Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: GPS :: Pay-it-forward: FREE chip - Campsites and Portages map
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schweady |
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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timatkn |
Nice of you two to offer! T |
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schweady |
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butthead |
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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schweady |
*** 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. |
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Elydog |
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schweady |
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. |
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Elydog |
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? |
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butthead |
MN Topo disk image file is 134 KB, BWCA camps and portages disk image is 216 KB. They take very little space. butthead |