On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Tyson Sawyer <ty...@j3.org> wrote: >> How do you find it works with Linux? Or do you? :) > > eTrex work great with gpsbabel.
provided you have right cable. Garmin has made three different cables, two for RS232 serial and most recently USB. Gpsbabel is great. > Newer, fancier units mount up as mass > storage devices over USB and natively support GPX files. And microSD too. My personal favorite is Garmin 76csx, available at HRO Salem,NH or LLBean and lots of other places. www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap76csx/ I like moderately large color screen (smaller than tomtom but bigger than etrex or iii+) and the air/boat/hiker 'off road' range-and-azimuth mode for when I don't trust the street routing (usual), usb & uSD, old Garmin round rigid automotive power connector, and tall enough to jam between by dash & windscreen without a mount that tells thieves it must be nearby. I can load my own OSM made maps, which can be routable; I can add my own POI DB's separately from Map (made with gpsbabel); I can extract and load waypoints via GPX file; I can extract hi-precision track GPX files from the uSD card (and low/compressed tracks by USB). I can synchronize photos with my trackfile; though it's larger than my eTrex, it fit in a pocket and can move away from the vehicle with the camera, and last quite a while on 2 AA batteries. Some newer Garmins will let you switch/select from several loaded maps by menu, 76csx does not (at least not at my firmware level and think, not.) Instead I have multiple maps on multiple uSDs in a media wallet in my pocket, should travel out of my current map. Works for me. -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
