Using Google Maps with your Garmin GPS Device

Follow along with Jake from the Garmin Blog Team as he shows users how to send Google Map information directly to your Garmin GPS device. Visit garmin.blogs.com for more information.

Unmarked DMax POV

The video distorted quite a bit when uploaded, but you get the idea... Front warning: (2) TIR4 Gen 3 LED forward facing in grille; Able 2 Gen 2 Sho Me Micro Lites - side of bumper/intersection lights; Clear strobes mounted in fog lights timed for Opticom activation, on 6 outlet, 75 watt Whelen power supply; Whelen Slimlighter SLPMMRC (Gen 3, TIR 6) over mirror; Wig Wag headlight flasher (not activated in video) Overhead: Able 2 Sho-Me Red/Red (Gen 2) Rear: LIN-6 Gen 3 LED Red/white/amber/blue/white/red in rear window (red/white per fire dept rules, blue for added visibility from a distance, amber to repel drunk drivers) with traffic advisor patterns; Red/clear strobes (tail/reverse lights) Siren: Whelen 295HFSA 100w siren with Federal Dynamax speaker Comms: Motorola Spectra remote mount VHF w/ A7 head mounted in dash; Motorola HT1000 VHF handheld with on-board charger; Kenwood TK-272 VHF handheld; Radio Shack 800Mhz triple trunking scanner Nav/misc: Garmin Streetpilot C550 GPS; Streamlight stinger; Black & Decker 100w power inverter Total retail cost about $1800 NOTE: It is said that you can't mount a standard Wig Wag flasher on a Chevrolet b/c of ground issues; if you are trying to do such and having difficulty, let me know and I'll send you the schematic of how it's done.

garmin street pilot 7200 aprs experiment ........DSCF0084.AVI

APRS demo using the Garmin 7200 street pilot with the ArgentData system interconnect can send and receive messages via two way radio locate another station and route to them or send a message back and forth, full fleet dispatch functionality that is on certain Garmin's and Garmin Nuvi's 300 series including messaging via the internet via a base station connected to it to relay messages out to the mobile

StreetPilot GPS from Garmin

go.tagjag.com - twitter.com - facebook.com - When I was in the third grade, I learned map skills. North, East, South and West were pretty easy to master. I'm still not sure how I failed. It was likely because I didn't own a GPS system at the time. I'd have killed for one of these devices when I delivered pizzas during college. Thanks to the folks at Garmin, I not only reviewed the StreetPilot c320 GPS system; I now also have a new one to use in my car. chris.pirillo.com