<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>The developer of gpsbabel has been working on support for the Garmin X series. He recently posted a beta build for windows, linked to from the wiki<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/GPS_Reviews#GPSMap_60CSx">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/GPS_Reviews#GPSMap_60CSx</a></span><br><br>I'd think it likely you could get a hold of the source from him, at least, or perhaps a Mac build.<br><br>----- Original Message ----<br>From: Andy Robinson <Andy_J_Robinson@blueyonder.co.uk><br>To: talk@openstreetmap.org<br>Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:09:04 PM<br>Subject: RE: [OSM-talk] Choice of GPS for bicycle use in London<br><br><div>Have you tried posting to the gpsbabel-misc@lists.sourceforge.net
mailing<br>list? Pretty responsive to issues in my experience.<br><br>Andy<br><br>Andy Robinson<br>Andy_J_Robinson@blueyonder.co.uk <br><br>>-----Original Message-----<br>>From: talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-<br>>bounces@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Barnett, Phillip<br>>Sent: 23 May 2006 17:29<br>>To: SteveC<br>>Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org<br>>Subject: RE: [OSM-talk] Choice of GPS for bicycle use in London<br>><br>>'Sorry, download from garmin GPS receiver failed'<br>><br>>And the output from the more detailed monitor says - 'output from<br>>gpsbabel: Gpsbabel encountered an error'<br>><br>>Maybe you wee using a Legend C rather than CX?<br>><br>>Phillip<br>><br>>-----Original Message-----<br>>From: SteveC [mailto:steve@asklater.com]<br>>Sent: 23 May 2006 10:13<br>>To: Barnett, Phillip<br>>Cc: Christian van den Bosch; talk@openstreetmap.org<br>>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Choice of GPS for
bicycle use in London<br>><br>>* @ 23/05/06 09:39:34 AM Phillip.Barnett@itn.co.uk wrote:<br>>> Hmm. I tried this last night - no dice. The Legend CX/Mac OS X<br>><br>>huh? we were happily using macgpsbabel at mapchester.. I'm pretty sure<br>>we did at least one legend cx<br>><br>>> combination is currently not supported by anybody, even by proprietary<br>><br>>> software which I'm loathe to purchase (yes, I know - OS X is<br>>> proprietary but that's my one compromise to have a good looking Unix<br>>> desktop)<br>>><br>>> :-(<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From: Christian van den Bosch [mailto:cjb@cjb.ie]<br>>> Sent: 22 May 2006 11:00<br>>> To: Barnett, Phillip<br>>> Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org<br>>> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Choice of GPS for bicycle use in London<br>>><br>>> Barnett, Phillip wrote:<br>>> > (It's
also annoying that I can't get track logs directly out using<br>>> > my Powerbook, but have to turn on my ancient PC in the basement. I<br>>> > was hoping to do some logging in North Wales this summer, but<br>>> > editing will<br>>><br>>> > be a pain - and may have to wait indefinitely. Anyone have an update<br>><br>>> > on Garmin's 'Mac support in 2006' statement?)<br>>><br>>> Doesn't gpsbabel exist on mac? You may find that some variant on this<br>>> script works for you - it's what I use on linux to to read tracks from<br>><br>>> my Garmin connected via a usb-serial adaptor:<br>>><br>>> #!/bin/sh<br>>> T=garmin,poweroff<br>>> I=/dev/ttyUSB0<br>>> D=`date +%Y%m%d-%H`<br>>> O=$HOME/gps/$D.gpx<br>>> echo Reading tracks from $T at $I, writing gpx to $O gpsbabel -t -i $T<br>><br>>> -f $I -o gpx -F $O ls -l $O<br>>><br>>> Christian /
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