need help on gear choices with cool stuff like , tracking, speeds, calls of nature, and spankings, so i can give a good graphical representation of where it all went down with cool pics....then get a mountain of replies in novel form(or do i need a new avatar).

any info, help would great.

Calls of nature? spankings? Sounds less like you are looking for a GPS than a camera with:

New GPS capability will automatically geo-tag your photos with the exact location of where you shot that picture.

Please attach MPAA ratings to your pictures

For a straight GPS, the Garmin eTrex family (Legend, H) seems to get the nod.

ArchKiter took the traverse log from his eTrex Venture and dropped it into Google Earth.

http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=11719&p...

http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=6763

GPS receives and maps data, but would have to send data back out for you to be able track a lost GPS unit.... there are some pricey ones that do that, but the companies generally don't make that information readily available to the consumer.

ATB,
Sam

I chose the Delorme Earthmate. I picked it because it offers more mapping abilities than the etrex. We use ours for biking, hiking, kayaking and such so we needed more of the mapping stuff. If you just want the track and speed data, an etrex is more affordable. The delorme is also waterproof and has really cool RAM mounting brackets that could even adapt to a board if you wanted. I put a RAM mount on the downtube of my buggy and the gps just snaps right in and doesn't move till I take it out. I have another RAM mount on my Mt. bike. Like any unit, it allows you to put in waypoints on the fly.

Hmm, well bushnell seems to be having some business trouble from what I hear but I just got one of their $400 onix gps units for 100 on woot. Its pretty slick to be honest.

you can get xm weather if u choose, xm radio to headphones, download aerial maps like google earth, as well as basic mapping and breadcrumb features. I'm still working out how to use it full but its satisfied me so far especially for the price....

etrex maybe the ticket,

may troll fleabay and see whats showing up and $ specs and try to filter out the features i may not use.

thanks for the points of direction

I've got the eTrex and it's way more than I need. I can export the tracks and bring them into Google Earth, log max and avg speeds etc. You can get a $99 one up here that I believe does all that - the other $200 I paid must be all the other junk it can do ??

Spent too much.

etrex sounds like the ticket

thanks guys

I found the eTrex on craigslist for $45.00 it was a Xmas present that turned out to be a duplicate. I like the idea of seeing it before I buy

The etrex is the low end model. Good unit and much burlier than other non-garmins but it's not waterproof only splash resistant. I have one lying around, if I can still find it as I went to a garmin 60csx. If you are just looking for you location within 100ft or to measure speed then it'll work just fine. Note, it does not have maps.

def speed i kinda know where i am, cool