[OSM-talk] Good deal on Garmin GPS unit

[Andy Armstrong]

On 5 Jul 2006, at 12:08, Christian van den Bosch wrote:
> If you want the round serial/power connector, don't forget  
> pfranc.com which has them available on a sharehardware/pledge  
> scheme in many countries.

A - good tip, thanks. Going there now.

>>> - it's nice to have the mapping, base data for europe and ability to
>>> search for places
>> Yup, good gazetteer - it's got places around here I've never heard  
>> of. It doesn't have all the local roads though (I'm in the middle  
>> of nowhere^h Cumbria in the UK).
>
> As expected, the mapping data is crap for Ireland :/
>
> Don't forget to turn off snap-to-road in map options, or any logs  
> you get from it could be considered a derivative work of Garmin's  
> maps.

Done.

> Also, my unit came with firmware 3.50 - current version is 4.10,  
> available at http://www.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp? 
> id=551 - looks like lots of worthwhile changes. Haven't tried it  
> yet. YMMV.

I guess I'll have to fire up a Windows box to install it...

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Andy Armstrong, hexten.net