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Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks

From Bernd Rose <b.rose.tmpbox@arcor.de>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.freeware, sci.geo.satellite-nav
Subject Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks
Followup-To sci.geo.satellite-nav
Date 2024-03-22 19:32 +0100
Message-ID <1kwt6eeftx478.dlg@b.rose.tmpbox.news.arcor.de> (permalink)
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On Fri, 22nd Mar 2024 09:28:07 -0800, Bill Bradshaw wrote:

> The simplest answer for you is to purchase a a copy of 
> Garmin TOPO U.S. 2008 

Are you sure, this will still work? Garmin Topo Maps (as well as Garmin
PC software like Garmin Mobile PC) needed to be unlocked online. And
Garmin shut down their activation servers _ages_ ago. (Without the least
concern about and compassion with their paying customers...) We have
15 Topo2010 Germany here, which have been worthless junk since about
2013, IIRC.

I won't answer the original question by Wolf Greenblatt, btw. There's
a multitude of free solutions available. But US people will always start
whining about the offline maps not being original USGS topo. And if one 
shows ways to convert these maps for offline use in free programs, they 
find other reasons for complaints. (Too complicated scripts, too long
conversion time, and so on.) I'm really fed up with this nonsense. :-(

F-Up set to sgs-n.
(Garmin Topo has nothing to do with either freeware or Win10.
Although sci.geo... is a bit of a stretch, as well.)

Bernd

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Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks Wolf Greenblatt <wolf@greenblatt.net> - 2024-03-22 01:55 -0400
  Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks "MJP" <KKK@KKK.NET> - 2024-03-22 12:55 +0000
  Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks "MJP" <KKK@KKK.NET> - 2024-03-22 12:57 +0000
    Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks Wolf Greenblatt <wolf@greenblatt.net> - 2024-03-22 10:25 -0400
      Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks "MJP" <KKK@KKK.NET> - 2024-03-22 15:50 +0000
        Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2024-03-22 09:28 -0800
          Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks Bernd Rose <b.rose.tmpbox@arcor.de> - 2024-03-22 19:32 +0100
          Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks Wolf Greenblatt <wolf@greenblatt.net> - 2024-03-22 19:04 -0400
            Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2024-03-23 08:43 -0800
              Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks Wolf Greenblatt <wolf@greenblatt.net> - 2024-03-24 20:45 -0400
                Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2024-03-25 09:08 -0800
                Re: Windows freeware for offline editing uploaded GPX tracks Wolf Greenblatt <wolf@greenblatt.net> - 2024-03-25 15:06 -0400

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