Active 10 / Fugawi ?

Solis · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:24 pm Post subject: Active 10 / Fugawi ?

Hi, new to here so please bare with me. Until now my walking / cycling GPS's have all been from the dark side (Garmin) and will probably remain so for cycling and any overseas jaunts. However I'm lucky enough to have an Active 10 waiting to be taken out of the box when I get home tonight Very Happy

Primary use will be for walking in the Lake District and have also purchased the 1:25,000 SD card for the area.

My question is most of my route planning for the Garmin is done on Fugawi 1:25 / 1:50k mapping software and transfered via USB cable. I could (and probably should) spend all weekend trying to sort out if its possible to route plan on Fugawi for the Active 10 but to be honest would rather be out there getting to know the Satmap. Could anyone advise of the possibility of using the Fugawi?

LostMike · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:45 pm Post subject:

I am not familiar with Fugawi but if it will export in GPX format then that should be all you need.
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Rogerfrit · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject:

Bosun · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:11 pm Post subject:

Solis · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject:

I'm nervous about using it on the bike having been through three Garmin units all of which have basicaly shaken themselves to destruction on pot holed Lakes back roads.

Currently trying a very basic Edge 205 which whilst sadly lacking in the navigation department is at least cheap!

Is there any history of the Active 10 suffering simlair fate whilst bike mounted? Must admit it would be excellent to use for riding, just worried about the possibility of another gps biting the dust.

Bosun · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:01 pm Post subject:

Solis,

One can only speak as one finds and the Satmap bike mount holds the unit "rock solid" and I have never had the slightest concern that it would come adrift.It attaches with a reassuring "click".

Some of the forum members have talked about going off road on their bikes with it and no one to my knowledge has mentioned that it has suffered any problems whilst doing so.

It has been suggested that the unit is not quite as waterproof as Satmap would have you believe so I put mine in a clear Ortlieb A6 document case which has a small slit cut in the back ( thanks to the suggestion of another forum member ) to accommodate the projection on the back of the unit which attaches to the bike mount.

Works well.

Ian

Solis · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:53 am Post subject:

Just for the record in case anyone else has the same query, now I have got my head around it exporting Fugawi (ver 4) to Satmap is easily possible.

Will purchase the bike mount though the Etrex have not failed by coming adrift but by disturbing the internals.

Only used the Satmap briefly so still finding my way around very imopressed so far with the exception of initial gps lock which appears to be taking anywhere between 5 and 10 minutes with a decent sky view that locks a Garmin alongside in about 1 minute. I think I have read some units may need an ariel re tune?

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Solis wrote

Solis · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject:

Unit was stationary in a position that both my Etrex and Edge pick up under a minute.

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