Having upgraded my Garmin MapSource chart plotting software I thought I would just check out a few of my previously saved routes and fell over a menu option that I had never seen below which simply said “View in Google Earth” – ok, I am losing my sight, but I had honestly not noticed this before – so I clicked – and to my amazement, Google Earth loaded and zoomed right in on the exact lat/long for my route, and superimposed the route on a map of the English coastline with waypoints all labled and shown in the correct place !
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| Garmin Mapsource route from Newhaven to Brighton…. | …and Google earth with same route shown – just click to see a larger image. |
Just click on the images to see a larger screen shot…
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May 15th, 2007 | Tags: 
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