+Rifty Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I'm seriously tempted by an oregon 300 but don't want to potentially carry around half a dozen memory cards with discoverer maps on. Questions:- - I understand discoverer maps are locked to the card they are bought on ? - can this lock be undone ? (if so, how ?) - I understand it's also possible to download the discoverer maps rather than buy them on a card ? - at the point of downloading, the maps cannot be locked to a particular card and presumably bind themselves to the first card they're put on ? - would it be possible to use mapupload to merge discoverer maps into a single image file (before they were transferred to a card), therefore getting around the need to have several memory cards ? - does anyone know if 1:25k regions will be released in time ? Cheers. Quote Link to comment
strumble Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) I'm seriously tempted by an oregon 300 but don't want to potentially carry around half a dozen memory cards with discoverer maps on. Questions:- - I understand discoverer maps are locked to the card they are bought on ?---Yes - can this lock be undone ? (if so, how ?)--- Illegally - I understand it's also possible to download the discoverer maps rather than buy them on a card ?----- Many people have not been successful - at the point of downloading, the maps cannot be locked to a particular card and presumably bind themselves to the first card they're put on ? --No the are unlocked to the unit. replace your unit and you loose the maps. - would it be possible to use mapupload to merge discoverer maps into a single image file (before they were transferred to a card), therefore getting around the need to have several memory cards ? --- Not needed you can use the the Oregon and put as many different maps on the Unit and card since the recent firmware. - does anyone know if 1:25k regions will be released in time ?--How big would the file be for a 1:25 region?????????? 1:25 only work at 500feet and 300feet and below that they blur. 1:50 for the region is 2GB approx. Cheers. Post this type of topic on the Discoverer thread? The answers are next to your question. Edited August 17, 2009 by strumble Quote Link to comment
+Rifty Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 you can use the the Oregon and put as many different maps on the Unit and card since the recent firmware. How can this be if there are problems downloading maps and bought maps are locked to the memory card they're bought on ? Quote Link to comment
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