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Old 11-05-12 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Garfield Cat
The bike specific feature that I would be interested in is the display somewhere in the replay that shows computer data like speedometer, distance, time, ascent/descent percentage, altitude. To get that, the camera would have to be a GPS system. None are.
Not true.

The Contour GPS and Contour+ 2 have a built in GPS and they provide software that does exactly what you're referring to.

That said, I've got a Contour GPS and the GPS sucks. It takes ages to acquire a lock and is quite insensitive compared to other GPSs I have -- if it's in my car, it will never get a lock unless it's actually on the dash, for example. Also the GPS drains the battery quite a bit even if it's not recording.

I don't know about the Contour+ 2.

There are other models of cameras that include GPSs, but I'm not sure they're aimed at this market as firmly as the Contours and GoPros are.
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