+Tiny Dancer Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 I searched and didn't find this. I had my 400T out today and while driving around Denver I noticed the GPS had me 60-100 feet of the road. I switched to the new free 24K maps and the GPS was dead on with the road. I called Garmin and was told that there is a problem with the topo 2008 on the 400T. "The maps are accurate but the roads are not placed where they should be" I asked about a fix and was told that Garmin was not sure if it would be fixed or not. Its a shame that the "Free" maps are more accurate with the road placement than the "professional ones. I hope they do fix the road placement as I cant afford the city maps. Quote
+RAMversal Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Can you describe the free 24k maps you mentioned in more detail? From what I can tell the only 24k Topo maps Garmin offers are the National Parks East/West series. What are the options for 24k topographic maps that cover areas other than just national parks and can be loaded onto a GPS like the Garmin Colorado? Quote
+IndyJpr Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 (edited) Can you describe the free 24k maps you mentioned in more detail? From what I can tell the only 24k Topo maps Garmin offers are the National Parks East/West series. What are the options for 24k topographic maps that cover areas other than just national parks and can be loaded onto a GPS like the Garmin Colorado?I'm assuming - please let me know if I'm wrong - he is talking about the topo mapsets I created, specifically the CO one. The website for CO (and WY, UT) is:http://www.miscjunk.org/mj/mp_main.html MT, CA and AZ are currently being worked on by myself and others... There's also an set for Canada: http://www.ibycus.com/ibycustopo/ There's also commercial versions for CO and WA - google for Above the Timber... Hope that helps, Edited March 8, 2008 by IndyJpr Quote
Baumer Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 You should be able to toggle "lock on road" to work around this shortcut->map->lock on road "on" Quote
+coggins Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 (edited) I searched and didn't find this. I had my 400T out today and while driving around Denver I noticed the GPS had me 60-100 feet of the road. I switched to the new free 24K maps and the GPS was dead on with the road. I called Garmin and was told that there is a problem with the topo 2008 on the 400T. "The maps are accurate but the roads are not placed where they should be" I asked about a fix and was told that Garmin was not sure if it would be fixed or not. Its a shame that the "Free" maps are more accurate with the road placement than the "professional ones. I hope they do fix the road placement as I cant afford the city maps. Hi, I believe that the maps are from NAVTEQ, so you should contact them. Might be why Garmin can't say if it would be fixed or not. Go to http://mapreporter.navteq.com/ and fill out the information. Edited March 8, 2008 by coggins Quote
+g-o-cashers Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 You should be able to toggle "lock on road" to work around this shortcut->map->lock on road "on" That only works for routeable maps like CityNav not the Topo maps. GO$Rs Quote
+Tiny Dancer Posted March 8, 2008 Author Posted March 8, 2008 (edited) Can you describe the free 24k maps you mentioned in more detail? From what I can tell the only 24k Topo maps Garmin offers are the National Parks East/West series. What are the options for 24k topographic maps that cover areas other than just national parks and can be loaded onto a GPS like the Garmin Colorado?I'm assuming - please let me know if I'm wrong - he is talking about the topo mapsets I created, specifically the CO one. The website for CO (and WY, UT) is:http://www.miscjunk.org/mj/mp_main.html MT, CA and AZ are currently being worked on by myself and others... There's also an set for Canada: http://www.ibycus.com/ibycustopo/ There's also commercial versions for CO and WA - google for Above the Timber... Hope that helps, Yes I am, However the term "he" is probably an incorrect assessment. Thanks for the maps by the way. VERY nice. Edited March 8, 2008 by Tiny dancer Quote
+IndyJpr Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Yes I am, However the term "he" is probably an incorrect assessment. Whoops, sorry about that! Thanks for the maps by the way. VERY nice. Thanks - glad you like them. Quote
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