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Geotagging Lessons Learned

Posted on April 3, 2008 By Tom 2 Comments on Geotagging Lessons Learned
Gear, Geocaching and Maps

I had taken a couple of pictures at Furman the other day, and geotagged them. I was distressed to find that my RAW files had been corrupted, and I couldn’t use them at all. My trek through Laurens County was the first test of my new Qstarz BT-Q1000 GPS tracker. I clipped it onto my … Read More “Geotagging Lessons Learned” »

One More GPS Tracker – Qstarz BT-Q1000

Posted on March 30, 2008 By Tom 2 Comments on One More GPS Tracker – Qstarz BT-Q1000
Gear, Geocaching and Maps, Photography

After the miserable failure of the i-gotU GPS tracker, I decided to ship it back and purchase the Qstarz BT-Q1000 instead. The preliminary tests I’ve run on the unit just bear out the old adage – you get what you pay for. The i-gotU was around $50 and the Qstarz is nearly double that.

This is the updated unit to the one we bought Chip for his birthday. He had been very pleased with its performance, and I had read several other favorable reviews. This unit has double the memory capacity, but otherwise functions pretty much the same way and has the same features.

Qstarz comparison

As can be seen in the photo above, the Qstarz (middle) is a good bit larger than the i-gotU, but still smaller than my Garmen eTrex. It’s still small enough to slip into a pocket, and it comes with a protective cover that has a belt loop.

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