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GPS Systems.....Help!

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Anybody got any experience with good ski orientated GPS systems. Getting a present for someone and wondering if anyone could recommend a good one...?
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
What do you want it to do? I've got one that shows things like speed, altitude, distance covered, vertical distance covered, and so on. Navman X300 or summat.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
That sounds like the kind of thing, but are any systems set up with resort information (ie as part of the associated software - sorry bit clueless)?? We have just been to Tignes and they had systems there that were specific to Espace Killy so in our results we could see what runs, lifts etc we had been on and the results were presented in a map format as well as giving the other info hyweljenkins mentions...?
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bullet, I was in Tignes earlier this year and know what you are speaking about. All that system does (sorry, can't remember its name) is to track where you go during the day using a pretty much bog standard handheld GPS unit. When you return it to the rental company they take the series of points making up your track and overlay this onto a topographical map, plus generate some statistics such as distance travelled, total ascent and descent etc.

As far as I'm aware there isn't anything available that comes loaded up with general ski resort info.

Like hyweljenkins I also have a Navman X300 - useful little gadget to answer questions like how fast? how far today? how high? and so on. One thing it doesn't have though is a data port, so no way of downloading its contents to a PC as you can do with dive computers and most general purpose GPS units.

Jon.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
No - there's no resort information in mine - it's just a small display that records information.
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I also have one fo the Navmen and was accused of it being a "boy's toy" before departure.

What quickly became evident was that the accusers soon wanted to know how far how fast etc. Shocked
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 Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
bullet wrote:
Anybody got any experience with good ski orientated GPS systems. Getting a present for someone and wondering if anyone could recommend a good one...?


Do you mean a GPS to
a) navigate a car to a ski resort or
b) help navigate you through the mountains while on skis?

There are numerous models for both options and even some models that can do both (although they excel in one area and "make do" in the other).

Do you have a budget?

After reading many reports and speaking to people with various models I ended up with

a) Mio C 710 http://www.expansys.at/zoompic.aspx?type=item&i=138311
b) Garmin GPS 60csx http://www.blokesstuff.com/Product.aspx?Product=Garmin_GPSMAP_60CSX_Colour&ProductID=1139&gclid=COOZ-frk8YoCFTwHQgodkGzYqg


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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
DB, its specifically for use on the mountains i tend to let someone else worry about getting me to the resort Very Happy Budget is more like £200 although that garmin does look pretty good.
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You can buy many gps units (handhelds, watches) where the gps plots can be downloaded onto pc and plotted on to google earth.
Check this link http://www.waynos.co.uk/adhoc/images/Val02Small.jpg to see an example

i particularly like the Suunto X9i, a bit pricey for me though!
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Just seen this on the t'internet aswell, doesn't look like its an option for European resorts just yet though...!

http://gpstracklog.typepad.com/gps_tracklog/2005/12/ski_resort_maps.html

Edit: there's more:

http://www.mountaindynamics.com/en/snowranger.php
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theres also www.slopetracker.com, only available in the US at the moment
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
There's also this:
http://www.sportsdo.net/

(which reminds me, someone asked me what I'd like for my birthday...)
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 So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
Wear The Fox Hat, isn't sportsdo a subscription service?

I use my PDA/phone (Mio A701) and GPSDash to log a variety of activities.

www.gpsdash.com


have a look at www.vitotechnology.com
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 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Tomsk, part of it is subscription, for me, the free bit is good enough!
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