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google maps and GPS

afatbollix · 2008-04-08 23:05:09

i have a garmin 200W and was wondering could i work out routes and locations on google earth and then upload it to my garmin? what would i need if it is possable?

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09-04-2008 12:05am

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afatbollix

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i have a garmin 200W and was wondering could i work out routes and locations on google earth and then upload it to my garmin?

what would i need if it is possable?

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#2 11-04-2008 5:56pm
Lex Luthor

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as far as I know only the TomToms use google maps using the TYRE software for what you need

Google=Teleatleas=TomTom
Navteq=Garmin

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#3 13-04-2008 4:42pm
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I wouldn't trust the accuracy of the Google maps, a friend pulled the Long/Lat values for a destination down the country to meet up for a weekend, I stored them in my Nuvi and drove there, I was about 200 metres off when I got there.

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#4 13-04-2008 4:56pm
robinph

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I've often used Google Maps for creating way points to then copy across to my Garmin GPS, and 200m off is not a great deal really as the accuracy of creating the point in Google Map based on the satellite images and whoever was aiming the mouse pointer could account for that.

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