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Model: BC-337
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GlobalSat BC-337 Review

GlobalSat BC-337 Review by Roberto

This being my first experience with a GPS logger, I'd have to say that this little piece of hardware is a pretty neat and easy to use device.

A little bit on the setup though, if one can call it that:

Running the enclosed drivers on a Windows 7 PC seemed to have issues for me, specifically, the driver didn't seem to want to work with the logger - it wouldn't recognize it at all. After reading and re-reading the manual, I decided to go to the manufacturer's website, where, under the loggers dedicated page, I found an up-to-date driver. After the download and installation of the driver, the device was picked up quickly by the computer and I've not had an issue of connectivity since.

The operation is pretty straight forward, but I have noticed that a lock is best achieved by letting the logger establish connection to the satellite it links up to by not moving it around. Once a connection has been made though, it holds on to it extremely well. It even manages to hold on indoors (to a certain degree of course).

Now, the software that is used to tag coordinates onto photos...it didn't quite work for me. I followed the instructions and tried over and over, but I just couldn't get it to work; I even tried an updated version of the software from the supplier's site, but that was even worse. If you get it to work, power to you! I just went online and found free tagging software and that route worked for me.

So if you're in the market for a GPS logger, I'd definitely look at getting this little guy, you won't be disappointed - I haven't been.

P.S. The only reason why I'm not giving it a full five star rating is because of the driver issue. A hint somewhere (like a sticker) advising to check out the manufacturer's website for up-to-date drivers would be really helpful.

GlobalSat BC-337 Review by J. Ufnal

This is the first GPS data Logger that I have owned. The product is acceptable for general tracking where a location tolerance of plus/minus 10 feet is acceptable.

I have recorded bicycle rides around the 5 mile block and it sometimes tracks better. With the altitude recording, it is again off by 10 to 20 feet. The 400 feet elevation change of the mountain does not move, but the data indicates different heights up to 20 feet.

Converting the data to excel by the .csv extension is completed only by exporting the selected 60 or 90 second data log. For a 2 hour bicycle ride, you have to export the 120 data files individually then recombine them. This is a tedious task.

Unless you write a program to convert lon. and lat. to feet, it is just enought for general games. I have not tested the extra antenna option.
The limited 1 second sampling rate is fine for walking, but where motorcycle racing and quickly changing bicycle velocities are experienced, there are big changes in velocity in those 1 seconds.

The system has a tendancy to drop data points on occation where it may loose signal or when it is storing data.

GlobalSat BC-337 Review by Conrad B. Senior (Easton, CT United States)

The device seems to work, however, it will not communicate with my Apple machine. I was successful in getting it to work on my past laptop after 3-4 hours of experimentation. This last device was loaned to me and I got it working. So I bought one for myself, and have struggled with it for three days now. The manufacturer is no help at all. They provided me with a new driver--which was the same as the one I was using. The issue seems to be the OS X software and the method to link up for communications. All the Mac software queries send you over to Windows configuration--which doesn't work on a MAC.

So I don't recommend this product or this manufacturer for any Apple users.

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