mattad Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Hi - I just bought a Magellan Meridian Color - I have entered in a few waypoints and routes for some geocaching, but the maps that are in here are not detailed. What is the best setup for this device? Buy the $150 MapSend DirectRoute?? and is that software up to date enough?? There are always changes being made and new roads being put up - is it worth buying? Please let me know what to do - we are ready to start playing!! Thanks, Matt Quote Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 The maps in your unit are basic maps (main roads.) To get detailed maps you will need the mapping software. Is it worth it? You bet. Welcome to caching! El Diablo Quote Link to comment
+Thot Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 (edited) I have Magellan’s MapSend Streets. I rarely use it. If I do it's almost always when traveling -- not geocaching. I almost never pay any attention to the map on the GPSr when caching. I print out the MapQuest map associated with the cache page and take that with me. I usually use the next to most magnified view if it’s in an area I’m familiar with. If I’m not familiar with the area, I print a wider view in addition to the close view. The wider view is chosen based on what kind of general area map I’m using, such that I can match the two up, while getting better detail than my general area map. Edited to add: In Houston they publish a set of detail maps named Key Map. They are excellent -- they are detailed, almost always accurate and usually complete. They cost much less than the software maps that go in GPSrs. A GPSr screen is not large enough to get both a general area view and still see the local street names. Also, the software maps are often not current and, at least with Magellan, you can't get updates -- you have to rebuy the complete software. Edited June 19, 2005 by Thot Quote Link to comment
mattad Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 I have Magellan’s MapSend Streets. I rarely use it. If I do it's almost always when traveling -- not geocaching. I almost never pay any attention to the map on the GPSr when caching. I print out the MapQuest map associated with the cache page and take that with me. I usually use the next to most magnified view if it’s in an area I’m familiar with. If I’m not familiar with the area, I print a wider view in addition to the close view. The wider view is chosen based on what kind of general area map I’m using, such that I can match the two up, while getting better detail than my general area map. Edited to add: In Houston they publish a set of detail maps named Key Map. They are excellent -- they are detailed, almost always accurate and usually complete. They cost much less than the software maps that go in GPSrs. A GPSr screen is not large enough to get both a general area view and still see the local street names. Also, the software maps are often not current and, at least with Magellan, you can't get updates -- you have to rebuy the complete software. If you are printing out a map from online, what is the point of using a GPS unit? I thought the whole "idea" behind this was to put in coordinates into the GPS, and follow them until you are in the general area of the cache?? Maybe I am just confused - but in printing maps, how you would use the GPS? Quote Link to comment
ScottFla Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Well, I can answer that as a newbie Geocacher (just did my first two today) I printed out the sheet to get to the general area, but also used the GPS, which is far less detailed than yours. When I got to within walking distance, I relied on the GPS. I could have used my very basic GPS without the printout, but since this was my first tiem, I wanted to at least get close Quote Link to comment
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