the family team Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Probably a very dumb question: The snow has finally melted and I'm ready to head out. I went to ibycus.com and downloaded free topos. When I ran the .exe, it gave me a whole mess of .img files. I have no idea how to use them. As far as I know, to send to/from the Garmin etrex Venture HC, everything goes through the "mapsource" program. That program won't recognize the .img files. I know I am missing something very silly. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Moving to the GPS Units and Software forum Quote Link to comment
+IndyJpr Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 If you ran the installer then the maps have been installed "into" MapSource. So all you need to do is start MapSource and switch to the maps. This can done from the "Select a Product" drop down field - usually to the left on the toolbar. This can also be done by selecting the "View" menu and selecting the "Switch to Product" item... Either way you should see a list of maps and one of them should be named "Ibycus..." - select that and you should see the new maps in MapSource. Quote Link to comment
the family team Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Either way you should see a list of maps and one of them should be named "Ibycus..." - select that and you should see the new maps in MapSource. Amazing detail! Mapsource has more detail than I will ever need now. Can that be sent into the handheld? Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment
-Oz- Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Amazing detail!Mapsource has more detail than I will ever need now. Can that be sent into the handheld? Thanks for the help. Yes, just select the segments (they'll turn pink) and then transfser them to your gps unit. Quote Link to comment
the family team Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Can that be sent into the handheld? Thanks for the help. Yes, just select the segments (they'll turn pink) and then transfser them to your gps unit. There we go. Sorry for the simple questions and thank you for the simple answers. I am still amazed at the detail. Thanks all for the help. -The Family Team. Quote Link to comment
xboxteen01 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Just a quick question on this: If you put it on the GPS, in my case a Garmin Vista HCx, can it be removed later on for whatever reason; space limitations, bugs, etc. or would you need to do a hard reset of the device. Quote Link to comment
+jopasm Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 It looks like it's been converted to the standard Garmin map format, so you can add or delete the maps on your device through Mapsource. Quote Link to comment
xboxteen01 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 ok sounds good, thanks Quote Link to comment
+SparkyInCali Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Just a quick question on this: If you put it on the GPS, in my case a Garmin Vista HCx, can it be removed later on for whatever reason; space limitations, bugs, etc. or would you need to do a hard reset of the device. Every time you reload maps onto your unit the old ones are written over with the new mapset you put on the gps.In your case if you want to completely erase them all you can either put the card in a card reader and format it or access the card through the gps as a usb drive. Quote Link to comment
xboxteen01 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Only reason i ask is on account of me not usually using 3rd party software and if it turns sour, id like to be able to salvage the gps unit rather then loose it. Quote Link to comment
cliff_hanger Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Amazing detail! Mapsource has more detail than I will ever need now. Are they really topos? Do they have contour lines? Quote Link to comment
xboxteen01 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 looks like it http://www.ibycus.com/ibycustopo/ibycustopo.jpg by the way, does anyone else have trouble using the .exe file? it keeps locking up. im using vista if that matters, i have a feeling it does Quote Link to comment
cliff_hanger Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 looks like it http://www.ibycus.com/ibycustopo/ibycustopo.jpg by the way, does anyone else have trouble using the .exe file? it keeps locking up. im using vista if that matters, i have a feeling it does USA topos? Quote Link to comment
+Cacheoholic Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 http://www.ibycus.com/ibycususa/ Quote Link to comment
cliff_hanger Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 (edited) http://www.ibycus.com/ibycususa/ Thanks! OK. So really good detail but no topo for USA. Nice project unless you already own Topo2008 and/or Metroguide NA Edited May 19, 2008 by cliff_hanger Quote Link to comment
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