Hi, all --

I am just starting toward my goal of being able to track real-time or
near-real-time points along a particular wandering and then download/
export/whatever those to Google Earth or a similar mapping tool.
Aside from the hardware itself, the goal is to do it for free.

I've just been given a Magellan Triton 200 for my birthday, and I want
to know if this is the right unit for me. Their tech support says
that I cannot export a full track (the entire collection of auto-
recorded points along the way) but instead only manually-saved
waypoints, but on the other hand it looks like it might work. Getting
the data out and into something like Google Earth format, though, is
perhaps another challenge.

I've seen a single thread that pointed to earthnc.com that looked a
little interesting but 1) it seems to be tied to nautical use, which
is too limited for me (air + water & ground is nice as well), and 2)
it looks like it costs anyway. Maybe I've misread it and/or maybe it
will work anyway and/or maybe something else is out there that would
serve me better.

Has anyone here worked with the Triton in particular or other handheld
units in general to provide any opinions and assistance, and is anyone
in the habit of exporting auto-recorded tracks to something that will
let you follow along and review and share?


TIA & HAND

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David T-G
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