Re: Ozi-CE (was MapSource on Pocket PC?)
From: Reg (news_at_g4ens.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: 02/02/05
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Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:52:34 -0000
"Jack Erbes" <jackerbes@adelphia.net> wrote
> > I've got a 2610 and a Fujitsu-Siemens LOOX-720. The 720 has both
> > normal (for PDA) and host USB connectors, so I can plug-in my 2610
to
> > the 720.
>
> I'm not familiar with the LOOX, don't have a 2610, and have not used
any
> of the Garmin MapSource packages either. But I am curious about
them.
The LOOX-720, a WM 2003 PDA, has two USB connectors - the usual for
sync to a computer and also a host USB connector. This therefore has
the hardware to replace a Windows PC for connecting with the newer USB
only GPSrs. (Why I bought it!)
> The normal path to get the tracks would be via USB between the 2610
and
> a PC with MapSource City Navigator (CN) running on the PC right?
Yes, correct.
> Can you take the track data out of the 2610 via USB with CN? Or get
the
> track data on the CF card and then look at it with CN in a CF card
> reader on the PC?
Yes I can get the track using a laptop and CN. But although others
here have asked Garmin already, you can't save the track to the
GPSr's CF.
> > My main interest is in downloading the
> > 2610's track, as using a laptop is a major task while travelling
> > about. The 2610 track (unlike a previous Garmin), can't be set to
> > stop when the memory is full and it overwrites.
>
> And you want to look at the tracks on the LOOX seeing them overlayed
on
> maps similar in appearance to the 2610's, right? I don't know of
any of
> those kind of maps for Ozi-CE (I am using marine charts and topo
maps)
> but you can scan and calibrate your own maps so if you can get the
> tracks off the 2610 maybe you can do that.
I don't want to look at tracks on the LOOX Jack as it's screen is too
small. I only want to download the track for later transfer to CN on
a laptop.
With my older GPS-75 and eMap I could use NMEA and serial to connect
with a Psion hand held computer and quickly download from the GPSr
it's track. My laptop is 12 x the volume of my laptop which is still
booting after my Psion has finished downloading a track! Quick and
easy. I would like to do the same with a 2610 and LOOX-720.
Thanks Jack for your comments.
Reg.
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