017, 10:34am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Msr dromedary
Replies: 12
Views: 1231

Re: Msr dromedary

Sweep wrote:.

* any way of improving them in this respect? Spray?


spraying doesnt make them waterproof - helps with repelling water though - which in the case of the Alturas means they dry quicker - pretty much everything that goes on my bike or me that is exposed to the elements gets a dose before i go on tour
by psmiffy
29 Mar 2017, 10:53pm
Forum: Cycle Camping sub-forum
Topic: Best website/ app for finding campsite
Replies: 23
Views: 1889

Re: Best website/ app for finding campsite

In recent years i've become a fan of the Archies App - reasonably comprehensive and easy to use - it links to google to bring up information on sites which is worth checking - actual locations ive found are often more accurate than those shown on google maps
by psmiffy
29 Mar 2017, 10:02am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: The Rhone River Cycle Route
Replies: 3
Views: 542

Re: The Rhone River Cycle Route

Ive done it from Lyon down to the Med - In my experience its not continuous as yet - although the book might have other other ideas on that - no hills in the bit I did to speak about as long you don't deviate from the river
by psmiffy
28 Mar 2017, 9:11am
Forum: Cycle Camping sub-forum
Topic: Tent in dry bag?
Replies: 19
Views: 3573

Re: Tent in dry bag?

I always pack the tent in the tent bag - If the outer is wet through rain or condensation then the inner and poles go in a big plastic bag and get rolled in the outer and packed in the tent bag - If the whole tent is dry and i know it is going to rain the tent in its bag goes in the plastic bag - I never have a wet inner tent - the outer can look after itself
by psmiffy
27 Mar 2017, 8:01pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Constanta to Northern Greece
Replies: 2
Views: 4420

Constanta to Northern Greece

Anybody done this?

It is part of my plan - but looking at the maps I cannot see a particularly attractive way of going about it - seems it would be 600km of not particularly interesting cycling
by psmiffy
27 Mar 2017, 7:57pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: GPS time?
Replies: 18
Views: 1563

Re: GPS time?

Cunobelin wrote:
The only way to keep the original data intact is to copy the photos and have a geotagged and original set


Merci Beaucoup - that's what I thought - whilst I find having geotagged photos attractive it is not essential to me - maybe when i have finished doing what i am doing at the moment i will give it another go - already have a set that i mess (post-process to proper photographers) with and a couple of backups of originals
by psmiffy
27 Mar 2017, 4:43pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: GPS time?
Replies: 18
Views: 1563

Re: GPS time?

andrew_s wrote:Had you been riding a DIY 600 km audax over the weekend, from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning, the file for Sunday would only have 23 hours worth of data in it due to the clock change.


Not according to what ive been reading over the weekend - all the timestamps for the GPS are UTC - and i assume that a UTC Sunday has 24 hours in it same as the rest of the year
by psmiffy
27 Mar 2017, 11:44am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: GPS time?
Replies: 18
Views: 1563

Re: GPS time?

Warin61 wrote:
psmiffy wrote:
manybikes wrote: In Australia did it save the track at midnight local time?


Yes .. it saves at midnight local time .. don't know it that includes daylight saving or not .. I'm not awake then, or if I am I'm certainly not looking at the GPS. I don't recall having to switch the GPS to local time .. I think as it knows where it is it just uses the local time.

GPS time link to explanation in much detail .. http://www.oc.nps.edu/oc2902w/gps/timsys.html

Don't have one of them cameras with GPS.. would make it interesting crossing a time zone .. the next photo could be taken at a time before the last photo :?


Having delved into the myriad of settings on the GPS I now know that there is two options - Automatic - which is what ive been using up to now and the facility to set the units time to whatever time zone with or without daylight saving - I will probably carry on with the automatic as it is good to have at least one reliable time reference when im on tour - on the occasions that I have forgotten it made shopping a bit more difficult - ditto i have a dual time watch - going to be uni time next time i go on tour - forgetting to put it back to the right time display after cooking the pasta has caught me out a couple of times :D

Difference between GPS UTC and ordinary UTC/GMT is so small as to be of no practical use (unless of course you are an airline pilot where i suspect 13 seconds or whatever might be dodgy) - the time zone thing might make filing the photos a bit more tricky - but not an insurmountable problem - :D

Moral of the story at the moment is that I ought to learn more about what the GPS 64 is capable of - On my last tour (my first with the 64) I was a couple of weeks in and it came as a bit of a surprise that with the City navigator mapping that i could find supermarkets and occasionally campsites quite easily using it :D
by psmiffy
27 Mar 2017, 10:00am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: GPS time?
Replies: 18
Views: 1563

Re: GPS time?

matt_twam_asi wrote:
I've also chosen to turn off the fancy daylight savings adjustment on my camera as this *also* messes up the matching between photos and gpx tracks. Less is more in this case.


This is something i might consider for the future along with keeping the camera time on GMT - although my preference is for photos to be at the correct (local) time and date - between the plethora of camera menu settings and all the metadata that there is within camera image files these days there ought to be room for both camera time and UTC - what do GPS cameras record?
by psmiffy
27 Mar 2017, 9:53am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: GPS time?
Replies: 18
Views: 1563

Re: GPS time?

Cunobelin wrote:Some programs like "GeoTag" have a slide bar to allow you to correct a time difference and this is a simple and easy way round the problem of misaligned camera and GPS timings


I looked at Geotag when I was toying with geotagging the photos - and a few other programmes - they all seemed to alter the Camera time permanently - I prefer to keep the metadata intact - for me it is no big deal when viewing the GPX data on basecourse to subtract 1 - is the Geotag slider a temporary adjustment?
by psmiffy
27 Mar 2017, 9:48am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: GPS time?
Replies: 18
Views: 1563

Re: GPS time?

manybikes wrote:Another issue (with the 60 versions) is that it writes up a gpx track at midnight and starts a new one. This occurred to me in Australia.
I saw the track truncated but once I realised I found I could join the split parts together using mapsource on the computer.


I have actually found that "issue" to be quite useful on the occasions that I have forgotten to save the days track before I rolled into my sleeping bag - another one of those things i really ought to look into how it works properly - my GPS use is not very sophisticated :D - In Australia did it save the track at midnight local time?
by psmiffy
26 Mar 2017, 8:55pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: GPS time?
Replies: 18
Views: 1563

Re: GPS time?

No worries - I think ive managed to answer my own question - time stamps on the GPX file are always UTC regardless of what time the unit is operating in - Ive checked it this afternoon by setting it to Hong Hong time and going out tomorrow morning to get a track - be useful if the GPX file captured local time but never mind - I really ought to read the manual sometime