Garmin has released version 3.0.6 of the BaseCamp software, which includes fixes for 16 different issues from version 3.0.5. BaseCamp is software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them to your Garmin device. It works very similar to MapSource. BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on [...]
Garmin is obviously putting a lot of effort into BaseCamp. Only three weeks after releasing version 3.0.4, Garmin has released version 3.0.5, which includes fixes for 15 different issues and localization for 18 languages. The added features and fixes increased the size of this download from 70 Mbytes in v3.0.4 to 125 Mbytes in v3.0.5. [...]
Only two weeks after releasing version 3.0.2 of BaseCamp, Garmin has updated the software to version 3.0.3. BaseCamp is software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them to your Garmin device. It works very similar to MapSource. BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on your computer [...]
BaseCamp is software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them to your Garmin device. It works very similar to MapSource. BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on your computer screen, including elevation profiles. Then you can view and rotate the maps from any angle. Features: View [...]
You might currently use the local newspaper’s web site to obtain recent elevation data for the reservoir you are fishing or the river you are canoeing. Or if you fish or float on a number of water bodies, you might have to browse a number of controlling authorities sites (including the US Geological Survey) to [...]
Garmin released version 2.6.4 of the Communicator plugin on March 5, 2009. Communicator is a plugin that allows a user to upload and download Garmin GPS data using their browser. Compatible computers and Internet browsers: IBM-compatible PCs running Windows® XP or Vista operating systems with Internet Explorer 6+ or Firefox 1.5+ Intel-based or PowerPC G3 [...]
John M. has created maps suitable for Garmin GPS units and posted them at GPSFileDepot. The extent of the area includes all of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri. Features include: Roads – Interstates, highways, arterial roads, residential roads, limited unpaved roads Railroads High resolution water data – lakes, rivers, streams, [...]
I decided to do a little climbing in the hills of southwest Austin on Southwest Parkway. It was a great ride with beautiful vistas – I can’t believe I didn’t take any pictures! I will next time.
I always ride north or west, so I decided to head to the east side of Interstate Highway 35. Before I got to IH35, I drove by a unique cemetery (pictured below). It was a fast, cool, 19-mile ride.
Another beautiful winter day (72 degrees) in Austin. It was a nice cruise down to Lady Bird Lake and the Colorado River (the wind was at my back). I drove by the famous Stevie Ray Vaughan statue and then went by the Texas State Capitol, the biggest in the United States. On the trip back, [...]
