Loading Maps Into Legend C

[+The Canning Clan]

hey all:

I'm really liking my Legend C but......I can't seem to figure out how to load a map into it. I open Mapsource and select the transfer to GPS feature but maps are not an available option. I would like to use the routing functions in Metroguide Canada but can't figure this one out. The only available map in the device is the marine one that comes with it. very bland and no detail at all except major highways.

Thanks

Anyone??? Bueller???

[Neo_Geo]

First of all, MetroGuide Canada will not give your GPSr autorouting capabilities. You'll need City Select for that.

 

As for MapSource not showing maps as an available send to device option, check out Garmin's free MapSource® Tutorial program.

 

If you still have questions after that, direct them here.

Edited January 19, 2006 by Neo_Geo

[+Sputnik 57]

hey all:

I'm really liking my Legend C but......I can't seem to figure out how to load a map into it. I open Mapsource and select the transfer to GPS feature but maps are not an available option. I would like to use the routing functions in Metroguide Canada but can't figure this one out. The only available map in the device is the marine one that comes with it. very bland and no detail at all except major highways.

Thanks

Anyone??? Bueller???

In MapSource, you have to "select" maps to load to the GPSr. You do this by clicking on the map select tool (it looks like a bent pentagram) and then clicking on the maps you want to load (the selected maps will turn pink). Then click on transfer to GPSr icon and check the "Maps" button.

[+The Canning Clan]

First of all, MetroGuide Canada will not give your GPSr autorouting capabilities. You'll need City Select for that.

 

wow....wasted purchase then. Even the box states "automatically routes on the PC and compatible Garmin products" guess I and GPS Central misunderstood this

[peter]

First of all, MetroGuide Canada will not give your GPSr autorouting capabilities.  You'll need City Select for that. 

 

wow....wasted purchase then. Even the box states "automatically routes on the PC and compatible Garmin products" guess I and GPS Central misunderstood this

No, the misunderstanding is on Neo_Geo's part, but understandable given Garmin's inconsistent product naming. Most 'MetroGuide' products aren't designed to do autorouting on their GPS units, but MetroGuide-Canada is an exception.

 

I agree with Sputnik's comment on first selecting the map regions. In addition to clicking on them individually you can also do a 'click and hold' and pan the mouse to define a rectangular region which selects all the map regions within it.

[Neo_Geo]

Nevermind...

Edited January 19, 2006 by Neo_Geo

[peter]

It will create routes on the PC, which you then download to your GPSr - but that doesn't do much good for autorouting on the GPSr.

From Garmin's Cartography page:

"MetroGuide North America and Europe provide automatic route calculation for select products on the PC, while MetroGuide Canada offers autorouting on both the PC and compatible Garmin units."

 

Canningclan already has the correct mapping product as long as only Canadian maps are needed rather than a combination of both US & Canada, so there's no need for GPS Central to do any exchanging.

[+The Canning Clan]

Ok....figured it all out (thanks Sputnik) got the maps loaded and tried it out on way to work after lunch. GPSr gave me turn by turn with audible. This is soooooooo cool.

No need for returning, GPS central knew exactly what they were talking about.

Thanks again for all the help everyone

[Neo_Geo]

Sorry, but I was going on what Peter had corrected me on in a recent previous thread. It was somehow my misunderstanding - that the only MetroGuide that ever did autorouting on a GPSr was US version 4. I think I found THAT THREAD, and now that I've re-read it, I see that again I was wrong.

 

I give up... I think I'm just gonna watch from the sidelines whenever any MetroGuide autorouting issues are involved.

 

Still, check out that MapSource tutorial. It'll show you how to send the maps to your GPSr.

[+The Canning Clan]

Thanks Neo....downloaded the tutorial and am advancing my knowledge as we speak