Hey,
I found out about this GPS watch that Casio use to make.
They haven’t made it for a couple of years now but you can still find them.
I just wondered if anyone knows about it and can maybe give some advice.
Its neat because it’s a GPS in a watch.
I don’t know how it is for actually using as a GPS,but it could be a neat thing to have
As a nice backup.
It also has a Altitude indicator,Barometer and Thermometer.
Casio GPS watch
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Suunto makes a wide array of quality wrist instruments - the X9i has GPS in it along with Baro/Altimeter, Temp, Compass, Time. The GPS works quite well, but is not as sensitive as a handheld GPS because there is no room for a good antenna in a wrist instrument. It won't pick up any satellites in a house/building, but outside it works fine. I was on a commercial flight a couple of days ago, I held the watch up to the window and was able to get 5 satellites. Got a speed reading of 477mph
@31,000 ft. kinda cool. The compass even worked in the tube once you calibrate it - I could follow the heading changes that were being radioed to our flight by ATC (United Airlines has cockpit comm on in-flight entertainment). The altimeter works very well, I use it as backup when flying - just set its reference to field elevation before you leave.
X9i costs about $529.00 CAD - not cheap.
Cripes I'm a friggin' geek.
http://www.suunto.com
@31,000 ft. kinda cool. The compass even worked in the tube once you calibrate it - I could follow the heading changes that were being radioed to our flight by ATC (United Airlines has cockpit comm on in-flight entertainment). The altimeter works very well, I use it as backup when flying - just set its reference to field elevation before you leave.
X9i costs about $529.00 CAD - not cheap.
Cripes I'm a friggin' geek.
http://www.suunto.com
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It comes with a USB cable that allows the watch to connect to your PC and download log data (your lat/long/alt is logged every second or minute) to Google Earth, and there are various navigation modes (like mark home or a location and navigate back or you can enter lat/long position and navigate to the point via a bearing/distance). There is a software package that comes with the watch that I haven't even tried yet, so I'm not sure of all the different navigation functions it supports. There is no graphical mapping on the watch, however - your location is lat/long only. The battery recharges through the USB cable - it lasts for months unless you do a lot of GPS work - the GPS sucks a bit of juice. Apparently the US military in the middle east use this watch, Suunto came out with a model that has some added features for them - X9mi:
http://www.suuntowatches.com/Suunto-X9Mi.pro
Its a neat device, the diameter of the watch is about 2" (not small) but there is a lot of stuff packed in it.
http://www.suuntowatches.com/Suunto-X9Mi.pro
Its a neat device, the diameter of the watch is about 2" (not small) but there is a lot of stuff packed in it.
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