On 3/11/09 11:13 AM, "Rowland Carson" <[email protected]> wrote in whole or in part:
> 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. We looked at this for a client. You can get the Garmin Technical Specifications from their website. It's proprietary format, so definitely not "standard" by the rest of the world. There IS a POI Loader for the MAC. That's what you use to take your CSV text file and let the application do it's thing for "import" into the Garmin. Beverly
