New, Updated, and Interesting Items
on Joe and Jack's Website
for November, 1999
29 November 1999
Joe and Jack have posted their review of the ETAK SkyMap 2000 GPS and Moving Map Display System.
Under: Feature Items.
28 November 1999
David Wilson has posted a review of DeLorme's GPS PostPro.
Under: Feature Items.
26 November 1999
Comparison of Various Vendor Maps - Plus Their GPS Connectability. Information from John Galvin comparing the detail and GPS compatibility of eight digital-map vendors.
Under: Hardware and Software Reviews.
20 November 1999
Joe and Jack's review of the Garmin StreetPilot has been updated to Release 3.
Under: Hardware and Software Reviews.
19 November 1999
The User Grid collection now includes a pointer to instructions on using Israeli map grids.
Under: Geography, etc.
Joe and Jack's review of the Garmin eMap has been updated to Release 2.
Under: Feature Items.
17 November 1999
Garmin eTrex product announcement.
Under: Feature Items.
13 November 1999
My First GPS for Hiking: What features does it need? and My First GPS for Automobile Navigation: What features does it need? attempt to itemize the features which are most desirable (or at least most common) for different GPS uses.
Under: Feature Items.
Joe and Jack's review of the Garmin eMap is now listed as Release 1.
Under: Feature Items.
9 November 1999
Niels Kistrup has put together a table showing 29 or so of Garmin's DATA FIELD DEFINITIONS. Niels made this list up for the G-12Map receiver, but they should apply generally across Garmin's GPS line.
Under: Information.
While Garmin USA has elected NOT to provide changeout services to allow a user to change his database from (say) the USA database to the Europe or Asia citypoint database, I am advised that Garmin Europe will be happy to provide this service for customers.
You can find details of this offer on our website under Garmin Firmware Revisions, etc.
Under: FAQs - Hardware.
Mark Crossley has provided us with a link to his new program which allows upload/download of Waypoints and editing of waypoints for Magellan GPS receivers.
I request that you "Magellan Owners" out there check it out and post to the group which Magellan receivers this program works with and which it does not. Link: MGNdB.zip
Under: Links to Third-Party GPS Intermediate Software.
David Johnson has updated the WinCE page to include a link to HandMap
Under: Links to GPS Hardware and Software Products.
3 November 1999
Battery-drain measurements for several GPS receivers has been updated to include eMap.
Under: FAQs - Hardware.
2 November 1999
Garmin Firmware Revisions, etc. has been updated to include eMap 2.04.
Under: FAQs - Hardware.
1 November 1999
Comparison of Garmin and Delorme Map Accuracy
Under: Hardware and Software Reviews.
Prime Meridian: a history of its past and present by Jeremy Paul.
Under: Geography.

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