Garmin has a proprietary software , I purchased years ago and it was DOS, they have probably upgraded it, but it is very helpful, if not necessary, cost about $100. If you have a little extra cash be sure to order the cable that has both Data and Power, so you can go mobile with a laptop and not eat up batteries. The software also allows you to use computer to manage waypoints and name them. A DXF output that you will use to import into GIS, and the ability to combine tracks and points from different files into one (append).
William "Woody" Woodruff Zoning Administrator Charter Township of Union, Isabella County, Michigan (989) 772 4600 EXT 41 Visit our web site at http://www.geocities.com/ctuzoning/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Dunn Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L GPS data download I have had difficulty in the past doing this - I was trying to download points and tracklogs from a Garmin GPS 12. Much of the commercially available software for this is virtually useless. The best product I came across was GPS Trackmaker - http://www.gpstm.com/ - Worked first time, and it's free for non-commercial purposes. Regards, Stephen Dunn >Recently I made a long trip into Africa and recorded hundreds of >waypoint >coordinates on my GPS III plus. Now I want to download these >coordinates >to >my PC, first of all into an EXCEL spreadsheet, but also to MapInfo. >I do possess the interface cable, but how does one actually perform the >download. >Any suggestions? >regards >andr� >from: andr� boessenkool >po box 101 - vlottenburg 7604 >south africa >tel (+27 21) 881 3188 >fax (+27 21) 881 3189 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.cabex.co.za _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
