[Etrex Vista Gps]

Hi, Is there a way to turn off the barometric altimeter on the Garmin Etrex Vista GPS? I am getting faulty altitude readings because of the inside pressurised cabin. This will thro woff my true gps tracks by several miles if I can't get it updated. Anyone have a solution to this problem?

[Garmin Maps: Which Shoud I Get?]

Hi,

 

I am interested in drawing tracks over the cities that I fly over in airliners. What I want to do is to be able to view the cities that I fly over on my computer screen since the screen on my Etrex Vista is so small. Also, I would like to be able to view on my computer which streets I ride my bike down in the city. Which Garmin software would work best for these functions? I'm currently in Colorado, but I do travel to Hawaii once a year to visit family.

 

I'm not interested in finding where the nearest restaurants/ post offices are. Perhaps that is a nice feature to have, but I find it to be completely unneccessary.

 

Thank you!

[Downloading Altitude Trks Garmin Etrex Vista/legen]

So far GPS Utility from the UK is working out best for me. It by far is the most powerful tool that I have seen from the suggestions here. Plus I can save all of the altitude data in a spreadsheet format and it also has your current speed saved with the altitude trackpoints.

 

If anyone can suggest others, lets see them!

[Downloading Altitude Trks Garmin Etrex Vista/legen]

Thanks mtn-man and pdop! I am wanting to take the data and put it into an Excel spreadsheet.

 

I would assume that since topo does it, then pretty much all of the Mapsource products do it. I emailed two different departments at Garmin to see what they say.

 

I'm going to try that new software tonight.

[Downloading Altitude Trks Garmin Etrex Vista/legen]

Now, does anyone know if any of the

Mapsource products transfer altitude

data?

[Downloading Altitude Trks Garmin Etrex Vista/legen]

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

[GPSr on a plane?]

I flew on Continental from Denver to Houston to Honolulu then from Maui to Houston to Denver.

 

The only flight that I could not get much of a signal on was from Houston to Honolulu. But I did get a signal from Maui to Houston about 80% of the way. I created a track and when I got home, put it on my computer. It was pretty neat! I could see almost the entire route.

 

Speaking of which,

 

Does any software transfer the altitude data that was created in a track to the computer? I'd like to take my gps skiing and then come home and see an elevation chart of what my altitude was every 5 seconds. If anyone knows of a Garmin software that will do this, pleeeeeeease let me know! And CC it to clock98 at juno.com.

 

Thanks!!!

[Downloading Altitude Trks Garmin Etrex Vista/legen]

Hi,

 

I just purchased a Garmin Etrex Vista. I am specifically looking for software that will transfer the altitude data that one collects when making a track. I do not just want the altitude of each waypoint that I create, but for every point saved in order to create the track.

 

Ex. I want to take the GPS with me skiing and then come home and create a graph of my altitude every 5 seconds throughout the day. can anyone help me with this??

 

Thanks a bunch!!