And am having fits with it. I cannot install BaseCamp on my Windows Vista laptop. It gets to the end of the installation and chokes. I am in contact with Garmin and they are trying to help.

I did, however, get Mapsource to install and loaded the MN topo maps into it from GPSfiledepot. I then loaded the campsite and portages from Campsites and Portages

It all looks fine on the computer. When I transferred it to the gps I got the maps and the campsites, but lost the portages. I suppose I forgot to check one of the boxes when I tranferred it? Any ideas? This thing is making me want to pull out what little hair I have left!

-Hank

Congratulations on your purchase. When I first got my 62st, I spent a lot of time driving/walking/boating around making tracks and waypoints just to get used to the menus and functions. Jumping right into downloading maps and points and tracks is admirable but it was something I eased into much later. Don't get discouraged because of some of the things that are confusing you right now. Give it some time.

You can always re-transfer that data to your 62, just remember to check 'Tracks' this time. (At least, that's how it is in BaseCamp.) Also, if you are using the bwca-portage-tracks.gpx file, I find it helpful to delete the waypoints marking the portage ends that come with the bwca-camp+port-wpt.gpx file. They just seem redundant when the portage tracks are already present. Also, you can import all of the data into BaseCamp and then selectively make folders for data you might want for individual trips. Then load the subset onto your 62 instead of the whole lot of it. You may see a bit quicker response from the unit, and avoid bumping up against maximum data limits.

I use a Mac and love BaseCamp; I've never had to use MapSource. Remember to copy a backup of your 62 from time to time. It will show up as an external drive whose contents can be copied to your PC. That has saved me a couple of times. Good luck.

Well I went back and checked the tracks and transferred again. No luck. Just the maps and the campsites. I guess that will have to do until I figure out what I'm doing wrong. May use the wife's computer as it is newer.