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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: GPS :: Garmin frustrations!!!
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| PortageKeeper |
Thank you for contacting Garmin International. I would be happy to assist you with this. First, please export your file by following the instructions below: Open Basecamp Choose the File with your waypoints, or create the waypoints Select File Select Export "File name" Ensure the file type is GPX or GDB Save the file Open MapSource Select File Select Open Navigate to the saved file from Basecamp Select OK The waypoints will now appear in Basecamp. Please let me know if you have any further questions. With Best Regards, Amy Ch. Product Support Specialist 2nd Shift Outdoor/Fitness Team Garmin International 913-397-8200 800-800-1020 913-440-8280 (fax) Att: Amy Ch., Associate #6013 www.garmin.com Additional solutions may be found at http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us/support/searchsupport |
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| Longpaddler |
quote PortageKeeper: "Yahoo! I got it working!" What was your solution? I'm having similar problems.... |
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| PortageKeeper |
He also loaned me software to support. My area is part of wcpp and I already loaded topo canada onto my pc. I found that I could not load maps to my gps without MapSource, so I downloaded that. My brother feels that MapSource should then have blended with the other loaded software, but it didn't. I spent about four hours painfully placing waypoints of portages and camp site locations in BaseCamp and now apparently need to move them to MapSource before I can load both on the gps. Is this true? Is it possible? Thanks for any help! |
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| mirth |
All in all it was a few hours work. |
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| oldirtybassturd |
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| Corsair |
SO I delete any in areas I won't be traveling in till I get down to 1k then I transfer the file. |
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| PortageKeeper |
quote Longpaddler: "quote PortageKeeper: "Yahoo! I got it working!" It went this way... I placed all my way points (one for each camp site in the area that we'll be paddling and one at each end of each portage in the area where we will be paddling) on the Topo Canada map and tried to download to the gps. It only downloaded the way points, but not the map. I found out that I needed MapSource to place the maps on the gps. I downloaded that, and awaited instructions from my brother who has done this. He originally told me that they had to be sent to the gps (map and way points) together. I got tired of waiting and tried moving the map by itself and got both the map, and the way points that were already on the gps. I did all upgrades offered by Garmin as I was doing this, and I believe that helped. Also, pass on purchasing the Google Earth feature that is offered while doing this. I read reviews and most everyone wished they hadn't wasted their time and money on it. It downloads super slow, and is very grainy. Another thing that may have helped... I only loaded the section that is needed for my trip. |
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