aps32 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Hey guys, just getting into the GPS thing, bought a magellan meridian color over the weekend. Anyway, my question is have any of you ever heard of this Trimble outdoors software, according to their website they offer alot more than the mapsend topo and its $50. If you have a nextel account you can get aerial photography of the site you are at, but i don't so its not an issue. Here is the Trimble Site You guys know anything about it? Thanks for your help, looking forward to getting into this thing with ya'll Aaron Quote Link to comment
IceKnight (aka VectorJoe) Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 The link doesn't work. This worked for me though trimble outdoors I haven't really seen much/heard much about it, but I do know that you can't export the actual maps to the meridian. You can export waypoints and routes, but not maps. If you are just looking for maps on your pc or printing them, it would probably be fine. For a bit of free software that will do a lot of what TrimOD will do see USAPhotomaps. Quote Link to comment
aps32 Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 Thanks for the info, sorry about the link not working. I tried yours for the usa photo map and it didn't work , Try this one thanks again, Quote Link to comment
fletcherng Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 I'm not an expert at Trimble Outdoors' adventure planner but I've tried it. I've tried to get maps loaded into my Magellan Sportrak Color and it could not do that. It can only upload maps into the nextel phone. However, what it can do for Magellan and Garmin GPS units is uploading of waypoints and routes. As I said, I've tried but failed but probably a SME might be able to give more help than me. Quote Link to comment
+sledgehampster Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 (edited) I'm not an expert at Trimble Outdoors' adventure planner but I've tried it. I've tried to get maps loaded into my Magellan Sportrak Color and it could not do that. It can only upload maps into the nextel phone. However, what it can do for Magellan and Garmin GPS units is uploading of waypoints and routes. As I said, I've tried but failed but probably a SME might be able to give more help than me. The only maps you can upload to a Magellan GPS are the MapSend products by Thales/Magellan. Edited March 1, 2005 by sledgehampster Quote Link to comment
fletcherng Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 (edited) The only maps you can upload to a Magellan GPS are the MapSend products by Thales/Magellan. I've tried and successfully able to upload stuff into my Mag GPS which isn't Mapsend product. And it's not waypoints and routes but maps. Edited March 1, 2005 by fletcherng Quote Link to comment
[MTB]_Intrepid Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 The only maps you can upload to a Magellan GPS are the MapSend products by Thales/Magellan. I've tried and successfully able to upload stuff into my Mag GPS which isn't Mapsend product. And it's not waypoints and routes but maps. What is the name of the product you used and what maps do they have? Do you have a link? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+reepicheep Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 _Intrepid' date='Mar 1 2005, 05:59 PM'] The only maps you can upload to a Magellan GPS are the MapSend products by Thales/Magellan. I've tried and successfully able to upload stuff into my Mag GPS which isn't Mapsend product. And it's not waypoints and routes but maps. What is the name of the product you used and what maps do they have? Do you have a link? Thanks. Yes...do tell. Kenneth Quote Link to comment
IceKnight (aka VectorJoe) Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I *think* that at one time, magellan had a software package that you could use to make maps to upload. From what I remember, it was expensive and only available to professionals. But that is going completely from memory which is probably wrong. I suppose that if you could figure out the format for the magellan .img file, you could probably find a way to convert vector maps into that format, but I don't know of anyone/any product that can do it. Quote Link to comment
+reepicheep Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I *think* that at one time, magellan had a software package that you could use to make maps to upload. From what I remember, it was expensive and only available to professionals. But that is going completely from memory which is probably wrong. I suppose that if you could figure out the format for the magellan .img file, you could probably find a way to convert vector maps into that format, but I don't know of anyone/any product that can do it. If you "figure" out the format, I'd suggest you don't post how with your login as doing so would bring down the wrath of Thales lawyers on you. But sharing with everyone would be nice...just do so from a library with a sock puppet account. (I'm having fun as I don't believe anyone will reverse engineer it or if they do post publically how to). As for fletcherng, I suspect we haven't heard back from them because they most likely do not have such a way to do this. fletcherng, prove me wrong...... Kenneth Quote Link to comment
[MTB]_Intrepid Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 As for fletcherng, I suspect we haven't heard back from them because they most likely do not have such a way to do this. fletcherng, prove me wrong...... Kenneth Drats. I thought it was too good to be true... Quote Link to comment
+Redwoods Mtn Biker Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 I *think* that at one time, magellan had a software package that you could use to make maps to upload. From what I remember, it was expensive and only available to professionals. Not only is it true, it's also free. The software is MobileMapper, which works with Meridian and SporTrak receivers. More info is available at Yahoo's MobileMapper group. Rich Owings MakeYourOwnMaps.com "We were desert mystics, my friends and I, pouring over our maps as others do their holy books." - Edward Abbey Quote Link to comment
+spyder8 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 If you have any specific questions on the maps & uploading, the Trimble Outdoors website for their Nextel/GPS software and their PC Trip Planner software now has a discussion forum online - http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/forums/ Quote Link to comment
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