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#GARMIN MAPMANAGER MAPINSTALL PC#

So now I will probably get the full version of MacENC or GPSNavX to use for route planning on NOAA charts and transfer routes and waypoints to the 60csx. BobCat does display the charts nicely, but it needs more development to be useful for marine route planning since it doesn't even give compass bearings for the different legs of a route, nor does it give Lat/Lon coordinates for the Waypoints. I never did get the Tided data transferred. This process was not clear and, while I got more or less what I wanted it took several passes to get there. Garmin has a product called MapInstall and MapManager for the Mac. It presents you with a map of the region of your charts, but you have to select the small zones you want to load off the map. FAQ Garmin WorldMaps - Our maps work on all Garmin devices which support uploading. I think their MapInstall still needs work. Using Garmin's MapInstall app I did get them into my Garmin, but it was a bit hit and miss. I then copied those files onto a CD which could be read by my MacBook. I just went through what you have been talking about and did get the Garmin BlueChart charts into my 60csx, but still had to use a Windows laptop for unlocking the charts and converting them to a Mac friendly format. So while Garmin has been slow, they are at least supporting the Mac market and that is a good thing. If I can get BlueCharts into my 60csx then I'll have a tool which I can use and that's what I really want. And I just updated my 60csx with their native-OSX WebUpdater.

Map installation is something I'll do once or rarely.

#GARMIN MAPMANAGER MAPINSTALL PC#

It still relies on PC maps, but it is several steps in the right direction. The great hope now is BobCat (2.0.3 beta) which is a nice native-OSX app. Garmin seems to be the only game in town for Macintosh GPS mapping handhelds. The map includes thousands of kilometers of road, cycling and walking trails. The Map can also be installed on a PC or Mac computer. This makes this map perfect for navigation and tour planning with a Garmin navigation device. Well, they'd happily do that and send me a DVD, except that even then I wouldn't be able to load it onto my 60csx without Windows, a path which I'll probably end up taking for map installation. The Philippines Map from GarminWorldmaps offers a routable map for Garmin GPS devices on a basic scale of 1: 25,000. $100 for Bluecharts is less than $300 and my time. Finally I realized I was being foolish and decided that Garmin deserves its coin. You'd need Global Mapper ($300), cGPSMapper. Originally I wanted to convert NOAA ENC maps and download them for free. Maybe MOAGU (Mother Of All GPS Utilities) will run under WINE. This being April 2008, I've done a semi-exhaustive search for a mapping handheld with Macintosh support and come up empty. Maybe it seemed like a good idea at the time. For some reason Garmin's data is not portable.

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