Sunday, Sep 11, 2011 at 10:29
Hello
Yes, a unit that does not allow the uploading of previously recorded tracks would limit its usefulness for many people. As stated, I am led to believe some Garmin Nuvis have this limitation (and some don’t even record tracks). If you are in the market for a new GPS make sure it accepts the upload of tracks if it’s a capability you think you may need, don’t just assume it’s possible.
My response in the post above was initiated by your suggestion that it was not possible to use the “trek data” from this website in the “Garmin range” because they use a “proprietary” data format. My associated comments were in reference to the uploading of data available from this website to any GPS unit (even if it is a unit running OziCe).
Most of the new Garmin units actually save data (waypoints and tracks) in GPX format …which is a universal format that can be used by many units besides Garmin (e.g. Magellan, TwoNav) and many programs (e.g. Mapsourse, Basecamp, VantagePoint, OziExplorer, CompeGPS Land).
So…with respect to your last question, generally speaking it would be easy to transfer data captured on a Garmin device to another unit (even if running OziCe) because it is likely to be in GPX format (e.g. for tracks open GPX directly in OziExplorer, save as Ozi track file (*.plt) and transfer to Hema Navigator).
(OziCe actually accepts waypoints in GPX format by the way).
Even if it was in Garmin “proprietary” data format you would just need to open the file in Mapsource or Basecamp, save as GPX then open in OziExplorer etc etc. There are many gps data conversion options out there so its not an issue. The exploroz site offers data in several formats so this removes the need for conversion in most cases anyway.
Cheers
Greg
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