Oregon 400t and NW Trails

[+Xantos10]

Anyone know how to load Northwest Trails into an Oregon 400t?

[+Red90]

With Mapsource.

[+TotemLake]

If you're talking about the Northwest Trails Project that Moun10Bike puts together, you will find the installation instructions here. If you're not, you should look into it. It is very extensive and is collaborated by fellow geocachers in the covered areas.

[+Xantos10]

Yes. That is the one I am talking about. Thanks very much.

[+TotemLake]

Excellent! Have fun with it!

[+Xantos10]

Well...I guess I must be brain dead; but I can't figure out to save my life how to install it to my GPS. I don't understand how to download the maps to my GPS with Mapsource or the other program they recommend.

[+TotemLake]

Well...I guess I must be brain dead; but I can't figure out to save my life how to install it to my GPS. I don't understand how to download the maps to my GPS with Mapsource or the other program they recommend.

Then you'll want to post for help here or here which is where you should be posting for this project. There are some very experienced folks at those two locations that can help you there. I'm a DeLorme user and can help if you're using a PN series but not much help with the Garmin.

[+SamSpade47]

Well...I guess I must be brain dead; but I can't figure out to save my life how to install it to my GPS. I don't understand how to download the maps to my GPS with Mapsource or the other program they recommend.

 

1. Download: NW_Trails_v1.48.exe (or whatever the most current release is) and run it. That will install/register the maps with mapsource.

 

2. In mapsource, zoom way out so that you can see the area of maps that you want to download (example: zoom out so that you can see all of Washington).

 

3. Again, in mapsource, select the NorthWest Trails map set from the dropdown selector (if it's not there, the maps didn't install/register properly with Mapsource), click on the map tool, then hover over Washington (you should see a bold yellow outline of the state). Click it. You should see Washington appear in the Maps selection sidebar.

 

4. In Mapsource again, click on the Send to GPS icon. Select Maps. Hit <enter>

 

5. You should see Mapsource build the map set, then transfer it to the GPS. Every time you do this it will overwrite previous maps (the file gmapsupp.img) that you've sent. It won't overwrite your Topo maps (gmapprom.img).

 

6. Restart the GPS and go to Setup, then Maps, then enable the NWTrails.

 

NW Trails is a transparent overlay, so you should see the trails over the topo or city nav maps that you have installed.

 

It's a very cool setup.

 

If you're not able to get it working, you can PM for my phone number and I can walk you through it.

 

 

Sam

[+TotemLake]

And sometimes the help comes to ya. WTG Sam.

[+Xantos10]

Thanks very much. I have it in mapsource and just did not select the portion that I wanted to download. It is a very cool program.

[JDiablo]

Thanks very much. I have it in mapsource and just did not select the portion that I wanted to download. It is a very cool program.

I found a tutorial here that shows how for both Mac and PC.

http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-...armin-gps-unit/

Edited September 19, 2009 by JDiablo