I have downloaded some points from a garmin unit and saved it as a text file. I open it this in a excel spreadsheet, clean up the data. I create a table in...
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Bob Hawkins
silvermapper
Feb 2, 2009 8:15 pm
Are the projections the same? Are the coordinates in the same order, i.e. lat/long, long/lat? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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vilisi tokalauvere
kaiteci
Feb 2, 2009 8:35 pm
This is how the original data looks like. Trackpoint S18 06.879 E178 27.188 02/02/2009 09:00:53 84 m Trackpoint S18 06.883 E178 27.194 02/02/2009 09:01:03 84...
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Bob Hawkins
silvermapper
Feb 2, 2009 9:09 pm
I have plotted, myself, the coordinates you gave and find that the point is on Fiji, approximately 5 miles/8 kilometres north west of Na Visi. This is...
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vilisi tokalauvere
kaiteci
Feb 2, 2009 9:18 pm
the points should be on Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands. ... From: Bob Hawkins <bobhawkins@...> Subject: Re: [ GPS Maps ] Import Garmin points into...
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Juan Cristian NúÃ...
hchnunez
Feb 3, 2009 12:03 pm
Hello Villisi Just a comment, perhaps I am wrong. I think you are confusing numerical systems. The original coordinates you give as are in hexadecimal: degrees...
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Yudho Indardjo
yudho_ind
Feb 3, 2009 1:23 pm
The saved layer/table is on *UTM WGS84* (Zone60S), but GPS data are on *Geographic (Long/Lat)* Coordinat, they are diferent at all, although can use to...
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vilisi tokalauvere
kaiteci
Feb 3, 2009 9:39 pm
Hi All, I have done the conversion into decimal and created points in mapinfo using the projection lat/long. But when I tried to save copy as UTMWGS84, the...
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Bob Hawkins
silvermapper
Feb 4, 2009 3:33 pm
The coordinates of your latest post differ significantly from your earlier post in two respects: 1) you list 16 degrees south in your latest post, instead of...
An addendum to my last post. I've downloaded the tracks from each unit into Mapsource and would like to be able to compare where each unit thinks it is at a...
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MARK NEWBY
sporttire2001
Feb 6, 2009 9:30 pm
It is easy to transfer tracks in MapSource (M-S). I do not know how you have saved your information. It should be immediately obvious when looking at two...
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Scott Rock
coolguy982
Feb 6, 2009 9:42 pm
I have a nuvi 750 purchased in January 2008 which has worked flawlessly with TourGuide files. However, I have always updated it to the newest firmware as soon...
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Simon Slavin
simonslavin
Feb 6, 2009 10:12 pm
... You do have them configured to behave the same way, right ? Take a look at the settings....
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Bertho Boman
bertho_boman
Feb 6, 2009 10:25 pm
I am new to this group and mapping but not to GPS. I have been working with GPS since its beginning, actually the Star system before that. Now I am trying to...
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Bertho Boman
bertho_boman
Feb 6, 2009 10:25 pm
The "China street maps" card for the Garmin has a big very consistent error. In six cities in many different parts of China it is consistently off by about...
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Simon Slavin
simonslavin
Feb 6, 2009 10:50 pm
... Have you contacted the manufacturer of this card ? ... There's no way for this to be a calibration error. GPS units just don't work like that. Either...
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Joseph Willcocks
natty10000
Feb 6, 2009 10:52 pm
Exactly except for the SW differences. My concern about updating is just that in some forums I've heard that some of Garmin's updates have introduced new...
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Nick W
nickw7coc
Feb 6, 2009 10:56 pm
Are you using the correct Datum for the maps - and no sorry I don't know which one they'll have been produced to use, you may well be able to find out from the...
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Boman33
bertho_boman
Feb 6, 2009 11:51 pm
Thanks Simon for a superfast reply. The card is made by Garmin. I sent in a detailed report to Garmin tech support but never got an answer. The Garmin...
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Simon Slavin
simonslavin
Feb 7, 2009 12:03 am
... That's unusual. Email to Garmin usually gets a reply. If you bought the card direct through their web site they should definitely reply. If you don't get...
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Auke Koopmans
offroadlanna
Feb 7, 2009 12:05 am
This is a well known problem with the China map othe SD card. This is intentional behaviour of the map and is caused by a decision by the manufacturer of the...
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Simon Slavin
simonslavin
Feb 7, 2009 12:12 am
... Oh wow. Learn something every day. Return the map and get your money back, unless the place you bought it from said that card was only for Chinese models....
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Boman33
bertho_boman
Feb 7, 2009 12:20 am
Thanks Auke! That explains everything and it is terrible that Garmin sells the map with the known big error. Yes Simon, I was traveling in China with the...
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FJ Soekahar
oly730uz
Feb 7, 2009 1:56 am
I am using GMXT in my Nokia N95. With detail maps Gmapsupp.img and gmapprom.img. Now I would like to add another maps. I have tried with Gmapsup1.img and ...
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Wang, Hua
real_wang
Feb 7, 2009 2:10 am
Hi, I think the china map is from garmin's partner in china, unistrong. That map is offset-ed in purpose to meet the chinese regulation. These's a swtich in...
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Boman33
bertho_boman
Feb 7, 2009 5:46 am
Thanks Hua, I will check with Garmin on Monday and report back here. Bertho From: map_authors@yahoogroups.com [mailto:map_authors@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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Brian Long Yahoo
bglong11
Feb 7, 2009 9:35 am
The way i get around this is to rename gmapsupp.img you are not using to a user friendly name e.g. Gmapsuppoz.img and then you can use another gmapsupp.img. it...
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Ben Leano
rbleano
Feb 7, 2009 2:05 pm
Rename the gmapsupp.img to gmapsup2.img. Now you can load your other map. ... Jakarta." ... se-Jabodetabek, Banten, Karawang dan Purwakarta." ... Berlaku untuk...
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bobm_dr350se
Feb 8, 2009 9:26 pm
There is no "Export Tracklog" function in Mapsource but you can save the data as a text file (File / Save As / Text )and then open the file in a text editor...
