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p.1 #1 · Garmin eTrex Legend for Geotagging

So, family members are contemplating purchasing a Garmin eTrex Legend gps for me to use. This GPS is currently on sale for $110 (CAN). However, it has been discontinued by Garmin in favour of the eTrex Legend H, which, from my research, is the same machine/body, except for a high-sensitivity receiver, 24mb (vs 8mb) of built in memory, is geocaching friendly, and has outdoor game (irrelevant).

I plan to use this GPS for geotagging pictures, in addition to general hiking.

While the older Legend permit for geotagging? I have found no solid yes or no. Feel free to include any comments about both GPS's.

Both do not accept data cards, according to Garmin.

Websites for both are:
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=173#specsTab

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=&pID=30120

Nov 08, 2009 at 12:49 AM

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p.1 #2 · Garmin eTrex Legend for Geotagging

AFAIK, you need a model with a removable card to retain all of the track info. The older models with only internal memory truncate the track info, losing the timestamp. I use this mid-range one. Sensitivity is excellent even inside vehicles and battery life is great (~43 hours on 2xL91).

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Nov 08, 2009 at 01:44 AM

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p.1 #3 · Garmin eTrex Legend for Geotagging

So, in other words, the most affordable Garmin unit I could go for would be the following:
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=&pID=8701
The eTrex Legend HCx

Nov 08, 2009 at 01:59 AM

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p.1 #4 · Garmin eTrex Legend for Geotagging

See if it will allow you to save "Tracks." Its a file which contains location information, which you might be able to sync with pictures using time stamps.

Nov 08, 2009 at 06:40 AM

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p.1 #5 · Garmin eTrex Legend for Geotagging

I have had Vista and now have a Vista HCx.
Both units can do the job if you save the tracks in GPX format, which accepted by most GEOTAGGING software, like Robogeo and Gpsphotolink.
However, I would recommend units that can use cards. Vista HCx is a perfect unit for it will save traceks into GPX on the card, one file per day. I believe Legend HCx should have the same funcitons and should be a good choice.

Nov 09, 2009 at 02:27 AM

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p.1 #6 · Garmin eTrex Legend for Geotagging

the Legend's included software lets you save tracks. the only limit is to not exceed the track memory between times you save and clear it. geotagging can be done with any GPS made in the past 5 years and some 10yr old ones work, Garmin's in particular, because the software to load the data from the GPS is what matters, not the GPS unit itself. newer GPS units have other advantages but geotagging compatibility is not an issue.

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Nov 09, 2009 at 06:47 PM

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p.1 #7 · Garmin eTrex Legend for Geotagging

I recieved this e-mail from B&H (LINK) ...has anyone ever used this product for Geo-Tagging?

Omar

Nov 09, 2009 at 08:48 PM

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