Dave Kruger wrote: > Don't think you need maps, necessarily, but you will need pre-planned waypoints > for some trips. > > The eTrex's specs (especially the submersibility) may motivate me to buy one of > these things, but I **definitely** want the ability to download waypoints from > Chartview (Nautical Software: http://www.tides.com/). > > Will this thing do that? > > I tried to determine if it would from the manual someone URL'ed, but could not > tell. > > The Etrex will upload and download waypoints, I just can't tell if your software has the driver for it. But the link you provided does seem to indicate that it can using the NMEA protocol, which the Etrex has. A quick email to the software company might help here. Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 03 2000 - 22:32:23 PDT
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