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The price is probably OK as Garmin is updating/replacing that model with the 62. The S unit includes a barometer/altimeter and compas

Are there any limits to the number or total size of mapsets which can be installed in MapSource? A recent post on gpsfiledepot mentioned that an install of one of the mapsets hosted there 'broke everything' of the 80Gb of mapsets he already had installed in MapSource.

Trail data is a hit or miss situation. There is no single public source for it. There are a few websites with trails submitted by individuals and trail data is included with OSM (open street map) files. OSM is routable, but does not include contour lines.

Try: http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php Depending on what people have submitted it could range from better than the most detailed printed map to little more than the island's outline. These do not include contour lines.

If it is a new card, you would need to create the Garmin folder. MapSource probably creates the folder if it does not exist.

Google 'California GIS'. I see lots of datasets available; however, from the 'names' I do not think any of the imagery is 6 inch resolution, but I do not have the time to check it all out. Also contact them and ask what the best resolution they have available. Remenber the post same 'MOST' States, not all.

Place(copy) the .kmz file in a Garmin\CustomMaps folder on the micro memory card. You will have to create the folder path if you have not done so already. The file is ready to use on the GPSr. Who thinks you need their software to do this?

Depends on how many requests are pending and their size. Did you see this information when you sent the request? I have experienced a few hours with none pending to 1 1/2 days when nearly 100 were before mine. I think he also does a new build with the latest info on Friday, so the system may be on hold and also a lot of users seem to want the latest info each week.

You need to be more specific. Besides computer platform, which model of GPSr (which specific mapsets would also help)? Most mapsets hosted on gpsfiledepot are self instaling (to MapSource and BaseCamp or to MAC software). Also see the tutorial on gpsfiledepot (http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-load-maps-on-my-garmin-gps-unit/). Basically your missing that the mapsets need to be installed to MapSource before MapSource can use them. There are exceptions; however you need to be more specific.

Did you place the files in a Garmin folder? The Ibycus file was inteded to get the map data into Mapsource or Basecamp. It is not the correct format for the GPSr to use directly.

Depends on the changing configuration of the satellites. Could be tens of minutes to a few hours or more.

Not on purpose. The history of the product started when GPSr only had a few Mbytes of internal memory and were not capable of storing the entire country. Some current very popular GPSrs come with only 24Mb of internal memory. Products using very large file sizes have only recently been made available - primarly for the newer units which can use very large micro memory cards but still have a limit on the number of segments that the information can be in. The 'big' issue is that many purchasers are not getting the information about the differences in the mapset in internal memory, on DVD, on prerecorded micro memory card, or via internet download.

No Correct. Correct. From NavTech's, the supplier of the data, point of view it does.However, both they and Garmin lost a sale of CN as my GPSr was over 2 years old and I could not see spending the money to have it locked to that unit.

I was thinking it might; however, Garmin's website says: Interface: high-speed USB and NMEA 0183 compatible That might refer to USB2.0, or it might not. I do not remember anyone posting about improved transfer speeds.

Ops. I should have check. For some reason that mapset is not downloadable as a self installing .exe file.. Follow this procedure:http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-load-.img-files-into-mapsource-with-mapsettoolkit/

See: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-...armin-gps-unit/ You will need MapSource or BaseCamp to load the data to the GPSr. If MapSource/Trip&WayPointManager did not come with you GPSr, see:http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-install-mapsource-if-it-didnt-come-with-your-gps/ BaseCamp can be downloaded from Garmin's website.

Memory card in computer is much faster.

Have you looked at: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-...armin-gps-unit/

Planimetric - Hydro, transportation, named features - no contour lines Topo - Hydro, transportation, named features, and contour lines - expect these mapsets to be 2 - 4 or more times larger than a planimetric map of the same area. planimetric and topo are in vector (line) format. Different map authors will included data from different sources and may process the data differently. Raster - this is a pixel image, usually of a printed map. Garmin limits these "Custom Maps' to about 96 cells for 1024x1024 pixels. How much ground area can be included depends on the pixel size being used. Garmin's Birdseye imagery - Pixel imagery of the earth's surface. Size appears to be limited to available memory on the GPSr.

Wasn't there a post within the past week which mentioned that Topo100 on DVD had over 6000 segments, while the same data was 'reformated' by Garmin to be less than 500 segments when it was included on the 'T' model?

Correct on resolution and correct on hydro detail. The NY & PA mapsets used hydro from Census (which appears to be a cross between better than 100k and NHD 24k - slowly migrating to NHD 24k). NE topo used NHD 24k (which nationwide has a number of issues). The map author of NE topo used a 20' contour interval for all 48 States; whereas the printed USGS topo quads are about 20% at 40' or 80', 30% at 20', and 50% at 10' or 5'. He also used elevation grid points at 30m spacing, while everyone else is using source data with a 10m spacing. Take your pick on which might be better for your purposes.

From your post, the 100k is on the GPSr, but are the NY & PA mapsets? If they are, the Garmin product will take presidence in display. You would have to hide/disable it to see the data in the NY & PA mapsets.

So far no one has reversed engineered how Garmin formats the 3D elevation data in the files.

I downloaded the maps for Pennsylvania and New York from gpsfiledepot, but its the same as the 100k topo map I already have downloaded on my gps. As far as I am aware, there is no 100k mapset on gpsfiledepot. Do you mean Garmin's 100k map product download from them? What is the same? Contours, hydro, roads, POIs. The USGS printed 100ks use a CI of 10 or 20 meters in PA & NY; the 24ks use 10 & 20 feet (and some 5ft, 10m & 20m in NY) - the PA & NY mapsets at gpsfiledepot use 10 and 20 feet.

Garmin's 24k topo and CN are copyrighted products. It would be illegal to make official Garmin products available in such a manner. Read the descriptions for each mapset on gpsfiledepot - most of the State maps are near 24k quality/scale - however that might be defined. What area(s) are you interested in?