+maporter Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 (edited) Hi All, I'm a poor deprived Apple Mac user running OS X Tiger, currently I'm using Mac SimpleGPS to download waypoints to my etrex without issue's. Does anyone know of anything else I can use, not that I have a problem with Mac SimpleGPS, I was curious to discover if there was anything better out there? I looked at GPSy but didn't get very far with that... In fact I'm interested in any geocaching software full stop for Apple Mac. Cheers Mark Edited January 9, 2006 by maporter Quote Link to comment
lakeuk Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Don't know anything on the mac but google brought up a few options :- gps mac Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Not actually software, but a useful site for working with coords is GPS Visualizer Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Oh yes and there is GPS Babel which is cross platform Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Had no problems with Mac SimpleGPS so far. Have found FlightTrak interesting, from a curiousity point of view, to see where we've been wandering about. (Works from the saved tracks on the GPS) Quote Link to comment
+maporter Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 Moote's GPS Visualizer was very interesting and useful - Worth me asking the question just to discover this. Having spent most of the evening looking for Mac software, I'm now fairly sure that I'm not going to better Mac SimpleGPS. The way it hooks up the geocaching.com etc is all very impressive - It's miles ahead of the rest (Mac stuff anyway).... Many thanks to everyone for the help. Cheers Mark Quote Link to comment
gpsvisualizer Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Mac SimpleGPS is nice, but it has a few quirks/bugs that have not been addressed in over a year. The good news is that the author has told me that he is still planning to continue development, though. Eventually. Hopefully. The Mac OS X interface to GPSBabel (http://www.gpsbabel.org/) does work well for getting data out of your GPS receiver, although it's a little clunky. If you're comfortable with the Terminal, I think the most efficient solution is to install the normal command-line version of GPSBabel and then find a command that works for you and run it every time you need to fetch your data. For me, using a Keyspan Serial Adapter, the basic commands are: gpsbabel -w -i garmin -f /dev/cu.USA19H3b1P1.1 -o gpx -F ~/Desktop/Garmin_waypoints.gpx gpsbabel -t -i garmin -f /dev/cu.USA19H3b1P1.1 -o gpx -F ~/Desktop/Garmin_tracks.gpx (Your serial port driver may be slightly different, but it will start with "/dev/cu.") ...And there's probably a way to make a clickable AppleScript to run Terminal commands like these. Quote Link to comment
+Snosrap Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I reckon Clyde should get off his backside and re-write GSAK for the Mac!! (runs and hides) Quote Link to comment
+The Bolas Heathens Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 (edited) I'm a Mac user too and would recommend you take a look at the following links that have been recommended on the excellent http://www.podcacher.com podcast about Geocaching: http://jfatherton.0catch.com/MacCMConvert/geomac.html http://home.alltel.net/tbone/macgps.html I use the paperless caching solution recommended in the second link and it works a treat Edited January 10, 2006 by The Bolas Heathens Quote Link to comment
Mittellegi Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Garmin News Flash Quote Link to comment
lakeuk Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 News Flash 2 Google Earth is now available for the Mac Quote Link to comment
+maporter Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 Many thanks for alerting me to Google Earth, I've just downloaded it. Very interesting, my neck of the woods (Lancashire) is very well covered and the maps are pretty detailed, to the point that I reckon I can just about make out the wife's car parked outside the house... Cheers Mark Quote Link to comment
gpsvisualizer Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 And don't forget, GPS Visualizer can now create KML files for use in Google Earth. Quote Link to comment
lakeuk Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 my neck of the woods (Lancashire) is very well covered They changed the majority of aerial's in Lancashire to hi-res just last week, just need them to nug over the lanc's border to do Kendal. I can see my place of work in Lytham - car park look quite empty which is unusual Quote Link to comment
+Snosrap Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 News Flash 2 Google Earth is now available for the Mac Only for Osx 10.4 - I've got 10.3.9 Quote Link to comment
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