[pct-l] Loading GPS Data while mid-PCT

[arm chair]

How about U3 technology. Here is a description:

Also includes U3 technology so you can carry your files and software on a
secure USB drive. You can have your wallpaper, preferences, favorites,
profiles, and more - everything you need for a familiar computing experience
on any PC, wherever you go.

I believe it allows some programs to RUN off the USB flashdrive, so you
don't install the programs onto the host computer. See link for more
details:

http://sandisk.com/Products/Catalog(1225)-SanDisk_Cruzer_Contour_USB_Flash_Drive__Available_in_March_2007.aspx

goto above site, look for red box on right, click
» Interactive Tour<javascript:void(window.open('http://syndicate.tentoe.com/Syndicate/SynMaster?Tentoe=40NQFJ-11858','_blank','width=536,height=525'))>
(SanDisk
U3 Technology)
to see a flash video with audio.

I have not tried this technology, but it might help.

- armchair






On 1/28/07, Hank Magnuski <hankm at ncast.com> wrote:
>
>
> Also, there's the complication of ports. Many newer computers no longer
> have
> serial ports, and some older ones don't support USB.
>
> A GPS needs one or the other, depending on the model.
>
> Hank
>
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Bill Batchelor wrote:
>
> > I have been considering carrying my little GPS.  I have lots of good
> sources
> > for thousands of GPS waypoints.  Anyone know of an easy way to load
> > waypoints into a Garmin GPS - mid PCT.  I was thinking of a software
> that
> > might be self contained on a CD.  Include the software and data files on
> a
> > CD and put it in the bounce box.  Then I could find any available PC on
> > occasion and load up the next section of data.  However, all the
> programs
> > that I know of are not self contained.  That is to say that they need to
> be
> > "installed" onto the PC to operate.  My preference would be not to have
> to
> > install (public computers wont allow it).
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > BillB
>
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