Re: Garmin 76c Help

From: tc (terrycassidy_at_msn.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:55:52 GMT

Take a look at GPS Gate. It supports the Garmin GPS 18 and others USB
connect and outputs NMEA.
http://franson.com/gpsgate/
Terry

"SiN Daddy" <Nospam@No.spam> wrote in message
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> "Roy" <roybassist@yahoo.com> wrote in news:38bnbqF5lvnv4U1@individual.net:
>
>> "SiNDaddy" <say.no@to.spam> wrote in message
>> news:Xns96091D85AF52ENospamplz@207.69.189.191...
>>> Is there a way i can get street and trips to work with my garmin 76c?
>>> and
>>> is city select pretty much like street and trips? thanks
>>
>> That depends on what you mean by "work with." If you mean loading maps
>> from Streets & Trips into the 76C: no. The only maps that you can load
>> into your receiver are those made by Garmin, or homemade maps that
>> comply with Garmin's format. Making your own maps is not easy. It
>> isn't as simple as scanning an image. If you are interested in that,
>> there are groups devoted to map authoring that you may want to look
>> into. Sorry, but since I don't have time for another hobby, I don't
>> have any more information on that.
>>
>> If by "work with" you mean plugging your 76C into a laptop computer
>> running Streets & Trips and have it show your current position, Streets
>> & Trips has the capability to do this, though I don't know specifically
>> about compatibility with the 76C.
>>
>
> Apologize for mot being clear, what I want to do with my garmin is to sync
> it with street & trip, the problem with my garmin is that it doesn't use
> the NMEA protocol when using the USB cord that was provided (its uses the
> "garmin" protocol), my only choice here is to buy a serial cable and find
> a
> way to hook it up with my laptop (which doesn't have any serial port).
>
> So I was hoping someone might shed so light on this and have a work
> around,
> like a plugin for street and trip that allows it to read the garmin
> protocol.
>

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