26th June 2009, 05:50 pm
Garmin has today announced two new touchscreen models. The Dakota10 & Dakota20, pictured here.
Physically smaller than the iconic Garmin eTrex, Dakota boasts a much bigger color display thanks to the 2.6-inch glove-friendly touchscreen.
Lightweight, rugged and waterproof, Garmin’s new Dakota devices quickly acquire and maintain satellite reception – even in heavy tree cover or deep canyons – thanks to a high-sensitivity GPS receiver with HotFixTM, which automatically calculates and stores critical satellite information and can use that information to quickly calculate a position. Everyone from geocachers and youth scouts to surveyors and hunters can take advantage of Dakota’s 850 MB of internal memory, which can store up to 1,000 waypoints, 50 routes, 2,000 geocaches and an active tracklog of up to 10,000 points and 200 saved tracks.
The Dakota20 adds even more features, including a 3-axis compass, barometric altimeter, a microSD card slot for increased mapping and memory storage, and wireless unit-to-unit connectivity for sharing your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with compatible Dakota, Oregon, Colorado and Foretrex devices. Dakota 20’s 3-axis, tilt-compensated electronic compass shows your heading even when you’re standing still, without needing to hold it level.
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25th June 2009, 07:13 am
The latest beta frimware for Garmin Oregon owners was released by Garmin on 22nd June Version 2.99
Changes from the previous version:
- Added ability to load maps from any img file in the Garmin directory
- Improved display of numeric degrees and mills
- Improved Wherigo stability
- Fixed elevation errors when reviewing a point other than a waypoint
Full details here
The latest beta frimware for Garmin Colorado owners was released by Garmin on 16th June Version 2.92
Changes from the previous version:
- Report problems with beta software to ColoradoBeta@garmin.com
- Added customizable text to unit power-on screen (see \Garmin\startup.txt)
- Improved power on reliability
- Improved connection reliability with Spanner
- Improved appearance of depth data field when using big numbers
- Fixed some scan points not working properly with Garmin GB Discoverer maps
- Fixed issue with Garmin GB Discover maps not showing at some zoom levels with detail set to least
- Fixed errors in user grid entry
- Fixed the time label of the graph in Elevation Plot
- Fixed selection of Leap Day on Calendar, Hunt & Fish and Sun & Moon pages
Colorado details, and the download here
21st May 2009, 08:20 am
You can now follow @Mapomatic on twitter. We’ll be tweating about new posts, articles. More importantly we’ll be making information about development of our OSM based Garmin Maps available on twitter first.
You might also want to take a look at the following #tags.
#mapomatic , #osm, #garmin.
21st May 2009, 06:39 am
From UKGadgeteer:
SatMap, the makes of the SatMap Active 10 (and SatMap Active10 Plus), have this week released a new version of their PC software, and a new firmware for the Active 10 devices to go with it. For us, the key new feature is the support of geocaching.com GPX files, giving you a full range of information about the geocaches; offering hints, cache descriptions, terrain, difficulty, and logs.
7th May 2009, 08:08 pm
As we covered in mid March, Garmin have finally announced the Oregon 550 & 550t
Gaining: a 3.2 megapixel digital camera, which creates geotagged images, and a 3-axis compass over previous models in the range.
OLATHE, Kan./May 7, 2009/Business Wire – Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced the Oregon 550 and Oregon 550t touchscreen handheld GPS devices, integrating a 3.2 megapixel digital camera, which creates geotagged images, and a 3-axis compass into the popular series of intuitive touchscreen handhelds. The waterproof Oregon 550’s easy-to-use interface and versatile features make it the ideal solution for customers looking for a multipurpose GPS device.
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23rd April 2009, 11:04 am
In keeping with our commitments to regular free updates, we’ve released new updates to all 3 of our Garmin Maps, covering the original UK Garmin OSM Map, the UK Garmin OSM Cycle Map, and the new UK Garmin OSM Canal Map which we launched back in January. There’s been quite a lot of activity in the UK map since January, so these updated maps are well worth installing to your Garmin.
Head off to the download page to pick up the latest versions…
24th March 2009, 07:02 am
Satmap Systems Ltd., has today announced the launch of the Active 10 Plus which is a one stop GPS solution giving outdoor sports enthusiasts the hardware, software and route planning tools they need to get out and explore. The Active 10 Plus has an RRP of £379.99 which is a saving of £120 if buying all elements of the bundle separately.
There is no difference between the performance of the Active 10 and Active 10 Plus, which incorporate the same technology. However, there are two features which differ: the Active 10 Plus comes with a World Base Map and postcode look-up functionality, neither of which is included in the Active 10.
The postcode look-up is a fast and easy way to identify UK postcode locations and works on any map. From the routes menu Active 10 Plus users can select GoTo by grid reference or postcode. Due to the licensing requirements the postcode look-up option cannot be retrofitted on the Active 10 and is only available on the Active 10 Plus.
Thanks to UK Gadgeteer for brining this story to our attention. Full details from SatMap can be found here
16th March 2009, 08:37 am
Engadget have picked up a story from gpsreview.net that cover the possible addtion to the Garmin Oregon range, the new models 500 & 500t will include a camera. No detail on what functionality a camera is likely to bring, we suspect geotagging of photos.
12th March 2009, 11:08 pm
We’ve just published out review of the Oregon 300t from Garmin.
Read the full review, complete with more screenshots here
6th March 2009, 03:04 pm
The Ordance Survey Outdoors Show takes place in 20 days time, starting on the 27th March 2009, and finishing on the 29th March, with over 250 exhibitors and lots of “Have a go” activities to take part in as well. Pocket GPS World has managed to negotiate a discount to this show, so head over to their site for more information and the instructions on how to obtain a discount on advanced tickets.
