Comments on: Garmin custom maps – Day 2 http://gpstracklog.com/2009/10/garmin-custom-maps-day-2.html GPS reviews, news, tips and tricks Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:29:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: John Thorn http://gpstracklog.com/2009/10/garmin-custom-maps-day-2.html#comment-34779 John Thorn Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:41:49 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/?p=2880#comment-34779 If you are looking for a simple tool to make Garmin Custom Maps from raster data this could be the one. Takes most images - png,tif.jpg and many calibration files - map, tfw, jpr etc and will produce a Garmin Custom Map in seconds. There's a sample at www.the-thorns.org.uk/mapping/sample.kmz Datums are converted if necessary and the map does not need to be aligned north-south. If you are looking for a simple tool to make Garmin Custom Maps from raster data this could be the one. Takes most images – png,tif.jpg and many calibration files – map, tfw, jpr etc and will produce a Garmin Custom Map in seconds.

There’s a sample at
http://www.the-thorns.org.uk/mapping/sample.kmz

Datums are converted if necessary and the map does not need to be aligned north-south.

]]> By: Open Mobile Map » Garmin gets support for KML overlays — implications http://gpstracklog.com/2009/10/garmin-custom-maps-day-2.html#comment-29306 Open Mobile Map » Garmin gets support for KML overlays — implications Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:58:04 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/?p=2880#comment-29306 [...] covers the news, and has some usage tips. GPSFix has detailed instructions, tips on using GPS Visualizer’s generated overlays, and an [...] [...] covers the news, and has some usage tips. GPSFix has detailed instructions, tips on using GPS Visualizer’s generated overlays, and an [...]

]]> By: Garmin gets support for KML overlays — implications | Digital Mobile Map http://gpstracklog.com/2009/10/garmin-custom-maps-day-2.html#comment-28128 Garmin gets support for KML overlays — implications | Digital Mobile Map Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:19:28 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/?p=2880#comment-28128 [...] covers the news, and has some usage tips. GPSFix has detailed instructions, tips on using GPS Visualizer’s generated overlays, and an [...] [...] covers the news, and has some usage tips. GPSFix has detailed instructions, tips on using GPS Visualizer’s generated overlays, and an [...]

]]>