Garmin posts new firmware for 162/168, SP III

[Chuck Tribolet]

162/168: Changes made from version 2.61 to 3.03:

Added support for GARMIN BlueChart cartography. <<YES!!!>> <<VVBG>>
Changed the 'Diver Down' waypoint symbol to use the international symbol.
Changed the appearance of the 'poor coverage' symbol.
Changed 'Off Course' indicator to include R or L to indicate direction.
Changed map-based route editing to be consistent with other GARMIN marine products.
Changed 'Go to Point' operation to use generic Find interface as done in other GARMIN marine
products. Also changed proximity waypoint selection, route waypoint selection and Celestial Page
position selection to use this interface.
Changed to use tide station data from the internal map area in the product. This allows tide stations to
be visible on the map, as well as allows future updates.
Allow individual classes of NMEA sentences to be disabled.
Added support for BWC, XTE, and VTG NMEA sentences.
Added generation of 'Datum' NMEA sentence.
Changed 'Altitude' to 'Elevation'.
Added 'Point to on Map Page' option to map-based map feature review page.
Re-named map 'Bearing Line' to 'Heading Line'; Added a new map feature called 'Bearing Line'
which is a line from the vessel to the next waypoint. Re-named 'Active Route' line to 'Course Line' to
be consistent with other GARMIN marine products.
Pressing the 'Left' or 'Right' cursor keys in most lists now scrolls the list a page at a time.
No longer show 'Basic Fishfinder' as an option menu choice on the 'Pages' tab for GPSMAP162.
Reduced the amount of path smoothing done when saving tracks.
Corrected a track saving problem that could cause unit lock-up when the active track is full in wrap
mode, after staying in the same location for the full track history.
Restore Celestial Page time & position to current time and current location at power-on.
Always update a waypoint's data upon return to the user waypoint review page. This corrects a
problem where a waypoint's position, distance, and bearing was not updated after 'Show on Map' was
selected and the waypoint was moved on the map.
Corrected a map drawing problem which caused country names to not be centered on their anchor
point.
Go-From position is now properly remembered when the unit is turned off then on again.
Added a status indicator that appears at power-on and persists until position is determined.
Improve collection of WAAS data when tracking more than one WAAS satellite.
Update the map when transitioning to the next leg in a route.
Corrected Danish translation for the month of May.
Fixed possible lockup when calculating sun/moon rise and set times for extreme latitudes.
When editing a non-active route on the map, don't automatically initiate navigation of that route.
Added RT-90 Grid.

SP III: Changes made from versions 2.21 to 2.22:

Fixed problems related to left/right maneuvers when leaving/joining roads.
Fixed problem preventing abbreviation of cardinal directions in some instances.
Made corrections to all text translations.
Made changes for German voice.
Added support for extended roundabout maneuvers.
Fixed problem preventing next street from being shown on map page in some instances.
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Chuck Tribolet
tri...@garlic.com
http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/triblet

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[Chuck Tribolet]

And, not in the list, the 162/168 can now zoom in to 20' (was 120').
Thanks Garmin, I will find that one particularly useful to find small
pinnacles to dive and sand patches to put the anchor in.

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Chuck Tribolet
tri...@garlic.com
http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/triblet

Silicon Valley: Best day job in the world.

"Chuck Tribolet" <tri...@garlic.com> wrote in message news:9ub8ti$fbq$1...@gazette.almaden.ibm.com...

[Chuck Tribolet]

Downside on the 162/168: you now need to download Garmin's
tide data. There are two products: one that uses Mapsource
to load data and will coexist with maps (but takes up a bit of map
space) and one that doesn't use Mapsource, but won't coexist
with maps (it also takes up some map space, but since you can't
have maps with it, that's a non-issue IMHO).

The tide data can downloaded in three different pieces:
Pacific (about 50K)
Atlantic
Cariibean

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Chuck Tribolet
tri...@garlic.com
http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/triblet

Silicon Valley: Best day job in the world.

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