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Entries for October, 2009

Tips on Garmin Custom Maps – Getting Started

Ever since Garmin released Custom Map support on the Oregon, Dakota and Colorado this morning I’ve been playing around with this nifty new feature on my Garmin Oregon 550t. Below I’ll try to pass on a few tips and show some examples to get you started. First I started with a trail map for one [...]

Garmin Beta: Custom Raster Map Support for Oregon, Colorado and Dakota

In amongst all of the hype around Garmin’s nuLink two-way connected nuvi 1690, the Nuvifone G60 and the Oregon 300 Mushroom Edition (pdf) here’s some interesting news for Garmin outdoor GPS owners who aren’t mushroom pickers. Yesterday I ran across a new post on Garmin’s TrailTech blog called Creating Garmin Custom Maps in Five Easy [...]

GPSFix Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04

Garmin TOPO US 24K South Central DVD available. Includes TX, KS, OK, MO, AR http://tinyurl.com/yaa8mnm # RT @CacheAdvance Ever wonder who makes your GPS work? (U.S. Naval Observatory open house) http://bit.ly/YstSU # RT @Moun10Bike New blog post: Northwest Trails v1.49 Now Available http://bit.ly/15DSq5 # Apple lists outdoor applications for iPhone. Wondering whether iphone will ever [...]