skifast

Thanks Pete--I suspected as much, but you've confirmed it nicely. Happy trails! -skifast

Hi there; I'm using a Garmin Oregon 300, and every few months, I get the "waypoint full" message on the unit, even though I've only added a very few waypoints myself. For caching, I paste my pocket query .gpx files (both the xxx.gpx and xxx-wpts.gpx files) into the "GPX" folder in the unit and delete those files when I'm done caching in that area. Apparently, they leave some waypoints in the unit...how can those be deleted without deleting ALL waypoints in the device? I know that the Garmin CX used to have a feature where you could delete a certain type of waypoint (ie little blue flags or parking symbols) without affecting all waypoints. It's a bit of a pain to use RoadTrip and upload all waypoints from the GPS, delete the unwanted ones, then delete all the waypoints in the device and then load the wanted ones from Road Trip back onto the GPS. It works, but it seems unnecessary. Any ideas? Thanks!

This might help: I sent an e-mail to Garmin regarding "HC" micro SD cards (any more acronyms, anyone?) for my Oregon 300..."HC" stands for "high capacity". Here's the answer, though I'm not sure if the 5GB limit applies to "non-HC" SD cards: Thank you for contacting Garmin International. Yes, the Oregon will accept the HC cards, up to 5GB. With Best Regards, Damon A Product Support Specialist Outdoor/Fitness Team Garmin International 913-397-8200 800-800-1020 913-397-8282 (fax) Att: Damon A www.garmin.com

Hi there; Maybe I missed it on the forum somewhere, but the info wasn't available in the Garmin manual or online. I phoned them and found that the .gpx files need to be placed into the "GPX" folder, but NOT in the "Current" folder that is within the GPX folder. You can put your queries directly into the GPX folder without having to use any software other than Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac). Works great. Hope this helps and saves someone else the frustration and the 1.5 hours I spent on hold (yay speakerphones!) happy trails, skifast

Raggs---your comment was much appreciated, it's just too bad you got attacked for sticking your neck out! Cheers!

Wasn't aiming for "pretentious". Wasn't aware of what was involved. Thought it might just be a matter of letting people log what they find--wouldn't that then evolve into its own database? Thanks for your open, kind, informative response. Cheers.

As a fellow Canadian, I share some of your frustrations in finding (affordable) digital maps. Don't need maps to download into the unit, just to plan things out. I live in Hong Kong, and am a pilot, (no, I don't have too many airmiles...) so get around quite a lot. It seems that the USofA is the only place that has readily-accessible and affordable topo maps. Canadian topo maps are quite expensive in digital format ($100 CAD per province or part of a province), and Hong Kong (50kmX50km or so) is divided into 16 maps, each one costing about $60 CAD!! If you find a source of topo maps in digital format for somewhere other than the US, please post the site! Thanks and good luck!

thanks! I'll look forward to it being available to us "little people".

I'm a Canadian, living in Hong Kong. Benchmarks (or their equivalents) everywhere. Why not enable non-US benchmarks on your site so that the rest of us can record our visits? Just about every peak of every mountian in HK has a survey marker. Care to loosen the grip on the reins and let others join in the fun? Thanks!