http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb How to find your way - traditional map, compass and road signs, or GPS and more en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:27:32 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/about-garmin-60csx-46599 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:41:43 GMT Hi, soon i will visit Africa and i would like to ask from people with experience if 60csx will be a good choice. They say that it has basic global map. What else i will need to add? I need only for Africa from Morocco to Gambia. thank you Hi, soon i will visit Africa and i would like to ask from people with experience if 60csx will be a good choice. They say that it has basic global map. What else i will need to add? I need only for Africa from Morocco to Gambia.

thank you ]]> Navigation - Maps, Compass, GPS mlock http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/about-garmin-60csx-46599 http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/new-to-gps-whats-go-46532 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:58:58 GMT G'Day,

I was thinking about getting a GPS for a trip around Europe and Morocco i'm doing next year. I'll be on a VFR800 so won't being going too far off-road...

I don't have much money so i'd be looking for something cheap to supplement paper maps etc.

Should i bother with one?
Is there anything i should be particularly aware of when getting a GPS?
What brands should i look at?
If i buy one online from the the UK or Europe will it come with different maps pre-loaded (free??) than if i get one here at home(Australia)?

Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Cheers. ]]> Navigation - Maps, Compass, GPS Jim82 http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/new-to-gps-whats-go-46532 http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/problem-downloading-maps-help-46413 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:00:09 GMT please help.

i have downloaded the colrut (source and binary) maps for mexico and colombia but i can't get my garmin mapsourse to recognize it. they came downloaded as zip files, i extract the files. then try to open them via mapsource, and it say's it doesn't recognize it as a file. the maps aren't in the drop down... is my laptop retarded? or am I?

steve ]]> Navigation - Maps, Compass, GPS pocketumbleweed http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/problem-downloading-maps-help-46413 http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/log-gps-journey-android-phone-46395 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:15:25 GMT Hi

I have a Google T-Mobile G1 Phone. There is a very useful app developed by Google called My Tracks For Android.

It is available on any phone running the Android OS. Its FREE too.:thumbup1:

I've found it to be very useful in recording a journey, then you can seamlessly upload (via 3G, WiFi etc) to your Google Maps. And then obviously embed these in your blog etc.

If you are in remote parts without 3G etc you can save and upload later. It is also possible to save your track to the SD card on the phone as a .GPX or .KML file and use on Google Earth etc.

You can also at the same time when uploading to Google, save the trip data as a spreadsheet in Google Docs.

Each trip is categorised with moving Time, Total Time, Distance, Ave,Max Speeds, Elevation etc.
Google then also summarises all your journeys and provides stats accross all your trips.

I intend using this when crossing Africa, to provide updates on exact routes that were open and various track conditions. etc

YouTube - My Tracks ]]> Navigation - Maps, Compass, GPS DrKev http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/log-gps-journey-android-phone-46395 http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/zumo-550-sd-card-46372 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:13:33 GMT :helpsmilie:Can anybody tell me when I load an sd card with music for the sat nav I can't seem to find it on the sat nav, yet if I plug the card into my pc hey presto there is all the music,
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ian ]]> Navigation - Maps, Compass, GPS Ian Robinson http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/zumo-550-sd-card-46372 http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/celestial-navigation-46366 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:43:53 GMT Does anyone out there still use a theodolite or sextant to keep themselves found? Does anyone pack a sextant/theodolite as a back-up should the GPS fail? Geoffrey Does anyone out there still use a theodolite or sextant to keep themselves found?

Does anyone pack a sextant/theodolite as a back-up should the GPS fail?

Geoffrey ]]> Navigation - Maps, Compass, GPS GeoffK http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/celestial-navigation-46366 http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/navigation-maps-compass-gps/garmin-gps-maps-46309 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:16:33 GMT Hi all;
I am an happy owner of Oregon 550t and I would like to know which method or guide to follow to visualize on the gps more independent tracks pieces simultaneously and together with the preloaded map.
The problem is that if I load these tracks pieces as a single track (since in this gps is not possible to view more tracks at the same time), all the final parts of the pieces are connected with the beginning of the following piece making the vision very difficult.
For this reason I would like to to convert the track to a map and then import it in the gps and put on top of the preloaded map.
As an alternative i could first download the preloaded map from the gps to the pc, insert the track and import everything again.
Note that is not important that the gps follow this track, It could only show it for example like a river; I don't need any navigation function but only see the track with no connecting lines between the pieces.
Does someone of you know the procedure to do this as simple as possible?
All what I have now are hundreds of tracks in .plt or .gpx format not joined and tens of km one far from the other; I must visualize all of them and togheter with the preloaded map.
Thank you for every suggestion.

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