Hello Bertrand

So if I have geo tagged photos on the GPS the photos will show on the map?

A bit like Google Maps with the photo option on?

oh and when will the 600 cost £300? :Beach:

ahh yeah... when Bert is getting his new Montana 750 next spring... :thumbup:
there there will be plenty of Montana 600 around for a bargain... :devil2:

From the US:
GARMIN MONTANA 600 HANDHELD GPS £290 :mchappy:

John

joy of new discoveries
 

More info from Garmin (thanks to Phil Elliott EU product support) - this gets better every day!

200 saved tracks of up to 10,000 points each

2000 archived tracks

2000 GPX files (each can contain mixture of waypoints/geocaches/routes and tracks)

12,000 geocaches

200 routes of 250 points in each

and 500 CUSTOM map tiles

"Houston....we're gonna need a bigger planet! ":scooter:

I take it the track is auto-saved after the 10k points?


Cheers,
John

There you go John :whistling: easier if you read this and something to do as the evenings draw darker!

and the answer is.... yes archive when full or...daily...or weekly

I have the unit in my hot little hand now :D and am working my way through it. Coming from the 276c, its not that "different", but BETTER and having stuffed a 16gb SDCard into it I can have maps coming out of my ears!

I also got the AMPS rugged mount. Slightly disappointing to see that the power cable is a permanent mount to it... I now have to buy another mount for the green line bike... AND the car....
I found a US seller on ebay that does the RAM stuff at the cheaper US prices, but also charges very cheap mailing rates.

Cheers,
John

More Montana
 

Did you know:

On your Montana select the following Setup features: Setup->System->Interface->Garmin Spanner, you will be able to plug in the USB cable and still manipulate the Montana features/functions via the screen.


John

spanner mode
 

Best use for that is when 62S or Montana is plugged into notebook running Nroute
thereby enabling the gps to display on moving map on large screen (in 4x4 !)

Software update
 

Montana has a software update available- now 3.7
Use webupdater

Thanks for the info Bertrand... DL proceeding...

I had reason to call Garmin support last week. Helpful as ever, but unable to help me really.
I use the Montana in the car/bike and on the lane bike.
When traveling to see a friend in northern France it was unable to calculate a route longer than 500kms unless I used toll roads so I had to travel until I was <500k from the destination before it would calculate the route without "truncation"

Its down to limited memory available for the routing function... apparently...
Even my 276c could cope with that route without truncation
. I would be interested to see if you get the same result, if you have the same map - CNEU2012.3. Routing options set to min.time. Avoids=uturn/tolls/unpaved/carpool/ferries. Route from Abjat-sur-Bandiat to Walschbronn - both in FR.

Cheers,
John

Sorry John
Can't help- I use OSM:thumbup1:

Where to ?
 

I've finally dumped my Zumo for the Montana so I can use it for walking and riding and customise it my way - it's great but I'm having trouble with the OSM maps. Finding addresses, some towns and smaller villages wll not work - any advice in simple terms please!!

Head for the OSM Garmin forum and ask your questions there.

why is everything so complicated
 

I think I made a big mistake - I bought a Garmin Montana 600 a couple of weeks ago. No maps. This is my first GPS.

I have tried really hard to understand how the thing works. I have been on OSM and downloaded maps. I have downloaded an unzip programme. I have read this thread about 10 times. I have been on the Garmin website and many many others that claim to demystify GPS's.

Yet I still dont understand anything and still no maps on my PC except basecamp and no maps on my GPS. Is it just me being thick or what. Garmin makes it all sound so easy.

All I want at the moment is a UK map with towns, roads, tracks and paths and contours, and some waypoints in enough detail that I can browse on my PC and GPS. That I can ask for directions on my GPS and it routes me along roads, and that I can create routes or tracks on my PC and then follow them using my GPS. WHY IS IT SO EFFING HARD.

I will sell it soon if I dont get it working.