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From: Niels Elgaard Larsen <elgaard@tyr.diku.dk>
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Subject: Re: Writing a map to GPS
Date: 14 May 1997 14:40:05 +0200
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>>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Wearing <wearing@dppsys.enet.dec.com> writes:

Chuck> Is it possible to draw a simple line drawing map in .bmp for example
Chuck> convert and upload it as a track to a Garmin GPS ?

With EPS <URL:http://www.diku.dk/users/elgaard/eps/> you can draw a "track" on
the screen and upload it to a GPS unit. Ie. you can draw a coast-line based on
a scanned map. Requireas additional software to communicate with the unit.

I don't think bitmaps are useful.



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   Niels Elgaard Larsen
   Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
   E-mail: elgaard@diku.dk <URL:http://www.diku.dk/users/elgaard/>

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