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So the virtual serial port wasnвЂ™t needed for it after all, though it worked fine.ДЄnd in USAPhotoMaps it actually works better with the virtual serial port then the native built-in USAPhotoMaps Garmin USB setup, at least for me.ДЄlso, GPSGate has to be shut down before you can use any program that will use the Garmin USB drivers themselves. With ExpertGPS I did discover there was a trick to using this program with the built-in USB option instead of serial вЂ“ you have to pick the вЂњCвЂќ version of your particular Garmin GPS. IвЂ™ve yet to try Netstumbler though, but I assume it will also (if it doesnвЂ™t already have a USB option). I havenвЂ™t found one thing that doesnвЂ™t work. So far the free EasyGPS (freeware), Topofusion (shareware), Quakemap (shareware), MS Streets & Maps 2002, ExpertGPS (shareware), Google Earth, & USAPhotoMaps (highly recommended freeware) all work fine.

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Of course, ideally the GPS mapping and waypoint programs themselves would be upgraded so that the regular Garmin USB driver would work, instead of relying on using serial ports but thatвЂ™s not always the case. Both are good as a sort of go-between between GPSGate and your serial-only GPS application, though the GPSGate seems to work for this fine by itself. GPSGate seemed to work fine on everything I tried it on вЂ“ including an older version of MS Streets & Trips as well as the excellent radio mapping program RMWDLX.ДЄ few good helper programs are the free Earth Bridge and the free version of GooPS (thereвЂ™s also a pay version with more options). No luck with mine, stuck with GPSGate for now. ItвЂ™s made for particular models of Garmin GPSвЂ™es but the rumor was that it worked with many other Garmin GPSвЂ™es also. I gave a free program from Garmin called Spanner a try, which is supposed to do the same thing.

This is a shareware program with a 14 day expiration date that creates virtual serial ports from USB connections.Д«ut there must be a freeware or Opensource driver or program that does the same somewhere вЂ“ something that takes a USB port and makes some virtual serial ports for other programs to use? If anyone knows of one drop me a line so I can post the link, and try it out.

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Throw in Google Earth and other programs that SHOULD have GPS interfaces but donвЂ™t (Google Earth Plus does, but not regular free Google Earth)вЂ¦ДЇortunately there are ways around that for both.ДЇor example вЂ“ Franson GPSgate. I did discover that there are a number of mapping programs that assume the GPS that is connected to the computer uses a serial port, instead of a more вЂmodernвЂ™ USB. Right now, IвЂ™m still just learning the inвЂ™s and outвЂ™s of the device, and learning a lot more about mapping and vector maps and converting everything to Garmin format. Yesterday I used the road navigation features, both out in the boonies as well as in the village of Gouverneur. Good little unit, of course if you are looking for something for road navigating it can be used for that, sure but it is more geared toward your outdoor activities. Really enjoying this Garmin eTrex Venture HC, and with nicer weather on its way itвЂ™s time to get back into GPSвЂ™ing and mapping with it.

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