Garmin Aviation Program on PC

I just bought a Garmin 96 GPS. I have loaded the Garmin Mapsource software
to my PC, but can't find any aviation data in it. All I see are town,
roads, etc. Any ideas how to do aviation planning on my PC and download to
my handheld?

Danny Deger

"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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I just bought a Garmin 96 GPS. I have loaded the Garmin Mapsource software
to my PC, but can't find any aviation data in it. All I see are town,
roads, etc. Any ideas how to do aviation planning on my PC and download to
my handheld?

Danny Deger


AFAIK, Mapsource is just terrestrial information (ie driving...)

I'm pretty sure the Jep aviation data should already be loaded.

Did you buy it new? Does it have a manual?

;O)

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

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AFAIK, Mapsource is just terrestrial information (ie driving...)

I'm pretty sure the Jep aviation data should already be loaded.

Did you buy it new? Does it have a manual?

Concur with Jay. You can get a one-time aviation DB update from Garmin for
$35. Check out their website.

Marco

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"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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I just bought a Garmin 96 GPS. I have loaded the Garmin Mapsource
software to my PC, but can't find any aviation data in it. All I see are
town, roads, etc. Any ideas how to do aviation planning on my PC and
download to my handheld?

Danny Deger


AFAIK, Mapsource is just terrestrial information (ie driving...)

I'm pretty sure the Jep aviation data should already be loaded.

The JEP data is on the handheld, but not in Mapsource on the PC. I was
looking for a way to do aviation route planning on the PC. I would like to
do this because of the better displays etc of the PC compaired to the hand
held. For this I need the JEP data into Mapsource or some other PC
application that can load the route and waypoints onto the handheld.

Danny Deger

"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
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"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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I just bought a Garmin 96 GPS. I have loaded the Garmin Mapsource
software to my PC, but can't find any aviation data in it. All I see are
town, roads, etc. Any ideas how to do aviation planning on my PC and
download to my handheld?

Danny Deger


AFAIK, Mapsource is just terrestrial information (ie driving...)

I'm pretty sure the Jep aviation data should already be loaded.

The JEP data is on the handheld, but not in Mapsource on the PC. I was
looking for a way to do aviation route planning on the PC. I would like
to do this because of the better displays etc of the PC compaired to the
hand held. For this I need the JEP data into Mapsource or some other PC
application that can load the route and waypoints onto the handheld.

Danny Deger



Sorry, I don't have a GPS 96, but I do have a Garmin V+. I have Mapsource
software, but it's street maps, not an aviation databse.

Don't know how or where you can access the Jep data outside the unit itself.
No USB or proprietary connector of any kind?

Jay B

Danny Deger wrote:
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"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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I just bought a Garmin 96 GPS. I have loaded the Garmin Mapsource
software to my PC, but can't find any aviation data in it. All I see are
town, roads, etc. Any ideas how to do aviation planning on my PC and
download to my handheld?

Danny Deger

AFAIK, Mapsource is just terrestrial information (ie driving...)

I'm pretty sure the Jep aviation data should already be loaded.

The JEP data is on the handheld, but not in Mapsource on the PC. I was
looking for a way to do aviation route planning on the PC. I would like to
do this because of the better displays etc of the PC compaired to the hand
held. For this I need the JEP data into Mapsource or some other PC
application that can load the route and waypoints onto the handheld.

Danny Deger


I think Flitestar can do that.

On Mar 6, 12:49 pm, "Danny Deger" wrote:
I just bought a Garmin 96 GPS. I have loaded the Garmin Mapsource software
to my PC, but can't find any aviation data in it. All I see are town,
roads, etc. Any ideas how to do aviation planning on my PC and download to
my handheld?

Danny Deger

Hi Danny,

AirPlan can do what you want to do, and its only $10 to register it.

Download it from http://www.razorsedgesoft.com/airplan.htm and you can
use it free for 60 days.

Dean

In a previous article, "Danny Deger" said:
I just bought a Garmin 96 GPS. I have loaded the Garmin Mapsource software
to my PC, but can't find any aviation data in it. All I see are town,
roads, etc. Any ideas how to do aviation planning on my PC and download to
my handheld?

The Garmin 96 has aviation data built in. If yours doesn't, it either
isn't a Garmin 96, or something wiped it out. If it's a 96 and you're
very lucky, loading a new aviation database update will restore it.
http://shop.garmin.com/aviation/databases/


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On Mar 6, 4:06 pm, wrote:
On Mar 6, 12:49 pm, "Danny Deger" wrote:

I just bought a Garmin 96 GPS. I have loaded the Garmin Mapsource software
to my PC, but can't find any aviation data in it. All I see are town,
roads, etc. Any ideas how to do aviation planning on my PC and download to
my handheld?

Danny Deger

Hi Danny,

AirPlan can do what you want to do, and its only $10 to register it.

Download it fromhttp://www.razorsedgesoft.com/airplan.htmand you can
use it free for 60 days.

Dean

Danny,

Just one note. AirPlan only supports the RS-232 interface to the
Garmin 96, so you will need to get an RS-232 interface cable from
Garmin to transfer routes to the Garmin 96.

Dean

On Mar 7, 11:04 am, "Danny Deger" wrote:
"Jay Beckman" wrote in message

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"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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I just bought a Garmin 96 GPS. I have loaded the Garmin Mapsource
software to my PC, but can't find any aviation data in it. All I see are
town, roads, etc. Any ideas how to do aviation planning on my PC and
download to my handheld?

Danny Deger

AFAIK, Mapsource is just terrestrial information (ie driving...)

I'm pretty sure the Jep aviation data should already be loaded.

The JEP data is on the handheld, but not in Mapsource on the PC. I was
looking for a way to do aviation route planning on the PC. I would like to
do this because of the better displays etc of the PC compaired to the hand
held. For this I need the JEP data into Mapsource or some other PC
application that can load the route and waypoints onto the handheld.

Danny Deger

Hi

I got a 96C recently, and I am using a Mac so can't even use the
Mapsource program. Using a Mac program to transfer tracks, routes
etc, and you can scan in maps and use them in the program. Uses
serial only, so I had to purchase a Garmin serial cable and a USB to
serial converter and it works well.. I am sure there will be PC
programs that allow you to use your own map and overlay the tracks and
routes on top of it.