Looking for GPS/Laptop combination for off road/TOPO
I have some Natl Geographic Mapping software and a laptop. Want to set up the laptop where it will give me "Real Time" navigation in an off road (topo) situation. Pretty sure it can be done, but not sure of the details, and what equipment I'll need to accomplish. The only GPS I have is an inexpensive Garmin ETrex Venture HC, and I'm not sure the Garmin will recognize the Nat Geo software .. (Only Magellan?) ...
anyway, if someone has a setup like this, can you provide a little help?
I've developed a little vision issues, and the handheld GPS's are a little small for me - If I can use my laptop as a GPS screen while driving in the backroads, it'll make it just a little easier..
Thanks,
Rick
Looking for GPS/Laptop combination for off road/TOPO
It's actually fairly easy to do. I have a laptop connected to my Garmin GPSMap60 via the included USB dongle and I load up Topo on the laptop and once it's loaded, the GPS will automatically connect and show exactly where on the map I'm at. Its what we do when we go mine-hunting.
I'm not sure on your GPS model, but I'm pretty confident that it can be done with yours.
You could try this at home - connect your GPS to your laptop via the USB cable and load up Nantional Geographic and zoom in where you think you are and you should have a black or red or blue dot of some kind and that's your current GPS location. That's it, all done.
Btw - I don't think there is a " find my current location" feature but I could be wrong.