Oregon and Memory Map

[+greyboots]

I've just upgraded from a Legend HCX to an Oregon 200. Great piece of kit, but I now find that Memory Map and Oregon do not communicate. I use the Legend for both caching and walking and load tracks and marks into MM and then can print out a map of the route. This I cannot do with the Oregon. Garmin FAQ page shows a way of loading from MM to Oregon via Mapsource but not the other way about. Anyone know a way round this?

[+Jonovich]

I believe you need the latest version of Memory Map to interface with the Oregon/Colorado from it. However, I'm not sure if that extends to the tracks and routing.

 

Jon.

[+greyboots]

I believe you need the latest version of Memory Map to interface with the Oregon/Colorado from it. However, I'm not sure if that extends to the tracks and routing.

 

Jon.

Thanks Jon,

I seem to have it sussed. By downloading from Oregon into EasyGPS and then "Save As" as a .GPX file which can then be opened in Memory Map.

[+weston wanderer]

What a timely post, Greyboots! I am having power problems with my Legend Cx and am thinking about upgrading to an Oregon or Colorado. I already have MemoryMap Version 5.0.0 and Mapsource.

 

Question - could i load the maps from Mapsource into the newer units? I see that i will have trouble communicating with MM!

 

And which is best for caching - the Oregon or the Colorado?

[+greyboots]

What a timely post, Greyboots! I am having power problems with my Legend Cx and am thinking about upgrading to an Oregon or Colorado. I already have MemoryMap Version 5.0.0 and Mapsource.

 

Question - could i load the maps from Mapsource into the newer units? I see that i will have trouble communicating with MM!

 

And which is best for caching - the Oregon or the Colorado?

 

To get marks and tracks from or to Oregon from or to MM they have to be "saved as " .GPX files and then moved into the appropriate folder to be read. I tried using Mapsource to do this but it crashed each time I tried to save file. I eventually downloaded EasyGPS and this worked fine.

I have no experience of the Colorado so can't compare. I've had the Oregon for only a week but first impressions are very favourable.

[+keehotee]

What a timely post, Greyboots! I am having power problems with my Legend Cx and am thinking about upgrading to an Oregon or Colorado. I already have MemoryMap Version 5.0.0 and Mapsource.

 

Question - could i load the maps from Mapsource into the newer units? I see that i will have trouble communicating with MM!

 

And which is best for caching - the Oregon or the Colorado?

 

To get marks and tracks from or to Oregon from or to MM they have to be "saved as " .GPX files and then moved into the appropriate folder to be read. I tried using Mapsource to do this but it crashed each time I tried to save file. I eventually downloaded EasyGPS and this worked fine.

 

Does exporting direct from MM as .gpx not work then?

[+greyboots]

What a timely post, Greyboots! I am having power problems with my Legend Cx and am thinking about upgrading to an Oregon or Colorado. I already have MemoryMap Version 5.0.0 and Mapsource.

 

Question - could i load the maps from Mapsource into the newer units? I see that i will have trouble communicating with MM!

 

And which is best for caching - the Oregon or the Colorado?

 

To get marks and tracks from or to Oregon from or to MM they have to be "saved as " .GPX files and then moved into the appropriate folder to be read. I tried using Mapsource to do this but it crashed each time I tried to save file. I eventually downloaded EasyGPS and this worked fine.

 

Does exporting direct from MM as .gpx not work then?

According to Garmin MM and Oregon/Colorado do not communicate due to the GPS being Mass Storage Units