I have a Garmin Colorado. Like many Garmins, it mounts as a USB mass storage device and natively supports GPX files. No special drivers needed. It even supports firmware updates by dropping the update package in the right place in the filesystem and rebooting. Again, no special drivers, utilities or Windows required.
Cheers! Ty On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Peter Dobratz <pe...@dobratz.us> wrote: > We were contemplating GPS units last year, but we never completed the > research and didn't make a purchase. That being said, it looks like > the major players are Garmin and TomTom. > > Some TomTom units run Linux, see: http://opentom.org/ > > However, Garmin may be more ubiquitous. It looks like newer Garmins > support USB Mass Storage. So putting OpenStreetMap data files on them > is simply a matter of copying the appropriate .img file. See: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Mass_Storage_Mode > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download > > --Peter > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:51 AM, <bruce.lab...@autoliv.com> wrote: >> I've got an old un-upgradable GPS unit that I'd like to replace. (At this >> point the maps are old enough that I've been directed out in the weeds >> quite a few times. Umm, that is NOT the point of a GPS...) >> >> Towards that end, I'd like to get a new GPS that is OpenStreetMap >> compatible. My google-fu is pretty lacking - as many list members may >> have noticed over the years. The OpenStreetMap site(s) I've visited >> haven't been too illuminating. Does anyone have direct experience with >> GPS units that work with OSM and are decent? Oh, and the GPS unit is >> recent enough that I could buy it new? >> >> TIA >> Bruce >> >> ****************************** >> Neither the footer nor anything else in this E-mail is intended to or >> constitutes an <br>electronic signature and/or legally binding agreement in >> the absence of an <br>express statement or Autoliv policy and/or procedure >> to the contrary.<br>This E-mail and any attachments hereto are Autoliv >> property and may contain legally <br>privileged, confidential and/or >> proprietary information.<br>The recipient of this E-mail is prohibited from >> distributing, copying, forwarding or in any way <br>disseminating any >> material contained within this E-mail without prior written <br>permission >> from the author. If you receive this E-mail in error, please <br>immediately >> notify the author and delete this E-mail. Autoliv disclaims all >> <br>responsibility and liability for the consequences of any person who >> fails to <br>abide by the terms herein. <br> >> ****************************** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > -- Tyson D Sawyer A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. - Daniel Webster _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
