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Harbingers of Spring
On Feb 14, 2:13*pm, HK wrote:
wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:58:17 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Feb 14, 11:53 am, wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:36:49 -0500, HK wrote: wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:21:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Feb 14, 9:10 am, wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:34:37 -0500, HK wrote: Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. Dug my Garmin GPS out of its winter hiding place, took off the dust cover, and used my "accessory" two wire cord to plug it in and then logged onto Garmin's site to see if there was a software update. There was. Downloaded it, transferred it onto an SD card and...voila! *Now, if warm weather would only get here. The Garmin system software is fine, but I sure don't have much good to say about its "Mapsource" software to add waypoints and suchlike from your computer to the unit. It's klunky. You must be doing it wrong, or trying to "guess" how to do it without bothering to read the manual. There's nothing particularly clunky about it. I have no problems with mine, either. It's VERY complicated! select the "waypoint tool" which is the little green flag icon in the menu bar click on the point where you want to create a waypoint. a window pops up where you can name the waypoint, (requires typing the name) select what icon it will use if other than default black square is desired (drop down menu) select what category or categories it will be listed in (check boxes) Optional: a "comment" if wanted and a few otther parameters. Most of the time, all you need to do is name it and select what categories you want it listed under. Done. Not quite. Oh, yeah, you have to click on "Okay" after the above grueling and tortuous procedure. I have Mapsource open on my computer right now for reference. If I missed something, please specify what it might be. I'm beginning to suspect that you do not actually own a Garmin, but made a post based on some ignorant magazine review written by someone with a skill set similar to your own.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My 12 year old likes to do my updates, waypoints etc. for me. ...and can probably read a book and play a video game while doing it. You and Loogy ought to get a room - you are perfectly suited for each other. |
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:13:27 -0500, HK wrote: wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:58:17 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Feb 14, 11:53 am, wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:36:49 -0500, HK wrote: wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:21:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Feb 14, 9:10 am, wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:34:37 -0500, HK wrote: Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. Dug my Garmin GPS out of its winter hiding place, took off the dust cover, and used my "accessory" two wire cord to plug it in and then logged onto Garmin's site to see if there was a software update. There was. Downloaded it, transferred it onto an SD card and...voila! Now, if warm weather would only get here. The Garmin system software is fine, but I sure don't have much good to say about its "Mapsource" software to add waypoints and suchlike from your computer to the unit. It's klunky. You must be doing it wrong, or trying to "guess" how to do it without bothering to read the manual. There's nothing particularly clunky about it. I have no problems with mine, either. It's VERY complicated! select the "waypoint tool" which is the little green flag icon in the menu bar click on the point where you want to create a waypoint. a window pops up where you can name the waypoint, (requires typing the name) select what icon it will use if other than default black square is desired (drop down menu) select what category or categories it will be listed in (check boxes) Optional: a "comment" if wanted and a few otther parameters. Most of the time, all you need to do is name it and select what categories you want it listed under. Done. Not quite. Oh, yeah, you have to click on "Okay" after the above grueling and tortuous procedure. I have Mapsource open on my computer right now for reference. If I missed something, please specify what it might be. I'm beginning to suspect that you do not actually own a Garmin, but made a post based on some ignorant magazine review written by someone with a skill set similar to your own.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My 12 year old likes to do my updates, waypoints etc. for me. ...and can probably read a book and play a video game while doing it. You and Loogy ought to get a room - you are perfectly suited for each other. As I stated, I am not doing what *you* do with waypoints. The truth is you aren't doing anything with waypoints in MapSource because you don't own MapSource. We all get that, Hairless. Go play in traffic. Here you go, crap-for-brains - My copy of Mapsource showing some of my waypoints: http://tinyurl.com/3x42zw And here's a snap of my Garmin 4208: http://tinyurl.com/37yfl7 snerk |
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:35:42 -0500, HK wrote: wrote: On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:34:37 -0500, HK wrote: Saw a few spring birds out the yard this morning, so, cold as it is, we must be getting close to a seasonal change - I hope. Put out some seed for them in our backyard feeders - they gotta be hungry. Dug my Garmin GPS out of its winter hiding place, took off the dust cover, and used my "accessory" two wire cord to plug it in and then logged onto Garmin's site to see if there was a software update. There was. Downloaded it, transferred it onto an SD card and...voila! Now, if warm weather would only get here. The Garmin system software is fine, but I sure don't have much good to say about its "Mapsource" software to add waypoints and suchlike from your computer to the unit. It's klunky. You must be doing it wrong, or trying to "guess" how to do it without bothering to read the manual. There's nothing particularly clunky about it. Opinions are like a**holes, and my guess is that you are multiple-orificed. Must you "gay up" every post? It's a diversion. He suffers from narcissism and can't be wrong. |
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