Adventures with the Qstarz BT-Q1000X GPS logger and receiver
Spring has arrived in Europe and I'm looking forward to spending more
time outdoors. While I was pondering some plans, I thought it would be
nice to have a GPS. I've never used a GPS before but it seems it will
allow me to combine outdoors activities such as walking and hiking with
geek things. In particular, I'm interested in tracking where I'm going
(what route, what distance, what speed, etc), geotagging photos and
possibly contributing to OpenStreetMap. Since last week, I have a
Qstarz BT-Q1000X (Travel Recorder X), a GPS logger and receiver, and
I've been playing around with it a bit. This device uses the new MTK II
chip, which gives good accuracy and long battery time.
I've created a new gps category in which I'll share my
experience using a GPS in general and specifically the Qstarz BT-Q1000X.
I've also created a Qstarz BT-Q1000X and
Debian page to describe how to use this GPS device on Linux and I'll
add more information to the page as I try out different applications.