One of the first posts on this blog was about the 5.1.1 stable version of DNRGarmin.
Long story short, if you work with GIS and you use Garmin units for your data acquisition, this program is a must-have. It can upload/download data in text, DBF and shapefile formats to/from Garmin GPS units, and also comes with an extension for direct interfacing with ArcGIS software. Version 5.1.1 had some utility for non-Garmin GPS units and applications, but version 5.2, currently in beta, has some new features that make it a worthwhile installation for anyone with a GPS.
New features in version 5.2 include:
- Load data in KML and GPX (in addition to the previous options of text, DBF and shapefile formats)
- Load data directly from the “My Place” pane in Google Earth
- Save data in KML and GPX (along with the previous options of projected/unprojected shapefiles, text and DBF)
- Convert between the different formats
- Collects waypoint time data from supported units
Note: The new version’s ArcGIS extension no longer works with ArcGIS 8.x, only 9.x. If that’s important to you, you should stick with version 8.1.1, still available on the web page. But the new version works fine in stand-alone mode.
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