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Postby regor » Sun May 25, 2008 11:55 am

Anybody pay the $20 yet for the plus version. I did so i could add gps tracks to it. It says it supports magellan and garmin. So far i haven't had any luck doing it.
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Postby Ken » Sun May 25, 2008 10:26 pm

It sucks, IMO.

Very hard to configure.

Use this instead

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/

or

GPSBabel.

http://www.gpsbabel.org/
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Postby oldtrucks » Mon May 26, 2008 10:33 am

Not worth it. Use the GPS visualizer that Ken mentioned. Save your tracks on your computer and then import to GPS visulizer, save as a KML or KMZ file, that automatically brings up a link to Google Earth, click on that and it does it all for you. All you have left to do is decide what color you want the tracks to be or how wide you want it to show on the map. Here's one from a sled trip with Mr. Bill and Chadd in Chester that I did

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Postby regor » Mon May 26, 2008 6:19 pm

Thanks guys, i'll check it out.
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gps visualizer

Postby auendave » Mon May 26, 2008 8:42 pm

Hi I am new here just signed up a couple weeks ago and have been lurking around some, you got a great site. I hope to meet some of you soon , My wife and I are wanting to try out some of that ATV camping. I love exploring new areas all the time
Any way I just tried that gps visular and it is a great way to go put those tracks right there on google earth. Thanks fo the good info

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Postby Chadd » Tue May 27, 2008 3:49 pm

Nice titles there LOSER... :finger:
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Postby oldtrucks » Tue May 27, 2008 8:22 pm

Chadd wrote:Nice titles there LOSER... :finger:
What? That's what the highway sign called it.........

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Postby Ken » Tue May 27, 2008 8:50 pm

ROFL....
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Postby Chadd » Wed May 28, 2008 10:04 am

LMAO Thats a good one. :angry:
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