Useful Links
Map Creation / Editing Tools
|
Excellent map authoring tool. Will read many different map source file formats, and can even open and edit Garmin IMG files (so you could customise Metroguide or other Mapsource map files to include new features). Supports drawing maps by tracing a digitised map image, or by entry of lat/long co-ordinates. |
|
|
Garmin Mapsource IMG file compilation tool. Required in addition to GPSMapEdit in order to build the final IMG files of your maps that will be uploaded to the GPS. |
Map upload tools
|
DOS Command-line tool for sending maps from your PC to the GPS. |
|
|
Windows front end to sendmap which allows maps on your PC to be browsed, and sets of maps selected for sending to the GPS. Easier to use and more powerful than sendmap on it's own. |
|
| GPSsendmap |
Another Windows front end to sendmap. Not as good as IMG2GPS if you are working with Mapsource and custom maps together.. |
| Map Manager |
Windows application which will automatically add custom maps to a Mapsource package installed on your PC. Seems very unreliable with airspace map files. |
Other Garmin tools
| G7towin |
Windows application for upload/download of data (waypoints, tracks, POI, etc, but not maps) from various GPS systems. Can also capture GPS screenshots! |
General GPS resources
|
Massive list of GPS resources, biased towards soaring pilots |
|
| Peter Bennet's GPS pages |
Extensive pages on GPS in general, NMEA data transfer, links to many GPS tools |
| GPSy GPS resources list |
Further links to GPS tools and other online resources. |