Barely two years after their introduction, Garmin has pulled the plug on the original Oregon line, along with the GPSMAP 76Cx and 76CSx. Owners shouldn’t fret; these models will continue to be supported, though I wouldn’t expect to see many new features added in future firmware updates.
Garmin discontinues Oregon x00, GPSMAP 76C(S)x lines
October 21, 2010 By 5 Comments
Garmin Oregon 450 review
April 13, 2010 By 438 Comments
Hands on with the best Oregon yet
The Garmin Oregon 450
More on Garmin BirdsEye aerial imagery
January 18, 2010 By 6 Comments
The BirdsEye aerial / satellite imagery subscription program for the Garmin Colorado, Dakota and Oregon series is now official. EDIT: I’ve learned that Garmin decided not to support BirdsEye imagery on the Dakota 10, due to its lack of an expansion card slot. I have a few tidbits to add to my post from last week:
- The $29.99 subscriptions will be available starting this March
- Imagery will include “0.5 meter per pixel resolution in many areas of the United States”
- There is no mention of world-wide imagery in today’s news release, though it was mentioned on the Garmin BirdsEye imagery product page last week, which is unavailable right now
- Another BirdsEye web page has been announced, though it too is currently unavailable
Garmin BirdsEye Satellite Imagery coming
January 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
EDIT: I’ve learned that Garmin decided not to support BirdsEye imagery on the Dakota 10, due to its lack of an expansion card slot.
It looks like Garmin is getting ready to announce a BirdsEye satellite imagery subscription program for owners of the Colorado, Dakota and Oregon handheld series. Similar to DeLorme’s Map Library, the BirdsEye program will let you transfer an unlimited amount of satellite imagery and aerial photos to a compatible Garmin handheld for $29.99 per year. Imagery will be locked to one device per subscription; you’ll need Garmin’s free BaseCamp software (version 3.0.0+, yet to be released) and a myGarmin account. I hope to update this post soon with details on when the program will be up and running.
Garmin Oregon 550
January 3, 2010 By 19 Comments
UPDATE: It appears that newer production runs of the 550 series models are now getting the brighter screen first introduced in the Oregon 450 series.
The Garmin Oregon 550
Waypoints – December 8, 2009
December 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
It’s a good day to be the owner of a Garmin Oregon and / or Motorola Droid…
Garmin Oregon beta
Garmin has rolled out new beta firmware with some great added features. These include:
- Customized dashboards can now be added to the map and computer screens. Dashboard options include Compass, Stopwatch, Active Geocache, and Elevation Plot.
- You can now view the elevation plot of an upcoming active route or currently navigated track in blue (shown at right).
- Some great new track navigation options, which are detailed at the Garmin Trail Tech blog. I completely agree with their statement that “for many customers, navigating a saved track is the best option for providing guidance along a desired trail.” I encourage you to go and read their post in detail. The new features include automatically adding high and low elevation points for a track, and adding any waypoints along it to the active route. I suspect that mileage calculations will now be based on the track and not “as the crow flies” distances, though I’ve yet to verify this. There are also some tips posted at the Garmin Oregon wiki. UPDATE: I recently put together a post with some tips on using this new track navigation feature.
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