jcn37203 Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 I was checking out the Topo app at a friend's house and it looked like there was no way to transfer maps to a GPSr via USB. I only saw options for serial connections. The version was 3.02 I think, so I'm thinking there must be a newer version or something. Quote
+ejnewman Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 (edited) Mapsource is on version 6.something. The Topo version number shouldn't have anything to do with how the maps are transferred to the device, the Mapsource app itself does that. Mapsource is for displaying and transfering the maps you buy or make (topo, street, or otherwise). Edited June 13, 2006 by ejnewman Quote
jcn37203 Posted June 13, 2006 Author Posted June 13, 2006 Ahhhh, ok. Thanks. Yeah, I don't have any Mapsource products yet, so I'm not clear on how it all works. Quote
jcn37203 Posted June 13, 2006 Author Posted June 13, 2006 So, another question then. I can just buy the Topo product without having another Mapsource product, right? Or is Topo just an add-on to the Mapsource application? Quote
+Sputnik 57 Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 MapSource is the Garmin product that handles all map applications and talks to your GPSr. You need a copy of it to see the maps and load them. MapSource typically comes with the maps. You can also download it from Garmin. It is analogous to Adobe's PDF reader. If someone sends you a .pdf file, it does you no good unless you can open it up, so you have to download the Adobe reader. MapSource is the "reader" for Garmin map files. You can't press the analogy too far. Other third party apps will actually read Garmin data, but for most users, you just get MapSource. Quote
jcn37203 Posted June 13, 2006 Author Posted June 13, 2006 Is there a link for downloading MapSource then? I''ve been all over the Garmin site and I'm missing it somehow. Quote
jcn37203 Posted June 13, 2006 Author Posted June 13, 2006 oops, nevermind, I just found it. thanks, there's so much to learn! Quote
+S&G.Davison Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 last version is 6.11.1 http://www.garmin.com/support/mappingsw.jsp Quote
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