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JDiablo

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  1. Right, I wouldn't think it's very hard to add but then again I'm not a programmer. They seemed pretty receptive of the suggestion and said that they had even learned something. Humble and nice cats. They said that they wouldn't want me to end up at my destination only to find out the the automatic setting didn't work, but unfortunately couldn't confirm either way that it would or wouldn't. I appreciate the honesty.

  2. Looks like they already have some posted:

    http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/143/

     

    Without downloading it, those look like vectorized rasters in IMG format, using Moagu to vectorize the rasters.

    Oh, well I image it won't be long. They have a thread going in their forum with some cool images on the subject. looks like they are using Global Mapper as a front end to Google Earth.
  3. I just spoke with customer service, the wait time was pretty fast, and after checking with tech support it couldn't be confirmed that automatic would get the zone. The good news is that they were willing to look into adding a user offset setting, especially when we discussed the Newfoundland time zone.

     

    Thanks EScout but I know about Zulu (UTC) being used as such, but I'm looking for the unit to display the local zone that is between Delta (UTC+4) and Echo (UTC+5), something even my old Garmin has been able to do for years.

  4. That won't make the unit popular in Newfoundland, Canada. Looks like it's also missing UTC+13 & UTC+14 zones? Why wouldn't they just have a user offset and avoid the issue in the first place? Seems like an easy fix for global coverage. Any GPS should be able to display a 4D fix of Lat/Long/Elev/time :P

  5. Well I can set it to MGRS all right, and have all the raster 1m imagery, topos and vector data I will need, so that's not an issue. They do have my time zone (PDT), but I'm headed into harms way in 8 days and should at least be able to set the local time??? :P

     

    Hopefully the D crew will have a solution.

  6. Am I missing something or are there only hour offsets offered (+/-12 hours)? Trying to configure one for UTC+4:30 and can't figure it out :P

     

    Any help welcomed. TIA.

     

    thread title should be "Timezones on PN-40?, UTC offset?". Dag nab typo! Maybe a mod can edit that?

     

    Title edited as requested. -Hemlock

     

    Thanks Hemlock!

  7. Has anybody ever tried to find GPS to download onto their laptop? Right now we don't have the extra cash to buy a GPS unit but we do have a laptop.

     

    Anybody?

    You will need more than a GPS software downloaded to your computer, you will also need to purchase the hardware to receive the GPS signal and convert that to something your computer can use. See the post above this one for some low cost choices.
  8. Where do you find these "tiles"? I cannot select maps to download, I can go to the upper left and see the maps, and open them, and send them to device. Is there another way to do it?

     

    BTW, I have read this thread and decided to put the GA and NC maps on my vista. I would like SC maps to. First I would like to get these to work though. :D

    A tutorial for loading maps with MapSource or MapInstall is here:

    http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-...armin-gps-unit/

  9. What I don't get is if you don't have a DeLorme why would you even read this thread?

    Well, it's been recomended that I look into getting one of these, so...

     

    Let me ask you this: Wouldn't it be prudent that I did research the product and did the homework before a purchase or should I just blindly drink the koolaid on faith and jump in? And then what it it doesn't live up the the expectations presented? I use GPS units for some serious situations, I'd rather know that a piece of kit I was relying on wasn't going to fail in the field.

     

    Just saying...

  10. After setting 'Use with GPS off' you can set a new location from the sat skyview menu and pressing the menu button, and selecting 'use map' and scroll to a new location.

    Thanks JDiablo, that works :D

     

    It also doesn't show the coordinates of the pointer when doing this.

    I think you need to play with it a little more, my GPSMAP 76CSx does indeed display the coordinates of the pointer, and will even demo a driving turn-by-turn route. Won't record a simulated tracklog, but hey it does work quite well.
  11. How do you easily create an image with the checkerboard patterns? Thank you for your assistance.

     

    MS Paint is simple enough.

    Ok, then please explain how I can draw a checkerboard. Thank you.

    One thing you can do instantly is right click on the images rws posted and do a "save as..." and download them and use them as a template to make others from.

     

    Just saying...

  12. (@ Rod: At least I didn't leave it on top of my car and drive off... :unsure: )

     

    Today's a nice clear day, so I'm going to see if I have better luck.

     

    If not, I understand that a hard reset of the unit might fix it. I've backed up my data... but I'm not entirely sure how to do a hard reset. Anyone have any experience with that?

    Hi Jon, any luck? Generally, weather doesn't have an effect on reception (I say generally because I have personally seen the effects where a shamal that degraded reception). I believe I read somewhere that some nuvi units have a reset button (well a hole that one uses a toothpick or a paperclip with). Good luck.
  13. but I haven't found anything so far that a Nuvi can do that my Legend HCx can't.

    I haven't found a way, on my Venture Cx, to change the current location when in "Use With GPS Off" mode.

     

    On my Nuvi 750, when in "GPS Simulator" mode, there's a "Set Loc" button available whenever you use "Show Map" on a desired "Where To?" location. This changes your current location.

     

    Is there a way to do this with the Vista/Venture/Legend handheld series, when the GPS is off?

    Those units will do it. After setting 'Use with GPS off' you can set a new location from the sat skyview menu and pressing the menu button, and selecting 'use map' and scroll to a new location. When you navigate, the unit asked if you want to simulate the driving route. Play around with that and see if you need a step-by-step lesson, works quite well.
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