Re: GPS Handhelds That Work with OS X

On 5/6/07 5:09 PM, "Bream Rockmetteller" <breamdotrockmettelleratmacdotcom>
wrote:

On 2007-05-06 09:15:44 -0700, Robert Haar <rlhaar@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

On 5/6/07 2:31 AM, "Bream Rockmetteller" <breamdotrockmettelleratmacdotcom>
wrote:

On 2007-05-05 15:51:34 -0700, Robert Love <rblove@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Is there a list of GPS receivers that will

a) work easily with OSX
b) use USB, not a custom adaptor
c) use a non-proprietary format, say NMEA or gpsx?

I see that GPSy has just been updated. Do folks have other software
recommendations once I get the hardware?

I know for a long time Garmin refused to support Macs so my first
preferernce would be for a non Garmin handheld.

Thanks for the assistance.

I have a Garmin GPSmap 60CSx. It has a USB interface that the Mac
immediately recognizes (unlike Widows). Garmin now has (in beta) both
the WebUpdater and POI Loader apps and they seem to work well. I also
use MacGPS Pro and it, too, works well with the 60CSx.

Good information. I have long looked for a handheld GPS that works well with
a Mac. It sounds like there is progress on that front.

Do you know if the Garmin units support the use of desk-top topographic map
software for planning hiking trails and then downloading to the GPS device?

Yes! I can plot waypoints in MacGPS Pro then load them into the 60CSx
with the POI Loader app. The waypoints and tracks can also be saved as
.kml files and displayed in Google Earth.


That is not quite what I was looking for.

The built-in topo maps installed in most GPS systems are very crude, large
scale. If I use a product like TOPO! To view maps on my desktop, I design a
complete path, not just way points. On a Windows system, I can download the
higher resolution map for the area of interest as well as the path that I
have selected to a GPS device.

Is there anything that works similarly with the Garmin GPS units? I looked
around the Garmin websie and could find nothing except a beta version of the
software the updates the GPS firmware.

.

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