August 20, 2007

Global Map Mexico

Globalmapmexico From the folks who brought you Garmin compatible maps of Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq comes Global Map Mexico. Priced at $99 US, Global Map Mexico provides turn-by-turn directions.

It's great to see another company tackling this product space. Travelers south of the border now have another option in addition to several already available to choose from:

Related post:

Aug 20, 2007 1:11:19 PM | Garmin, Maps, Software

The comments to this entry are closed.

NEXT POST
Switching between highway and topo maps on Garmin handhelds Oftentimes, handheld users will load both highway and topo maps to their unit. Garmin handhelds will show the highway maps by default. The highway map (City Navigator or City Select) for an area must be turned off before you can see the topo map. This is especially problematic when you have a lot of maps loaded and you don't know the name of the map for your current location. In the past, I've laboriously scrolled through long lists of highway maps, deselecting each one until contour lines appeared on the map. But there is a simple solution. The instructions below are for the Garmin 60CSx, but I'm hoping this works for the eTrex series too. Perhaps someone can verify that and comment below. From the map screen, press Menu, then Setup Map, and scroll over to Map Setup - Information. You'll see your list of loaded maps with a check mark next to each one. But rather than de-selecting them one by one, press Menu again and you'll see two choices - Hide City Select (or Navigator) and Hide US Topo, as shown in the image. Pretty cool, huh? Thanks to Hogrod on Groundspeak for this tip.
PREVIOUS POST
More details on the Magellan Triton series UPDATE: Read my Magellan Triton 1500 review. Following my post on the forthcoming Magellan Triton series, GPS Tracklog and Groundspeak readers chimed in with their own questions, which I forwarded to Magellan. Justin Doucette was kind enough to give us an advance look at some of the Triton's capabilities. Here's the Q and A: Q: Will the Triton series be able to auto-route, assuming the proper Magellan maps are loaded to the unit? A: Yes, this will require an application upgrade and the purchase of a Magellan Street Map. This option will be available in early 2008. Q: Can you provide more details on photo geocoding? For example, will the Triton 2000 write location data to the EXIF header? A: The geographic coordinates (Lat/Long) will be recorded in the jpeg header file. Q: Will the Triton accept geocaching log data (like descriptions, hints, previous logs) along with the actual geocache points? A: All geocaches will have to be loaded into VantagePoint prior to synchronization with Triton, but most (if not all) geocache attributes are supported in VP. Stig (Pedersen, Senior Director of Marketing) may be able to comment on exactly which attributes are attainable through the Triton user interface. Q:...

Rich Owings

The Typepad Team

Search

Recent Comments