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After much delay.... Here is a shot of the GPS tracker I made with an arduino.
It has an SD card and you can upload the data to google earth after you sail for a review.
Its great for helping kids learn how to race, you can see what really happened right down to the penalty turns and mark roundings (depending on your sampling rate, which you can easily change).

Mike
 

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8817 said:
After much delay.... Here is a shot of the GPS tracker I made with an arduino.
It has an SD card and you can upload the data to google earth after you sail for a review.
Its great for helping kids learn how to race, you can see what really happened right down to the penalty turns and mark roundings (depending on your sampling rate, which you can easily change).

Mike
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I ran "map my run" app from my iphone last time I went sailing and the gps was pretty interesting particularly the timing splits per mile.
maprun.PNG
 
You can enlarge the map. Vancouver Lake is about 2 miles across. You can see your split times per mile or KM, for example 15 minutes for the first mile, 28 for the second upwind beat, etc. It's not the greatest gps app but adequate.
 
ryan147861 said:
That is awesome, could you post your materials and the code from your arduino? I want one for my boat!
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Arduino board https://www.adafruit.com/products/50
GPS shield https://www.adafruit.com/products/1272
Battery Holder w switch

You can get the Arduino board and switches from a bunch of different places, I am not sure about the GPS shield though.
Adafruit has great support though and a lot of tutorials online.
Here is the tutorial for putting this all together:
http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ultimate-gps-logger-shield/overview

The shield I originally used has been modified and now includes the GPS module which makes it about $60 cheaper than it was.
All in its about 100 not including a pelican or similar water proof case.

I will post my code when I get a chance, I am in way deep at work right now.

Mike
 
I have some Arduino experience, I used to make stuff with my Arduino . I have a bunch of spare parts for it and this is a great way to re use it. This will be my new summer project.
 
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