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  1. Help me understand this. I just got a DVD and it installed as City Navigator North America NT 2010.1

     

    Am I eligible for free upgrade to 2010.2? Is it now being updated multiple times a year?

    Yes.

    Make sure you register your DVD map at -> https://my.garmin.com/mygarmin/customers/myGarminHome.faces then click on My Maps. It should show any available updates.

    The NuMaps guarantee will cover certain units if they have a CityNav installed (e.g. a DVD).

  2. I am unable to get caches off my Colorado 400t. I know I can go to my GPX files to earse. However, Were do I find these GPX files on my computer.

    They are wherever you put them on your computer.

    Erasing them on your computer will not erase them from your GPS.

  3. Thanks John. I remembered that post but was hoping someone found a way around that. Funny, I can load multiple custom maps that way on my 60Cx card and show/hide any I want.

    Likely it has to do with the Family name, Map #, Map ID, Map Name, Map Number, Series Name, etc. and such when a map is created.

    If they are the same, they maps will show as one on the GPS.

  4. I am searching for the pinout for a Garmin 2720.

    My wife borrowed it for a trip to North Carolina a few weeks ago, and left the cable in the rental car. I was looking for it yesterday, and she mentioned that she left it. :D

    Could have mentioned it sooner, I think. I am about to leave on a motorcycle trip tomorrow morning. DOH!

    I know I can make a temporary cable from some bent flat pins and a credit card, but I don't know the pinout.

    Can someone find a diagram, or tell me which pins to use? I have been searching, but it has been fruitless.

     

    Thanks in advance!

    The 2720 uses a standard mini-USB, available just about anywhere. Nothing special about it.

  5. I have a Oregon 300 and I would like to personnalize the comments into the geocache_visits.txt file before uploading it (example : Cache # XXXX found at hh:mm).

     

    Anyone knows what is the format of the text file (character encoding) ?

    When you upload your field notes to geocaching.com, you still have to submit them for each cache and you can edit them when you actually submit each cache log.

  6. Yup, just give the new map a new name.

    I have 4 maps on mine.

     

    Can you give me an example of a file name you used.

    I've managed to get my topo on my Oregon's internal memory, and my Bluechart Americas on my sd card...but for some reason it's not giving me full detail - like it's not unlocked. Yet when I had the bluecharts on my internal memory, it showed it all, lol. Confusing <_<

    There's no need to create a new, separate .img file for each map, though that is one way to do it on the newer models which allow multiple img files.

    As jotne noted, open MapSource and select all the maps/tiles you want in the .img file, as this file gets rebuilt with only the selected maps whenever you run it.

    The old maps get deleted and replaced by the selections you made.

  7. Thanks, I knew I should have checked the Wiki first--it is always helpful. However, I am wondering how I can view the information stored in the Exif region.

    Viewing the info is boring. Simply lat/long, cmarea/pix info.

    The idea is that you can use that info to view the photos in relation to a map.

    For instance, Google earth you can save the photos in My Places and it'll show the photos at the location it was taken at.

    On the Mac in iPhoto, you open a map and see where all your pix were taken.

  8. I got my Oregon 550 and really like it so far. It takes great pictures and the 3 axis compass is a nice feature. Anyway, my question is: What exactly is geotagging? I would guess that it would simply be a picture taken with the location imprinted on the picture. Is this right? If so, what programs would I use to do this? Is there freeware out there?

    You don't need anything since the 550 has a camera and it is a GPSr, it does the geotagging automatically.

    The location is stored in the EXIF data, which is all the data (date, time, exposure, camerqa info, etc.) and is part of the picture file.

  9. It was updated with the latest firmware. The waas ....was on but didnt seem to make a difference. Compass was on too. I would mark a way point then walk away a while then go back to it and it was WAY OFF. I also tried marking intersections of streets and walking to them. Again way off. Bummed me out because I got such a good deal on it. I still have the receipts and would try and would get another if i could work out that problem.

    What was the error reading on the GPS?

  10. I have a Colorado 300 and the Garmin apps (for Mac) work pretty well.

    I have National Geographic Topo and it works okay with the GPS but the app itself is kinda flaky/slow. Reads/writes, tracks, waypoints, gpx files fine.

    I do have Garmin City Navigator 2010 and it works well.

    Quickly tested a few other apps and what I have tried at least communicates and uploads/downloads okay.

     

    Plenty of Mac maps available at gpsfiledepot. Also, you can get routable maps here -> http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php

  11. Hi all

     

    Last week my dad got me a Colorado 300. I really like it, however I can't figure out how to put geocaches in as normal waypoints (not sure if this is possible, but I think I read somewhere that you can). So I would like to know if I can do this.

     

    I have mapsource topo canada, easy gps, GSAK, and the waypoint manager that came with my GPS ( if that helps).

     

    Thanks in Advance!

    Is there a reason you do not want them to show up as a Geocache?

  12. Okay, whatever.

    This started because...

    (Packanack @ Jul 13 2009, 04:38 AM) wrote;

    "I can not think of any good reason to use a handheld for motor vehicle."

    I responded "How about the person already owns a handheld?"

    Someone who already owns a handheld (like Rockin Roddy) has a very good reason for using a handheld GPS with a motor vehgicle.

    In turn, Rocking Roddy quoted and responded to me...

    (Rockin Roddy @ Jul 13 2009, 02:34 PM) wrote;

    I would tend to agree with Pack on this

    If Rockin Roddy agrees with this, why use his PN-40 (handheld) in the motor vehicle? After all, "there is no good reason" to do this. (emphasis mine)

     

    And again, the word "better" needs to be qualified.

  13. So, the spoken directions, the different views and the better imagery isn't considered better?

    Better IS better, face that fact!

    So sell your PN-40 and use half the money you get to purchase a $100 car unit. After all, it is better.

    Lighten up. :(

    The original post I responded to stated, "I can not think of any good reason to use a handheld for motor vehicle."

    If the user only has a handheld, then that is an extremely good reason to to use a handheld for motor vehicle!

    I was responding to that only.

     

    When you can get your handheld to do what a car nav can, then we'll be talking minor differences which are preferences

    And these preferences are exactly what makes something better or worse.

    You need to qualify "better". It is better for a specific purpose.

    What makes it better? A larger screen? A larger screen is not better if I need it as small as possible. It has text to speech? I need longer battery life and speech will eat up the batteries. How is that "better"?

    Which is better?

    Ford or a Chevy?

    Garmin or DeLorme?

    Steak or lobster?

    Summer or winter?

    4 wheel drive or 2 wheel drive?

     

    these are much bigger differences which do indeed make the car nav better....

    These differences make it better for car navigation but they do not make it better for hiking or bike riding. In fact, just the opposite. A larger unit while backpacking/rafting is a definite disadvantage (read:worse) unit than a handheld.

     

    Where you need such features

    I certainly wouldn't buy another handheld thinking it would be just as good as a car nav!

    Okay,but I did not suggest that. Please reread my first response.

    A $95 car unit is "better" than a $600 handheld?

    Take them both hiking or on a rafting trip and let me know which is "better".

    If you are purchasing for a car, then yes, a car unit probaly has the features "better suited for use while driving".

     

    I would tend to agree with Pack on this, the car units will do the job much better than any handheld can

    Car units are generally better suited for driving than some (not all) handhelds. And the reverse could also be true.

     

    Nuff said.

  14. Well, the package arrived today and I was discouraged to see that it was in fact an image file burned onto plain DVD like what you would buy at Walmart. Further, the generic DVD case it came in did not even have a sleeve on it. I compared the "instructions" in a text file on the disk to the instructions on the download page at thepiratebay.net and found that they were word for word identical.

     

    I have filed a claim with Paypal and will let you know how it goes. This whole thing has been a nightmare and I am having second thoughts about buying any software off eBay (I've never had a problem with any other type of item). Probably the worst thing about this is that it was a fellow Canadian that's doing this :( .

     

    Chad

    You could also file a report here -> http://www.bsa.org/country/Report%20Piracy...y%20Online.aspx

  15. I won't argue with you as to how one or the other works, but better is better regardless how you define it

    No, it's not.

    One cannot choose "better" unless "better" is defined.

    For instance, a Garmin Colorado (handheld) is better for hiking than a Garmin Nuvi 120 (auto).

    A Nuvi 730 is better for display than an Oregon while driving down the highway.

    An Oregon (16 hrs rated) has a better battery life than a 730 (5 hrs rated).

    They are equal when used for routing (meaning, the routing is going to be the same, not that one will have more features suited to driving).

  16. The statment was not, "which is better, handheld or car unit?"

    It was,

    ...

    I can not think of any good reason to use a handheld for motor vehicle.

    I would tend to agree with Pack on this, the car units will do the job much better than any handheld can

    Better? If you mean the car unit will have more functions (voice, beeps, warnings, blu tooth connectivity, mp3 player, larger screen) okay, but a route is a route. I doubt a specific manufacturer has different routing software for their handhelds vs. their car models.

    Again the car units may have more functions in them because they have more hardware but the actual routing software is likely the same.

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