neofob
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11 years ago Both GoPro and Contour have option of taking pictures at every 60s. I don't know how long it would last on the battery. The Contour charge its battery on USB port. I will check if it can run straight from USB power. Then we can wire it to a battery pack that has USB output.
The other option is to get a cheap Point-n-Shoot camera that can work with gphoto2 and write a script to take a picture every 60s. Too much software development though.
It would of course be incredible to get a full time lapse of such a trip. I was thinking the same thing. I see you listed Contour or GoPro as options for this. Unfortunately, these might not be the right tools for the task. Apparently they keep the battery on enough while doing a time lapse that you can only get a few hours max. You would think they could put in a long term mode that went low power for 29 seconds between taking shots.
For the GoPro you might be able to use a 3rd party controller that runs scripts like shutting down the camera after taking a shot. I'm not sure how long battery lasts for that. http://cam-do.com/GoProTimeController.html
Another option is one of the "life logger" widgets like http://memoto.com/. Though some of these are designed with "cloud" use in mind. I'm not sure if you can control all the data yourself.