+Snwjnky Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I downloaded the .kmz file for the Pacific Crest Trail from www.pcta.org and viewed it in Google Earth to see if it works for me. I then put the .kmz in the custom maps folder on my Oregon 400t. On reboot of the gps, it starts to boot, then shuts down. The only way to give it life again is to force usb mass storage mode. I remove the file, and all is good. With the file in, not good. The file size is 3.34mb. Any ideas? Please keep it simple. Only mildly CPU savvy. Or does anyone have a working PCT.kmz they're willing to share if I can't get this sorted out? Thanks, Eddie Quote Link to comment
MtnHermit Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Go back to the source and see if they don't have the same file in GPX format. Your Garmin GPS will happily eat a GPX, looks like it gets indigestion with a KML. If not you can convert a KML to GPX with GPSBabel. Happy Hiking. Quote Link to comment
+Snwjnky Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Found an online converter. Will give it a shot. I was looking more for a layer that could be toggled on and off like my aerial overlays. Quote Link to comment
+myotis Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 My Trails http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/53 (transparent trail map) has all of the PCT (that is the site I got the trail from) for all of CA. I suspect NW trails has it for the rest of the way. Quote Link to comment
savant9 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 My Trails http://www.gpsfilede...om/maps/view/53 (transparent trail map) has all of the PCT (that is the site I got the trail from) for all of CA. I suspect NW trails has it for the rest of the way. Actually Moun10bike has added the entire PCT to the NWTrails mapset even though a large section of it is outside the maps coverage area. Quote Link to comment
+myotis Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 If I remember correctly, that website did not always have the best data. In some segments in CA, the National Park Service and Forest Service had better data. I reviewed the conflcits and in several places it looked like the website had the general location and the NPS or FS had GPS data. So I went with the NPS/FS in those locations. Quote Link to comment
+Snwjnky Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Thanks guys. I've been looking into your suggestions. I'm surprised it's been so hard to find a transparent overlay of just the PCT. I do like the other trails included around Lake Tahoe. Spend some time up there jeeping with the guys. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment
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