At 2009-03-11 08:49 +0000 Aki Jonsson wrote:
I am not sure what you are trying to do
Aki - thanks for your reply. I'm just exploring how I can extract
data from my recently-acquired Garmin GPSmap 296 and use it on my
Mac. The GPS has both serial and USB posrt, but obviously my
PowerBook G4 only has USB. Connecting the two using the
Garmin-supplied cable does not cause anything to appear on the
desktop (as, f'rinstance, the storage card of a digital camera might
appear). However, I find that the LoadMyTracks application is able to
communicate using the USB connexion and can capture logs, user
waypoints and tracks. It can also transfer from Mac to Garmin, but I
haven't tried that yet. LoadMyTracks offers only 2 storage formats,
GPX and KML.
There is also a serial connexion available but I haven't tried that
out yet. I don't have the recommended Keyspan USB-serial adaptor, but
intend to try another (cheaper) one I've seen locally here in UK. It
seems I'll have to use the serial port anyway for aviation database
updates, and I hope I will not have to go crawling to some triumphant
windoze user to get that done ...
we have imported files(text string) directly into Filemaker using
Magellan GPS. Both GPS co-ordinates and track data. Then we have
Filemaker parse the data.
I thought Garmin was able to do the same using .upt format
Sounds exactly like what I want to do, but either Garmin doesn't play
by the same rules, or I'm not using the right recipe. They did have a
big splash some time ago about supporting the Mac, but little seems
to have happened since then.
regards
Rowland
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