Hi list. I believe my GPSmap 60CS does not behave as it should, and I would appreciate your advice: I have created a small route with Mapsource and uploaded it...
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jimlball
May 18, 2008 8:14 pm
I've installed maps from 2008 onto my gps and the location is off by about 500'. I tried changing the datum and magnetic settings but nothing changes. I even...
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Roy
roybassist
May 18, 2008 11:19 pm
... If you're judging accuracy by comparing your position to a road location, the problem is inaccuracy in the road data in the maps. I've seen numerous...
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Boni Pienups
wt7z
May 21, 2008 11:58 pm
Hi, Everybody, This is my first post, belonged forever. I have a GPSMap60CS, about 4 years old, old Mapsource maps, that I use when I walk 6 miles a day. So,...
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johnatyson
May 30, 2008 5:03 pm
... This isn't one I've heard of before. Only thought is you could do a master reset to see if that solves it. Also, your firmware might have somehow gotten...
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acenturi
Jun 2, 2008 1:16 am
Anyone experience a random Power Shut Off while hiking? 3x now over the past 7 or 8 hikes, the Power on my 60CSx just shuts off for no apparent reason - so...
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Sergio L Barroso
nqnnospam
Jun 2, 2008 1:45 am
Hi, Have you updated the firmware of your GPS. If I remember it correctly, the first versions of the firmware used to have this misbehavior, related to...
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ot2lund
Jun 2, 2008 3:16 am
Could be temporary loss of physical connection with the battery poles. Tighten the connections, be careful, and put some soft material between battery lid an...
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Gary Turner
g_turner_nz
Jun 2, 2008 10:53 am
I have - it may relate to what's on the map. I mainly use custom maps, so there may be some bugs in the map. I remember once having it keep powering off on one...
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acenturi
Jun 12, 2008 12:45 am
Yes, that evidentally was the problem. I had used the unit for about a year (at least 20 hikes) without a problem. I fabricated a thin piece of foam that fits...
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wade.wall
Jun 19, 2008 3:09 am
Hi all, This is probably a stupid question, but I am in possession of a GPSMap60CS with no software and I want to upload/ download waypoints (currently in...
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Sean Curry
sxcurry
Jun 19, 2008 4:09 am
Wade, You can try the DNR Garmin utility, free from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources at ...
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Reha Yurdakul
rehayurdakul
Jun 19, 2008 5:02 am
Hello, I guess your GPS is second hand, because in the box of 60CSx, there is a software called Garmin Trip&Waypoint Manager.. if you dont have it and if you...
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Nick W
nickw7coc
Jun 19, 2008 1:09 pm
Look through the recent posts in the group for one from me and it includes the link to Garmin's Mapsource download. The program's free. The thing is it's...
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Roy
roybassist
Jun 19, 2008 2:16 pm
The OP is looking for software to handle an Arcmap point shapefile. I don't think MapSource, or even the amazing GPSBabel (unless I missed it in the on the...
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Robert Lipe
robertlipe
Jun 19, 2008 3:10 pm
... GPSBabel has done shapefiles for a long time, but the reality is that shapefiles are kind of a bad fit for GPS so there are a lot of excuses surrounding...
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Robert Lipe
robertlipe
Jun 19, 2008 3:11 pm
... I do see now that I've never turned off the "undocumented feature" for that format, so Roy really didnt' miss it. I'll look into turning that on for the...
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clarencedold
Jun 19, 2008 3:44 pm
... the ... on ... I don't know about the Arcmap point shapefile, but I use three free utilities for upload/download of waypoints with my 60cs. Windows GUI: ...
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Robert Lipe
robertlipe
Jun 19, 2008 3:51 pm
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:44 AM, clarencedold <dold@...> ... It's had a GUI for a long time, http://www.gpsbabel.org/screenshots.html...
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clarencedold
Jun 20, 2008 5:53 pm
... Oops. I didn't mean to overlook the GUI. I'm a command line kind of guy, and I have a bat file to do the repetitive things that I like to do. I did use...
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m1st3r3
Jun 30, 2008 7:26 am
Not really sure where to post this question but I thought I'd start here. I need to find a map in 1:50,000 scale for a college assignment where I need to take...
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Gary Turner
g_turner_nz
Jun 30, 2008 10:29 pm
Probably something to do with screen size and screen resolution. Using a PC based map (with very accurate measurement, but no fixed scale) would seem to me to...
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prathman@...
prathman
Jun 30, 2008 11:17 pm
From: "m1st3r3" <m1st3r3@...> ... A 1:50000 scale means that the real world is 50,000 times the size shown on the map. But there's no unique zoom level...
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Steve
fogdrip
Jul 1, 2008 3:37 am
... here. ... I need to take some ... WorldMap, etc...) that ... that will match a ... level relationship ... I Googled a lot for this ... OK - I'll take a...
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m1st3r3
Jul 1, 2008 2:42 pm
Thanks for the excellent replies all! I now see the missing links in my chain of thinking, screen resolution and printer scaling. I've found a workaround for...
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raduka2001
Jul 21, 2008 8:12 am
Just updated my Mapsource 6.13.7 and was greatly disappointed. The latest version, 6.14.1 is not only unstable (3 crashes since yesterday in my Vista SP1) but...
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Martin Basiszta
mbasiszta
Jul 21, 2008 10:55 am
Thank you very much for the warning. ... much ... have ... have...
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Sergio L Barroso
nqnnospam
Aug 8, 2008 4:27 pm
Dear all, I have a GPSMap 60CSx. Recently I upgraded the gps chipset firmware from 2.90 to 3.00 (the latest), and the GPS started to loose the satellites...
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Amir Findling K9CHP
amir_chip_radar
Aug 8, 2008 4:37 pm
Try doing the update over with Webupdater, remember to run it twice. See if that helps. <http://www.gpsinformation.org/perry/gps60/> * 73 de K9CHP Amir...
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Sergio L Barroso
nqnnospam
Aug 8, 2008 6:41 pm
Hi, Thanks, but Webupdater can only upgrade: older version -> newer version not downgrade: newer version -> older version I need to downgrade. Regards, Sérgio...
