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psiegel(at)fuse.net
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 Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:06 am Post subject: Speaking of GPS |
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The Garmin Edge 705
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=10885
is a very cool GPS unit intended for bicycle riders. It not only navigates, but it also data logs your entire track covered, heart rate, and some other nifty parameters for the entire trip!
All this data can be downloaded and then displayed on a Google satellite map, and by clicking on points along the track, it will list the recorded data for that point along the track!
I was driving home in my car after a long bike ride and forgot to turn off the Garmin. When I got home I downloaded the data and it included all the data not only from the ride but also from the drive home!
I wonder, if I ever got a bogus speeding ticket ("Officer, there is no way I was going THAT fast...") if I could use my downloaded time/speed/location as evidence?
I can't wait for warm weather to see if I can data log a flight in my Evo!
Paul Siegel
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jindoguy(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:20 am Post subject: Speaking of GPS |
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Paul, Yes, you could beat a ticket with the info from your GPS assuming you came before a reasonable judge. A fellow in California had a GPS tracking unit in his teenage son's car. Son got a ticket and Dad and son used the GPS data to show that there was no speeding. The judge dismissed the case. Heard about it on NPR last year.
Rick
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On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:54 AM, <psiegel(at)fuse.net (psiegel(at)fuse.net)> wrote:
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The Garmin Edge 705
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=10885
is a very cool GPS unit intended for bicycle riders. It not only navigates, but it also data logs your entire track covered, heart rate, and some other nifty parameters for the entire trip!
All this data can be downloaded and then displayed on a Google satellite map, and by clicking on points along the track, it will list the recorded data for that point along the track!
I was driving home in my car after a long bike ride and forgot to turn off the Garmin. When I got home I downloaded the data and it included all the data not only from the ride but also from the drive home!
I wonder, if I ever got a bogus speeding ticket ("Officer, there is no way I was going THAT fast...") if I could use my downloaded time/speed/location as evidence?
I can't wait for warm weather to see if I can data log a flight in my Evo!
Paul Siegel
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