ThierryKayak Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hello, I would like to load topo maps and marine charts for eastern Canada on my Garmin 76csx. I will be travelling by seakayak and I need both topo map and marine charts with tidetables I have the Ibyscus topo maps and the bluechart on microsd. Here are my questions: 1) Is it possible to load both set on one microsd card (I don't want to have to change microsd cards in a kayak) 2) if yes, can you switch between maps and charts directly from your gps, like you can do on mapsource Sorry if the topic was already posted but the forum is not easy to search..... Merci d'avance Thierry Quote Link to comment
+anifong Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I've got the 76cx, and have City Navigator, Topo, and Fishing Hotspots maps loaded on my microsd card. I just put the card into a reader on my laptop and Mapsource recognized it as a device, so selected all of the maps and sent them. I can switch between the three map products by hitting the menu button when in the map page, go to Setup Map and hit Enter, move to the Map Setup - Information page, hit menu button again and you can show or hide entire maps, similar to Mapsource. Hello, I would like to load topo maps and marine charts for eastern Canada on my Garmin 76csx. I will be travelling by seakayak and I need both topo map and marine charts with tidetables I have the Ibyscus topo maps and the bluechart on microsd. Here are my questions: 1) Is it possible to load both set on one microsd card (I don't want to have to change microsd cards in a kayak) 2) if yes, can you switch between maps and charts directly from your gps, like you can do on mapsource Sorry if the topic was already posted but the forum is not easy to search..... Merci d'avance Thierry Quote Link to comment
ThierryKayak Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 Thank you anifong, that's exactly what I needed I've got the 76cx, and have City Navigator, Topo, and Fishing Hotspots maps loaded on my microsd card. I just put the card into a reader on my laptop and Mapsource recognized it as a device, so selected all of the maps and sent them. I can switch between the three map products by hitting the menu button when in the map page, go to Setup Map and hit Enter, move to the Map Setup - Information page, hit menu button again and you can show or hide entire maps, similar to Mapsource. Hello, I would like to load topo maps and marine charts for eastern Canada on my Garmin 76csx. I will be travelling by seakayak and I need both topo map and marine charts with tidetables I have the Ibyscus topo maps and the bluechart on microsd. Here are my questions: 1) Is it possible to load both set on one microsd card (I don't want to have to change microsd cards in a kayak) 2) if yes, can you switch between maps and charts directly from your gps, like you can do on mapsource Sorry if the topic was already posted but the forum is not easy to search..... Merci d'avance Thierry Quote Link to comment
Ken in Regina Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I have the Ibyscus topo maps and the bluechart on microsd. Here are my questions: 1) Is it possible to load both set on one microsd card (I don't want to have to change microsd cards in a kayak) Hi Theirry, I apologize for being negative and contradicting anafong's answer but I don't think you are going to be able to do what you want to do with what you have. anafong's answer is only correct if you got Bluecharts on DVD. If so, you can use Mapsource to create a single mapset containing map segments from both Ibycus and Bluecharts and download it to your microSD card. However... ... Things are never that simple, are they??! If you bought Bluecharts on a microSD card rather than the DVD version there isn't a thing you can do with them other than plug the microSD card into your unit and use them. The maps that are sold on microSD cards will not load into Mapsource so you cannot combine them with any other maps like you can if you get the DVD version. So, if you got the DVD version of Bluecharts, you're cooking. If you got the microSD version of Bluecharts, no joy. ...ken... Quote Link to comment
ThierryKayak Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 I was afraid of this and I have the microSD version, but if I'm able to read the microSD card on my computer could I copy the mapset on my Harddrive and use it in mapsource to create a single mapset ? I have the Ibyscus topo maps and the bluechart on microsd. Here are my questions: 1) Is it possible to load both set on one microsd card (I don't want to have to change microsd cards in a kayak) Hi Theirry, I apologize for being negative and contradicting anafong's answer but I don't think you are going to be able to do what you want to do with what you have. anafong's answer is only correct if you got Bluecharts on DVD. If so, you can use Mapsource to create a single mapset containing map segments from both Ibycus and Bluecharts and download it to your microSD card. However... ... Things are never that simple, are they??! If you bought Bluecharts on a microSD card rather than the DVD version there isn't a thing you can do with them other than plug the microSD card into your unit and use them. The maps that are sold on microSD cards will not load into Mapsource so you cannot combine them with any other maps like you can if you get the DVD version. So, if you got the DVD version of Bluecharts, you're cooking. If you got the microSD version of Bluecharts, no joy. ...ken... Quote Link to comment
Motorcycle_Mama Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 You cannot load the maps from the preloaded Garmin SD cards into MapSource. And you can only use them on the card on which they came. And you cannot load other maps onto the card. Sorry. Quote Link to comment
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