-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:28:05 -0600 Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greg A. Bur wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:12:29 -0600 > > Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>>I recently got a Garmin E-Trex handheld GPS navigation device. There is a program > >>>you can > >>>get for Windows that will allow you to download maps, driving directions, etc. to > >>>the > >>>device through the serial interface. Does anyone know if anything like this > >>>exists for Linux? > > > > > > I have tinkered around with gpsdrive a bit and it works ok. I'm not sure about > > displaying driving directions but the mapping function isn't bad if you have an > > Internet connection. It definitely isn't a replacement for DeLorme Topo USA by > > any stretch but it seems to work well for what it is designed to do. > > What I'm looking for is a program that can actually upload new/more detailed maps to > the > device. I don't want any mapping on the computer. There is this software you can buy > from > Garmin that will allow you to upload driving directions from MapQuest.com also. I'd > really > like to do that without paying Garmin an arm, leg, and some other miscellaneous > appendage. I am not aware of an application of this sort for Linux; commercial, open source or otherwise. Your best bet at this point is probably to make an "organ donation" to Garmin. Which model E-Trex do you have? > > -- > Andrew Gaffney > System Administrator > Skyline Aeronautics, LLC. > 776 North Bell Avenue > Chesterfield, MO 63005 > 636-357-1548 > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > - -- Greg A. Bur President, BlazeConnect, Inc. Phone: 231-597-0376 Fax: 231-597-0393 http://www.blazeconnect.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFADFFt/mWwIBfteCcRAk8DAJ0VEVfRrA7D7KJOTiQIOHmYZFOjfwCcCoKc BwksgD9OSlLsfDWIebWjdP4= =zb7e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
