Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Garmin lat/lon co-ords to UTM?

[Robert L. <rob...@us...>]

> Unless I'm mistaken, all GPS communication takes place in WGS-84, so  =


There are a few exceptions, but Garmin is not one of them.

> > Sorry to trouble you, but I would be most appreciative if you could
> > point out which formats that use UTM are supported by GPSB.  I found
> > one so far, Textual Output, that has UTM tucked away inside it, but
> > what I would LOVE is to be able to both read waypoints from my Garmin=

> > Legend in UTM, and to SEND UTM co-ordinates to the Garmin somehow.

Set your Legend for UTM mode if you want to display/enter/edit UTM on it;=

you can transfer waypoints using the existing Garmin protocol exactly as =
is.

I actually misspoke - there are very few formats that use UTM for exactly=
 the
reasons that Gavin and I have explained.  PCX, text, unicsv (read-only)
overlay, html, compegps, and garmin_txt all use it but many of those are =
only
in some limited capacity.