Free g-raster tool for creating Garmin Custom Maps from publicly available map data. Works great! http://tinyurl.com/graster # RT @gpstracklog @modernhiker: new post – Google Trail View? http://bit.ly/280rhQ # RT @tweetmeme Touchy-Feely: Finger-Baring Gloves Allow Winter Gadget Use http://retwt.me/1kHxM (Me: helpful for Dakota and Oregon owners!) # RT @gpstracklog Garmin Topo US 24K Great Lakes (OH, [...]
Converting OCAD maps to Garmin .img format http://tinyurl.com/yj3g8st Wondering if Garmin Custom Maps will replace this procedure? # GeoTIFF to Garmin KMZ online converter. Haven't been able to use it yet because of server timeouts. http://mizar.astronet.pl/~azzie/tif2kmz/ # MapTiler work started to support Garmin Custom Maps! 50 image KMZ of Grand Canyon seems to work. http://uservoice.com/a/Apb78 [...]
Updated 11/7/09: Here’s a price list from Garmin Spain which includes a new reference to the Oregon 450 and 450t. Several days ago we tweeted about a Spanish retailer that posted a Garmin Oregon 450t product page on their site. At first glance I figured it was just a typo, but after translating the page [...]
After experimenting with GPS Visualizer to create Garmin KMZ files last week I contacted Adam Schneider, author of GPS Visualizer, about making it easier to create Garmin Custom Maps using his very useful (and free) online tool. Today Adam published changes to GPS Visualizer which simplify the process of creating Custom Maps from some types [...]
RT @TheBadCop EasyGPS has been updated to version 3.53. Go get your update! # ExpertGPS 3.53 supports Garmin Oregon 550t, loads all tracks, waypoints, routes. Photos locate properly too! http://tinyurl.com/yb7ekl6 # Better link for ExpertGPS especially if you aren't a registered user: http://www.expertgps.com/latest.asp # Garmin Oregon 300 Mushrooms! For real. Spanish model loaded with photo [...]
There’s so much going on with Garmin Custom Maps right now it is hard to keep up! Here are some more tips, tools, resources and limitations we’ve learned about today that we would like to pass along. If you have discovered your own please post them here or over on the wiki discussion threads linked [...]
Edit 10/15: Updated instructions below based on improvements made in GPS Visualizer to support Garmin KMZs using Google Earth. This new post also includes instructions on how to use the GPS Visualizer overlay form to create a Garmin KMZ file, a process which bypasses Google Earth. After Garmin’s announcement yesterday about support for custom raster [...]
