I have a garmin gps.
It works great in the car. But one day I thought what would happen if I plugged it into my computer.
So I did just that.... Basically thru usb the garmin showed up as a mass storage and I could view / edit any of the stuff on it if I wanted to. Was like a small usb external harddrive.
But what I am curious about is their any software to use the garmin gps as It is used in the car.
I.E to locate things
I am on a linux distro but I have windows xp professional 32 bit lying around as well.
Anybody know if software exists to use your garmin gps thru your computer other then mass storage?
Currently all I am able to do when it is hooked up to my computer is copy files to and from it. The properties show that it is about 2GB. (so it's like having a extra usb 2GB thumb drive.)
It works great in the car. But one day I thought what would happen if I plugged it into my computer.
So I did just that.... Basically thru usb the garmin showed up as a mass storage and I could view / edit any of the stuff on it if I wanted to. Was like a small usb external harddrive.
But what I am curious about is their any software to use the garmin gps as It is used in the car.
I.E to locate things
I am on a linux distro but I have windows xp professional 32 bit lying around as well.
Anybody know if software exists to use your garmin gps thru your computer other then mass storage?
Currently all I am able to do when it is hooked up to my computer is copy files to and from it. The properties show that it is about 2GB. (so it's like having a extra usb 2GB thumb drive.)
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