Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: GPS :: Memory Maps-Exporting to a GPS
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butthead |
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Kiporby |
Also, anyway to import the memory maps into TOPO America? |
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butthead |
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schweady |
I've pretty much solved my problems with too many tracks, points, map overlays, etc on my 62st the same way as dentondoc except I use Garmin BaseCamp on my iMac to make folders of the subsets of data for various trips. Took me a while to trust... I had always wanted to have all of my data on the GPSr but as my dataset grows I have come to realize how impractical that is. |
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dentondoc |
quote Kiporby: "I tried to do all the camps and portages from MM, but it was way too many. Know of a better way?" My approach has been a bit different ... and I use a Garmin. With my Garmin unit, I use their Mapsource product. I've transferred everything from MM to Mapsource. Because Mapsource is PC based, I don't have the same issues with too many waypoints, routes, etc. When I'm preparing for a trip, I do a "copy and paste" from my Mapsource "master set" to a new "trip set." The trip set is paired down to that which will fit on my GPS. Even things like portages get trimmed on my GPS copy to a waypoint on each end of the port ... since I can get more waypoints on my GPS unit than routes or tracks. After I'm satisfied with my PC copy, I then load it on my GPS unit. (If I later, but pre-trip, discover I've overlooked something, its a simple matter to re-load the GPS.) This approach has the additional benefit of having a copy of THAT trips maps so I can refer to them at a later date. Post-trip, I also download and save the data recorded on my GPS, which would include any new material captured during my trip. dd |
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Kiporby |
I tried to do all the camps and portages from MM, but it was way too many. Know of a better way? |
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dentondoc |
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