Handheld GPS Units – Beyond The Manual
It’s no secret that the manuals many GPS makers puts out with their handheld GPS units aren’t always ideal. They can be very confusing, give cursory explanations of more complicated functions, and...
View ArticleFree Tools For Custom Garmin Vector Maps XVIII: Full GUI For mkgmap Compiler
Took a while, but this is the final installment of my epic 18-part series on free tools for making custom Garmin vector maps. I covered the free map compiler mkgmap in part 13, which converts...
View ArticleAndroid: The Future Of Consumer GPS – Part II
After yesterday’s magnum opus about how Android will transform the consumer GPS industry, today’s shorter post is a few random thoughts on how the big three handheld GPS makers might be affected by...
View ArticleEasy Conversion Of GPX Files To Garmin Format With GPX2IMG
Joel emails to announce that his GPX2IMG program is finally ready for official release. GPX2IMG imports standard GPX data files (tracks and waypoints), lets you edit them, converts them to IMG...
View ArticleCreate Garmin Custom Map Overlays In ArcGIS Explorer With Garmin Tool
Recent Garmin GPS models (the Colorado, Oregon, Dakota, 62 and 78 series) have the ability to display user-created raster imagery, which Garmin calls “custom map overlays”. These require creating...
View ArticleCheap GeoPDF To GeoTiff Converter For Garmin Custom Map Imagery
The USGS is well on its way to having updated all its 1:24,000 scale topographic maps (the classic 7.5-minute series) to digital format. As of today, the coverage map looks like this: Areas covered in...
View ArticleStill Looking For A Good Fieldwork Handheld GPS: A Review Of The Garmin 62s...
Part 1 of a three-part review of the Garmin 62s GPS receiver. Related posts: A Review Of The Garmin Oregon 450t GPS For Field Work: Part II – The Touch Screen Interface A Review Of The Garmin 62s GPS,...
View ArticleA Review Of The Garmin 62s GPS, Part II – Interface and Maps
Continuing on from Part I yesterday, today I’ll look at the interface on the Garmin 62s, and how it displays and handles maps. Interface I absolutely hated the touchscreen interface on the Oregon 450t...
View ArticleA Review Of The Garmin 62s GPS, Part III – Waypoints And Tracks, Plus...
This is part 3 of my review of the Garmin 62s GPS; part 1 is here, and part 2 here. Today I’ll look at the Garmin 62s’s worst functionality – the way it handles waypoints and tracks. And I’ll sum up...
View ArticleFree Tools For Garmin Custom Garmin Vector Maps XIX: TypWiz, The Best TYP...
I’ve done a long series of posts on this site about various tools you can use for creating custom vector maps for Garmin GPS units, one of the most powerful features for these models (even if Garmin...
View ArticleStatus Of The Garmin Map Compiler cgpsmapper – ?
Both GPSTracklog and GPSFix link to a page on the cgpsmapper website that indicates development will be ceasing on that Garmin map compiler. This is a real shame; over the past decade, this compiler...
View ArticleStatus Of The Garmin Map Compiler cgpsmapper – ?
Both GPSTracklog and GPSFix link to a page on the cgpsmapper website that indicates development will be ceasing on that Garmin map compiler. This is a real shame; over the past decade, this compiler...
View ArticleHandheld GPS Units – Beyond The Manual
It’s no secret that the manuals many GPS makers puts out with their handheld GPS units aren’t always ideal. They can be very confusing, give cursory explanations of more complicated functions, and...
View ArticleFree Tools For Custom Garmin Vector Maps XVIII: Full GUI For mkgmap Compiler
Took a while, but this is the final installment of my epic 18-part series on free tools for making custom Garmin vector maps. I covered the free map compiler mkgmap in part 13, which converts...
View ArticleAndroid: The Future Of Consumer GPS – Part II
After yesterday’s magnum opus about how Android will transform the consumer GPS industry, today’s shorter post is a few random thoughts on how the big three handheld GPS makers might be affected by...
View ArticleEasy Conversion Of GPX Files To Garmin Format With GPX2IMG
Joel emails to announce that his GPX2IMG program is finally ready for official release. GPX2IMG imports standard GPX data files (tracks and waypoints), lets you edit them, converts them to IMG...
View ArticleCheap GeoPDF To GeoTiff Converter For Garmin Custom Map Imagery
The USGS is well on its way to having updated all its 1:24,000 scale topographic maps (the classic 7.5-minute series) to digital format. As of today, the coverage map looks like this: Areas covered in...
View ArticleStill Looking For A Good Fieldwork Handheld GPS: A Review Of The Garmin 62s...
Part 1 of a three-part review of the Garmin 62s GPS receiver. Related posts: A Review Of The Garmin Oregon 450t GPS For Field Work: Part II – The Touch Screen Interface A Review Of The Garmin 62s GPS,...
View ArticleA Review Of The Garmin 62s GPS, Part II – Interface and Maps
Continuing on from Part I yesterday, today I’ll look at the interface on the Garmin 62s, and how it displays and handles maps. Interface I absolutely hated the touchscreen interface on the Oregon 450t...
View ArticleA Review Of The Garmin 62s GPS, Part III – Waypoints And Tracks, Plus...
This is part 3 of my review of the Garmin 62s GPS; part 1 is here, and part 2 here. Today I’ll look at the Garmin 62s’s worst functionality – the way it handles waypoints and tracks. And I’ll sum up...
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