AZKomet Posted May 7, 2009 Posted May 7, 2009 Any previous experience with this? I have the mac notebook and spend a lot of time in my truck. The Garmin 376 c is not that user friendly on the fly so I am thinking about a laptop GPS system. Any thoughts or ideas??? BTW I have called Garmin tech support and have been on ETERNAL hold twice now. Support page doesn't offer any help I could find.
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted May 7, 2009 Posted May 7, 2009 You can buy Micrsoft Streets & Trips bundled with a USB GPS module. For a PC, at least. I assume there's a Mac version out there. The massive display of a laptop would be a nice feature, but on-the-fly interaction would probably not be as easy as it would with the dedicated buttons of a handheld GPS. Just a guess. It sounds like you already have the 376C. You can buy MSS&T without a GPS module, and you should be able to plug your 276 into the USB port and use it with MSS&T.
AZKomet Posted May 7, 2009 Author Posted May 7, 2009 You can buy Micrsoft Streets & Trips bundled with a USB GPS module. For a PC, at least. I assume there's a Mac version out there. The massive display of a laptop would be a nice feature, but on-the-fly interaction would probably not be as easy as it would with the dedicated buttons of a handheld GPS. Just a guess. It sounds like you already have the 376C. You can buy MSS&T without a GPS module, and you should be able to plug your 276 into the USB port and use it with MSS&T. Hmmmmm.....did not know that? That is why you have the "Lord" title going on!!!
OverMyHead Posted May 7, 2009 Posted May 7, 2009 Unfortunately, I don't believe there is a Mac version of MS Streets & Trips. There is always VMware Fusion however. I've got a Zumo 550 and it takes a trick to get it to output NMEA data over the USB connection, but I believe the 376c works without shenanigans. I use the now discontinued, free Windows software nRoute (which you can still get (here). For a Mac only solution, RouteBuddy or Google Earth Pro for Mac both accept NMEA data and should work, but I've not used them. David
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