Last week’s beta release (3.61) for the Oregon x50 adds some key features for owners of Garmin’s high-end outdoor units, not the least of which is the reintroduction of some tracklog archiving features only available on some of its older handhelds like the GPSMAP 60Csx. The full release notes for this beta include: Added Track [...]
In response GPS devices like the Lowrance Endura and Magellan eXplorist GC which support geocache filtering, Garmin released beta software yesterday which adds this feature to the Dakota and Oregon. Geocache filters allow you to view the geocaches loaded on your GPS which match the criteria of a filter that you create, especially useful with [...]
Although I’ve never completely understood the benefit of using WAAS in an outdoor handheld GPS there has been quite a bit of stir on the Oregon wiki about poor WAAS/EGNOS performance. We posted about the problems with WAAS when we first tested the Oregon 400 almost two years ago and reiterated the same concern on [...]
Over the last two days Garmin has been busy rolling new versions of BaseCamp and software for the Colorado, Oregon x00, Oregon x50 and Dakota all aimed at delivering their newest mapping product — BirdsEye. As we discussed in a previous post, BirdsEye allows users of the “state-named” Garmin GPS units to download and make [...]
Ever since the Colorado arrived two years ago without this feature, Custom Symbols has been on the The Most Wanted List for the newer State-named units, especially since the older 60csx had this capability. Today Garmin fixed that for some Oregon owners by announcing Custom Symbol support in their latest 450/550 beta. The Custom Symbols [...]
Update: Garmin has released beta 3.26 for the Oregon x50 available here. I would highly recommend backing up your entire /Garmin/GPX directory before using this beta since your current tracklog will get modified and moved into daily/weekly archives if you enable that feature. Here’s something bound to make Garmin Oregon 450 and 550 owners happy. [...]
For those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter, Garmin has posted new beta software for both the x50 Oregon and Dakota which includes fixes for the following two issues: * Fixed issue with units getting stuck in demo mode. * Fixed color issues with GB Discoverer and Custom Maps. Both have been reported [...]
