[Freegis-list] Any software that allows uploads of maps to Magellan GPS receivers (eg Map 410)

[Bernhard Reiter]

Hi Joe,

being not very knowledgable about GPS interfaces 
I can only offer you general advice:

	You should check the GPS entries and the people behind them in
	the freegis.org site list. They might have more resources.

Anyway a quick expert search of mine for protocols turned out,
that magellan actually has published some documents about its 
GPS receiver's protocols. It has specifics for Map410.

 http://www.magellangps.com/downloads/transfer.htm

Take the computer language of your choise (ours is python) and hack away.
We hope to add your Free Software Component for Map410 soon. :)

Regards,
	Bernhard




On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 02:26:41PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> I recently bought a Magellan Map410 GPS receiver
> while on vacation in the US. I found its highway maps useful,
> but now that I'm back in Ireland there is absolutely
> no data for this country.
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, Magellan's MapSend software
> doesn't cover this country either.
> 
> I have map data for this country, and I'm not afraid
> of writing software to convert from one format to
> another, but I have no idea of the protocols and
> format for uploading this to the Map410 unit.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joe Desbonnet
> joe at galway.net

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