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schweady
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02/02/2017 02:30PM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
butthead, a fellow member here (and certainly no stranger to those frequenting this forum), mailed me a 2GB microSD chip (and SD adapter) that contains the BWCA Campsites & Portages Garmin compatible map .img file so I could copy it to my Garmin 62st gps unit. The map is available at gpsfiledepot, but only in Windows format. I have an iMac, and he noticed my lamenting that the conversion kludge I tried a while back didn't work properly. So, he sent me a copy he had downloaded on his Windows PC. It worked perfectly.

It allows you to display the BWCAW's portages and campsites on your device in a background map (can be turned on or off) without having to install all of the individual waypoints and tracks and cluttering up your device, perhaps filling it to its maximum limits.

There are some aspects of the map that are a wee bit annoying... the portages have endpoint icons that seem unnecessary and the names for those endpoints seem overly long, both of which clutter the screen a bit (if you are familiar with the Arch Harris database, you know what I mean). Also, the portage tracks are a bit fat which also takes up more screen space than needed. However, the benefit far outweighs the need to swap out subsets of campsite waypoints and portage tracks for each successive trip.

The campsite names are all in the 'C####' format -- a unique number for each site -- matching the numbers that you see on this site's maps.

As a bonus, the mntopo11 .img map is on the same chip, although that is one that is available here, for both Windows and Mac platforms.

If anyone wants me to mail you this chip, speak up and I'll send an email to the first in line. All I ask is that you are willing to send it on to any others who chime in on this thread.

Any Windows PC user with a Garmin unit can easily obtain these maps from the links above, so perhaps priority might be given to Macintosh users out there with Garmin handhelds who would like to give this a shot. In any case, I'm sure that butthead and I would be more than happy to provide assistance in getting these maps on your Garmin unit.

 
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schweady
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02/02/2017 03:34PM  
 
02/02/2017 07:05PM  
I have a MAC, but I barely understand what you are talking about :) so it would be wasted on me.

Nice of you two to offer!

T
 
schweady
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02/02/2017 10:31PM  
wannabeoutthere has requested the chip in the For Sale forum.

*** EDIT 02/03/2017 10:05AM: As it turns out, wannabeoutthere has a Windows PC and was able to download the file directly. On to the next name... ***

Special thanks to butthead for agreeing to share this data in a pay it forward format.
 
schweady
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02/03/2017 10:18AM  
pswith5 has requested the chip in the For Sale forum.
 
02/03/2017 12:01PM  
I'm in contact with Pete, finding what he wants. If I can help.

butthead
 
02/03/2017 12:01PM  
Oops double---

butthead
 
Elydog
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03/21/2017 11:12AM  
Just ordered a Garmin 64st and would love the chip. I have a Mac. Not sure who has it now...
 
schweady
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03/21/2017 12:09PM  
quote Elydog: "Just ordered a Garmin 64st and would love the chip. I have a Mac. Not sure who has it now..."

Elydog: Check this thread in the For Sale forum. Looks like either canoeingHarry or TriTodd would have it about now.

 
03/21/2017 12:17PM  
Either that or send me a chip, I'll put MNTopo and BWCA camps and Portages from GPSFile Depot on it for ya.

butthead
 
Elydog
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03/22/2017 05:50AM  
Butthead,
Will do. Honestly don't know exactly what kind/type chip my GPS takes, since I haven't received it yet. Since I know you have a 64st (which is why I bought mine) can you tell me what chip I need to send, and how "big" it should be?
 
03/22/2017 07:11AM  
Garmin 64 will take a MicroSD chip.
MN Topo disk image file is 134 KB, BWCA camps and portages disk image is 216 KB. They take very little space.

butthead
 
schweady
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03/22/2017 01:57PM  
The one butthead began circulating was a Sandisk 2GB Micro SD Card. About the smallest around anymore and only $4-6 most places these days.
 
03/22/2017 02:45PM  
GPX files for BWCA and Quetico

That is a fresh link to some .gpx files I had posted earlier. Not maps but useful waypoints, and tracks.

butthead
 
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