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I have recently decided to make a move Linux, Ubuntu flavored. I would love to not to have to boot up Windows to interface with my GPSmap 76CSx but their Basecamp software is not compatible with linux. I am currently looking at Qlandkarte but it may no longer be supported though I am having some success with the tracks that I am pulling out Basecamp. It looks like at one time Qlandkarte supported my device but one the resources seemed to indicate that this application have been abandoned despite being in the Repository. Any advice would be appreciated.

Qlandkarte is now Qlandkarte GT, http://www.qlandkarte.org/. The latest source code release was from this past Monday so it's not dead yet. I don't know if Ubuntu is keeping the package updated though.

Edit: just read ubuntu doesn't keep it updated and qlandkarte authors recommend using a PPA at https://launchpad.net/~mms-prodeia/+archive/qlandkarte but that hasn't been updated since May 2012.

I've used Route MGR for years. Nothing to install, use it right online from anywhere you have internet. Got tired of trying to remember which computer or drive I'd saved my files on year after year. Needed something better to plan hikes using community shared data. Created it in fact... the only reason I kept needing to fire up Windows was for gps. Never used the Garmin stuff as I was more into TOPO! Can't imagine using that anymore as Route MGR has so much more to offer.

I'm not familiar with the 76CSx so I looked it up. Says it has USB so if you can access the filesystem you should be able to upload/download to/from Route MGR.

Not really related but I've used Ubuntu for about five years after Fedora forever!

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w h a wrote:Qlandkarte is now Qlandkarte GT, http://www.qlandkarte.org/. The latest source code release was from this past Monday so it's not dead yet. I don't know if Ubuntu is keeping the package updated though.

Edit: just read ubuntu doesn't keep it updated and qlandkarte authors recommend using a PPA at https://launchpad.net/~mms-prodeia/+archive/qlandkarte but that hasn't been updated since May 2012.

I was reading a little about the "GT" version last night, I'll see if I can't find the most up to date version. Hopefully it works better than the version I got in the repositories because it seems a little buggy, or perhaps I am. Thanks for the help!

joe bartels wrote:I've used Route MGR for years. Nothing to install, use it right online from anywhere you have internet. Got tired of trying to remember which computer or drive I'd saved my files on year after year. Needed something better to plan hikes using community shared data. Created it in fact... the only reason I kept needing to fire up Windows was for gps. Never used the Garmin stuff as I was more into TOPO! Can't imagine using that anymore as Route MGR has so much more to offer.

I'm not familiar with the 76CSx so I looked it up. Says it has USB so if you can access the filesystem you should be able to upload/download to/from Route MGR.

Not really related but I've used Ubuntu for about five years after Fedora forever!

Route MGR is hands down my go to for prepping my hikes, especially useful for vague or multi-sourced trail descriptions. Sometimes I'll edit post-hike tracks but usually, despite some Basecamp's UI annoyances(HOW DOESN"T THE SCROLL WHEEL NOT ZOOM IN!) I'll edit them in Garmin's software, mostly just to be double certain I'll have access to them when I need them. You never know when THAT GUY will take Hike AZ down for maintenance.
I had no idea that I could load tracks from Route MGR direct to my unit! That is beautiful! My only remaining reservation is loading the base maps for the area I am hiking that day... I know that I can just use the track on the unit without the basemaps loaded but I do appreciate having an idea of topography they provide. My license is for the Four Corners states so I am hoping that Qlandkarte can access them as they are needed. Keeping even just the AZ maps on the unit would, I assume, will kill the batteries and slow the unit down.
Fedora, I thought I remembered you wearing a red hat some time ago.