Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: GPS :: New garmin 62s
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drnatus |
Fun for the kids who like to pull in a 6 inch blue gill with every cast, but beyond that....fair to poor. I downloaded maps from gpsfiledepot.com. Can't get the Mytrails transparent map to overlay in Basecamp like the creator says it can do now. Don't see many Ohio trails in any of the maps. May have to make my own! |
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schweady |
My favorite custom maps that I created involved layering the 27 Superior Hiking Trail jpgs into Google Earth and saving them to my handheld. Nice to have when on the trail instead of reaching for the paper. I got the 62st model a few years back and was immediately mocked for spending more for the topo, but the sale price was such that I couldn't pass it up. So I can't answer specifically what you would need to do mapwise other than what has already been said. Great unit, however. Rugged, accurate, picks up signal fast. |
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butthead |
Install BaseCamp on your computer to work with and tailor maps. Chips memory is cheap, get a few 4gb. Visit GPS File Depot. For a small cost you can subscribe to Birds Eye for USGSmaps or Sat Imaging. Garmin maps like Boundary Waters Topo are available but somewhat expensive, but nice maps. Have fun with it! butthead PS: Forgot to mention making and installing Custom Maps an interesting and usefull tool for the BaseCamp/GoogleEarth/GPS62s. bh |
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drnatus |
I figured out that I need maps. I also get that the free maps at gpsfiledepot.com. donot allow one to auto route when driving. I will use this gps for trail hiking in Ohio and elsewhere in addition to bwca use. Will the free maps be adequate? Any other thoughts? Thanks. P.s. also got a package of Nutter Butters.....but none of you to can help me with that!!!! |
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Savage Voyageur |
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