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Soon after posting I found these sites. http://home.pacbell.net/lgalvin/drgnotes.htm#Oregon http://www.gis.state.or.us/data/alphalist.html It looks like Oregon has a lot of good info. I downloaded the line "Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) - 1:24,000 DRGs are in TIF image format with corresponding world files. Complete statewide coverage, by quadrangle." I now need to convert it and see what we have. If that does not work Oregon seems to have enough available to make things interesting. Any information I find and like I plan on making another layer so that it can be turned on and off. Anyone found limits to what there GPS can hold as far as file size or number of layers? I will be posting all of this to http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com/maplist.php Using 15x15 minute tiles. I think 30x30 is too large for the terrain here in Oregon.

Alright I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I started by following the directions found here and am trying to patiently work out all my issues. I am to the point that I have the .mp files. I am trying to decide the best intervals for custom contour lines given the terrain here in Oregon. My concern is having contour lines that work with a data overlay. I am looking for what/where to down load the info found on a typical topo map for naming places, parks, etc Also a typical topo map has power lines etc. I know the data is out there its just data over load at this point. I think a lot of the data is at this site but how to get it into a map? http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/download_data.htm

Alright I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I started by following the directions found here http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...155835&st=0 So I now have the custom contour lines. My question is does anyone know what to down load to get the info found on a typical topo map for naming places, parks, etc Also a typical topo map has power lines etc. I know the data is out there its just data over load at this point. I am working in Oregon.

Many people don't seem to know that you can create custom maps for Garmin. Granted the process is not simple for the average user. There is a great thread on this forum http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...155835&st=0 Simple gps like eTrex are best used with a way point and an understanding of lat/long. If you want to use full mapping and routing you can probably get Mapsource for free from Garmin if you ask and provide your serial number. Install it on a lap top, hook your gps up to your lap top and you have full mapping.