| 30 April 2000 | |
| Joe and Jack's Review of the Garmin eMap
has been updated to reflect the many enhancements present in the new version 2.50 firmware. Under: Feature Items. |
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| 28 April 2000 | |
| A link has been added to a review of Route 66:
European GPS ready Mapping Program has Automatic Route Generation, by Hans Molenaar. Under: Feature Items. |
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| 20 April 2000 | |
| Garmin recently posted firmware revision 2.50 for the eMap. Multiple location formats (including user UTM grid) Multiple map datums (including user) Multiple north references (True, Magnetic, Grid, and User) Multiple direction formats (Cardinal Letters and Numeric Degrees) Multiple routes (1000 map points and 500 user waypoints in up to 50 routes with up to 50 points each). NOTE: THE CURRENT ROUTE IN THE EMAP WILL BE DELETED! To save the current route, transfer the route to a PC before performing the upgrade, then transfer back to the emap after performing the upgrade. Sun and Moon page Removed position pinning Points of Interest with the same name can be listed by distance Seconds in Time To Go field has smaller digits than hours and minutes Show Next Street option Review map pages have "Measure Distance" and "Setup Map" options MapSource Info page has options to show only specific types of maps if multiple types are present Address and Intersection search results include match quality Track review map labels the begin and end of the track Holding the Find Key displays active goto waypoint, TracBack track, or active route Lists scroll by page when left and right rocker keys are pressed Pressing the left rocker key when editing the left character clears a number field Memory gauge on the main menu page Increased number of maps that can be accessed on a data card from 50 to 99 Added A800 PVT data output capability The Tracks and Routes pages now indicate which, if any, track or route is active Limit waypoint identifier names so that the NMEA sentence lengths are not exceeded Added Stored Without Batteries option on the Poor Satellite Reception page Under: FAQs - Hardware. |
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| 12 April 2000 | |
| Garmin recently posted firmware revisions for the
GPS 12XL/GPS 48. Enhanced unit battery life with Power Saver modes; Added track area calculation feature. Under: FAQs - Hardware. |
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| 06 April 2000 | |
| A link has been added to
Garmin Base Maps: Comparison of G-III+, StreetPilot, and ColorMap by Peter Jones. Under: Hardware and Software Reviews. |
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| Garmin recently posted firmware revisions for the entire range of
StreetPilots. Corrected handling of long exit descriptions; Corrected display of POI and Address information for new European maps; and Modified "Next Exit" display banner to create more space for the exit description. Under: FAQs - Hardware. |
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| Garmin also posted a firmware revision for the GPSMAP 295. Increased visibility of the CDI scale on the HSI by reducing the width of the pointer and airplane; ETE times less then 1 hour are displayed with the seconds smaller than the minutes to visually differentiate between hours:minutes (HH:MM) and minutes:seconds (MM:ss); While using the map pointer on the MAP page or HSI page the user can press the nearest key to find POI's, EXIT's and CITY's nearest to map pointer; Added bearing and distance to spell-n-find list for POI's and CITY's; Display duplicate aviation ids on the aviation tab page; Battery change will reset the battery timer; Added "Aviation In" data mode; Corrected "TRACK" value on active route page; and Corrected "VNAV PROFILE" field arrow direction on vnav tab page. |
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