BajaLou made some nice GPS route maps of the 2005 San Felipe 250 course... much of which might be used for this year's 250... Sal Fish and others are
marking the course this week... Also, this is some of the route that the Nomad Matomi 2008 caravan will use...
Those are awesome! Score needs to step up their game on the course map. How cool would that be to be able to put something that high res in your
GPS.David K - 2-14-2008 at 03:28 PM
BajaLou is very smart with this satellite map stuff... Sal Fish could use his talent!Roberto - 2-14-2008 at 04:58 PM
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Originally posted by Gadget
Those are awesome! Score needs to step up their game on the course map. How cool would that be to be able to put something that high res in your
GPS.
Very cool - ain't gonna happen. You see, GPS units are not able to display raster images (these are essentially photographs), and want vector images
(essentially a bunch of lines that draw a picture), and converting one to the other is a very expensive and time-consuming process. Read, ain't gonna
happen.
There is ONE gps unit that is able to display raster images - the DeLorme handheld, but it's a closed box - proprietary technology.
Carry a laptop, and you can produce maps like that for Ozi all day long.
That all being said, I would not be surprised to see improvements in the SCORE maps - there are changes happening in that area.
[Edited on 2-15-2008 by Roberto]tripledigitken - 2-14-2008 at 05:14 PM
Used primarily for marine applications, Garmin has GPS's (4000 & 5000 series) that will overlay Satelite images (like Google) over the water and
or land mass. VERY COOL.
Can't speak to whether they are rasta images or not.
(although I do seem to recall some after several Pina Colada's in Ocho Rios, Jamaica)
Check them out. Serious money $1700 and up.
Ken
[Edited on 2-15-2008 by tripledigitken]Roberto - 2-14-2008 at 05:42 PM
Yes, there are GPS units that can overlay satellite images, weather, for example, on a map.
I believe the 4000/5000 series actually provide satellite images INSTEAD of a basemap. Not sure if they can be replaced.
That's entirely different from producing a GPS map like the one from bajalou. The GPS providers have zero interest in allowing people to produce their
own maps. They are as much in the business of providing cartography as of selling hardware. This may change (I certainly hope so), but there's little
indication that they are going in that direction. I produce my own maps for my Garmin units, but the software I use is not produced by Garmin, but
rather in spite of Garmin.
