GPS Addiction

Garmin Maps 2015.20 is out

2014-08-23T11:16:00.001+02:00

Garmin released new maps for our favourite GPS’es a few days ago. Download it from Garmin Express. Discussion here.

Garmin maps 2015.10 is out

2014-06-02T15:40:00.001+02:00

The new maps are now released.

Tech note - this blog has switched blog platform

2010-04-20T20:28:00.001+02:00

As Blogger has announced that it will not support FTP publishing as of May 1st I have configured this blog to be published at blogspot.

Dgps in Norway

2009-10-07T11:50:00.000+02:00

As you can see from the picture above we now have egnos support in Norway. This way it will be much easier to find geocaches :)

City Navigator Poland

2009-07-16T23:51:00.000+02:00

I have now used this map a few days when driving around in Poland.The map is good and seems up to date. There where much work on exits from the main roads that made driving somewhat challenging.POIs seems to be consentrated around bigger cities. When trying to find museums etc in smaller towns I had to ask for help.Microsoft MapPoint does not have the same amount on details for Poland. Way to go

Schildberg musem

2009-07-15T17:29:00.000+02:00

In the polish city Ostrzeszow you can find a museum of a world war II consentration camp. This camp sent people to Auschwitz.The museum is located at N51 25.545 E17 55.993

Garmin and mapsource

2009-07-12T11:01:00.000+02:00

I think Mapsource is a great tool. It makes planning a lot easier on a computer. You can also merge together different maps into the same device. Topo, road maps and water maps always available for you...But now it seems like Garmin is moving away from this scheme. Bluechart g2 is only sold as a memory stick that only works with your gps. City Navigator NT is much cheaper as a memory stick than

Karterud gård

2009-01-03T00:58:00.002+01:00

The farm of Karterud is located in the municipal Skedsmo, Norway. The coordinate is N60 01.073 E11 01.137

Happy new year

2008-12-31T23:59:00.000+01:00

Happy new year Greetings from N59 56.384 E10 58.239

Quick redirect for geocaches

2008-12-28T01:46:00.000+01:00

coord.info site is used as a quick redirect for geocaches, waymarks and Travel Bugs on Groundspeak's family of web sites. These links are not case sensitive so you can enjoy every variation from TBABC to TbXyZ. It's like TinyUrl for locations. When you link to this site, like http://coord.info/GCXY02 you are routed directly to the geocache GCXY02, wherever Groundspeak decides to

The church of Nordlien

2007-12-27T21:23:00.000+01:00

The church of Nordlien (Nordlien Kirke) is a small church in the municipal of Gjøvik. If you ever want to visit this church and drive with a GPS you can position you GPS to N60 44.584 E10 46.227.

Rødberg camping

2007-06-03T14:18:00.001+02:00

Do you need camping in Rødberg? Call +47 91348737. The GPS coordinates are N60 15.854 E8 57.644

Valebø kirke church gps coordinate

2007-05-19T15:07:00.001+02:00

If you ever need to visit this small church you can drive to N59 18.782 E9 19.878The graveyard is located at N59 18.404 E9 19.232

Palmitos Park GPS coordinates

2007-05-13T15:27:00.000+02:00

Palmitos park is a great place to go with your children if you ever visit Gran Canaria. N27 49.856 W15 37.081

Mapsource Europe v9 and Canary Islands

2007-05-12T21:42:00.001+02:00

I just tried out Mapsource on Gran Canary island. The maps does not work well. Many roads are missing and incorrect. Even roads that seemed to have been there for years.It worked somewhat in bigger cities but main roads between cities are wrong.

New firmware available for GPSMAP 60CSx

2007-01-19T09:32:00.000+01:00

Garmin have just released version 3.10 of the firmware for Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx. Changes from version 3.10 are: Fix problem where buoy colors were drawn incorrectly. Improve robustness of data card tracklog XML. Corrected issue where some highway shields were blank. Prevent creation of duplicate waypoints for WPL NMEA input. Fix problem where last 5 custom waypoint symbols were not usable.

GPS positions in Norway

2007-01-11T15:26:00.000+01:00

If you ever need GPS positions to hotels or other attractions in Norway, Reiselivsbasen seems to have it.

How to clear custom POI

2006-11-26T00:30:00.000+01:00

There have been many questions about how to clear or remove custom POI's from your Garmin GPS. The solution is to upload an empty POI file.

What GPS should I buy?

2006-11-08T00:57:00.000+01:00

You want to buy an GPS? When you start to look at GPS'es, you have lots of options. It was much easier back in the old days, when there only was two models to choose from - and you only could afford one :) This article is a buyers guide to GPS'es for new users. The goal of this article is to give you some thoughts on what to look for in a GPS before you buy one. First issue

A course in how to make eMaps

2006-11-06T08:10:00.000+01:00

Dataforeningen (an norwegian association) is running a two day course on how to make interactive maps. The course is held outside of Oslo and is on 16. november and 17. november. You can read more about the course here.

Writers wanted

2006-11-06T01:44:00.000+01:00

This is a new blog with focus on GPS technology and uses. We are currently looking for writers who want to write to this blog. If you want to contribute please come forward.