[Public-list] gps questions

[J Bergquist]

Christos-

Great. thanks for the response. This is exactly the kind of info I was
looking for!

J

On 10/20/06, Christos Katehis <ckatehis at handsonsailing.us> wrote:
>
> J,
>
> I use Maptech software on my laptop that works fine with a Garmin GPSMAP.
> The Garmin came with a serial cable that connects to the laptop and the
> software does the rest. Everything is point and click and it's amazing.
> There are many other software programs that probably do the same thing.
>
> Good luck,
> Chris
> kasia#383
>
> J Bergquist <jbergqui at gmail.com> wrote: Hi Folks,
>
> Got a couple of GPS questions.
>
> I have 2 handheld GPS units. Both are Garmin. One is a GPS II Plus, the
> other is a GPSMAP 12. Both are now out of production.
>
> I also have an NMEA interface cable with which I can plug the GPS units
> into
> a serial port on my computer.
>
> My question is what do other folks do for routing software? I would like
> to
> be able to set up routes on my computer using some kind of whiz-bang
> mapping
> software that lets me go click-click-click to define a route, then upload
> it
> into my GPS and be ready to shove off. Has anybody set this up?
>
> Currently what I do (and what I have done whenever I did this in the past)
> is I look at the paper chart and type in waypoint co-ordinates to the GPS
> itself directly, but its user interface is not so good, and it takes me a
> long time to do this. Which means I usually don't do it, but I think it
> would be good if I did do it.
>
> I'm feeling a bit GPS-impaired. Hope somebody out there can make some
> recommendation as to what software is good, where I can get it, etc. I
> have
> got to believe that there is a better way to do this than what I am doing
> now.
>
> Later,
>
> J Bergquist
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