[Ham-Mac] Map Source on Mac?

Lon Kinley majorlk at us.net
Sat Apr 15 18:11:37 EDT 2006


>Hello from Thunder Bay. I've lurked on this one for years, often 
>learning invaluable tips and ideas. Now when I have a question I 
>confess it's not strictly Ham related ... hopefully in this age 
>convergence someone here will help me out, if not on the list then 
>by pm.
>
>I purchased the Garmin Map Source v 2.0 software and have it running 
>on a buddy's pc. I'll drop over and put maps on my GPS when I need 
>them. He's happy. I'm happy. But I'd like to do this on my iMac G5. 
>Are there any map programs that would read the garmin maps on the 
>mac? Anyone have experience in this area?
>

The only luck I have had is running Map Source under Virtual PC. I do 
it on my G4 and a G3 IBook (SLOW!!!). I don't think there is any Mac 
software that will read Garmin's map format.

73,

Lon - W3LK
Baltimore, Maryland


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