[Portugal] [Fwd: [Qgis-user] Create Garmin Custom Maps from QGIS as background maps for your GPS]

[Giovanni Manghi]

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> From: SBL <Stefan.Blumentrath at nina.no>
> To: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [Qgis-user] Create Garmin Custom Maps from QGIS as background
> maps for your GPS
> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 06:56:26 -0800 (PST)
> 
> Dear all
> 
> Today, the GarminCustomMap - plugin reached a beta-version status.
> 
> The plugin exports the current map-canvas into a 
> http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2009/11/garmin-makes-custom-maps-free-and-easy.html
> GraminCustomMap-file (.kmz) , which can be used as a background map on
> compatible Garmin GPS units. See:
> http://support.garmin.com/support/searchSupport/case.faces?caseId={7aca6c60-ac37-11e0-d01c-000000000000}
> 
> It has been successfully tested on a Windows XP and a Ubuntu machine, but
> further testing would be very much appreciated.
> Hopefully, the first stable version will be released soon (after external
> testing).
> 
> If you are running a QGIS version <1.8, add 
> http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml
> http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml  to the 3rd-party repositories,
> to get access to the plugin. It is still marked as experimental, so you
> would have to check that experimental plugins are listed.
> 
> Cheers
> Stefan
> 
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