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Came after my venerable and worthy [[EMap]] and before the [[Garmin GPSMap 62]]
Came after my venerable and worthy [[Garmin EMap]] and before the [[Garmin GPSMAP 62SC]]
Sold on eBay, June 2015.  
Sold on eBay, June 2015, so it could have more adventures.


== USB connection ==
== USB connection ==

Latest revision as of 05:43, 25 July 2015

Came after my venerable and worthy Garmin EMap and before the Garmin GPSMAP 62SC Sold on eBay, June 2015, so it could have more adventures.

USB connection

The eMap has a serial port, very simple to use.

The eTrex has a USB port. To use it on Ubuntu I had to remove the standard Ubuntu package for gpsbabel and build a new version from source to get the USB support. I am currently using version 1.3.5

Here are some instructions

http://community.livejournal.com/geocaching/297047.html