RGrew176 wrote:
During the winter I purchased a Dell laptop. I have a Garmin GPSMAP
230 on the boat and supposedly you can interface the two with the
correct adaptors. Has anyone interfaced their GPS and laptop and if
so what were the results?

Thanks.

You can run any gps capable mapping program. Pretty cool if you load all the
maps in highest detail, etc. Bad part, laptop gets wet, falls, etc.

YES... I started doing it 10 years ago with the Garmin 45 and and old
program from Garmin. Now I use the Blue chart software on my laptop and
upload charts and waypoints to the unit before each trip. I also
download tracks and waypoints back to the laptop for archival. I have
a garmin 2006, a 175, and a legend. All can swap waypoints and the 2006
and the legend can take blue charts. Once the little guys are full, I
Archive entire areas off to the laptop for later use. I removed the
Abacos a few years ago and went to the exumas the last few years... this
summer back to the abacos so I am archiving the exumas and replacing
them with all the abaco waypoint, old tracks and routes... AWESOME!!!!

ONLY ISSUE.... some dell laptops do not have a serial port without a
docking station... EZ to check...

have fun
Ed


Dan J. S. wrote:
RGrew176 wrote:

During the winter I purchased a Dell laptop. I have a Garmin GPSMAP
230 on the boat and supposedly you can interface the two with the
correct adaptors. Has anyone interfaced their GPS and laptop and if
so what were the results?

Thanks.


You can run any gps capable mapping program. Pretty cool if you load all the
maps in highest detail, etc. Bad part, laptop gets wet, falls, etc.

YES... I started doing it 10 years ago with the Garmin 45 and and old
program from Garmin. Now I use the Blue chart software on my laptop and
upload charts and waypoints to the unit before each trip. I also
download tracks and waypoints back to the laptop for archival. I have
a garmin 2006, a 175, and a legend. All can swap waypoints and the 2006
and the legend can take blue charts. Once the little guys are full, I
Archive entire areas off to the laptop for later use. I removed the
Abacos a few years ago and went to the exumas the last few years... this
summer back to the abacos so I am archiving the exumas and replacing
them with all the abaco waypoint, old tracks and routes... AWESOME!!!!

ONLY ISSUE.... some dell laptops do not have a serial port without a
docking station... EZ to check...

have fun
Ed

Dan J. S. wrote:
RGrew176 wrote:

During the winter I purchased a Dell laptop. I have a Garmin GPSMAP
230 on the boat and supposedly you can interface the two with the
correct adaptors. Has anyone interfaced their GPS and laptop and if
so what were the results?

Thanks.


You can run any gps capable mapping program. Pretty cool if you load all the
maps in highest detail, etc. Bad part, laptop gets wet, falls, etc.

Thanks for the replies. I will try to have some fun this summer with the laptop
PC and my Garmin. Agreed if it gets wet not good so I probably will not be
using it underway since I really have no place to set the PC where it would not
be in danger from falling.

Just something to play around with.

Thanks again.