+Pole04 Posted June 5, 2019 Posted June 5, 2019 I have just purchased a new Garmin Oregon 700 to replace my 11 year old Garmin GPSr. It has been a long time since I have used or messed with a GPSr and I am way out of the game.Are there a good/best set of maps I should get upload to the unit for geocaching? Free or paid? I would love to be able to see trails and roads both. I didn't get a unit with topo preloaded, but it got me thinking about whether I should be looking for better maps for this unit or not. I see that the birds-eye satellite images are supposedly pretty poor. Is there another satellite image map source I could upload in place of these? TIA! Any comments or help is greatly appreciated. I am feeling a bit lost at the moment. Quote
+Mineral2 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 I'm not sure that link is the best place to start. There are plenty of threads in the forum on maps for garmin devices, but I can't seem to get the forum search bar working at the moment, so I'll just list a few of the common sites (based on your location in the US): For topo maps (may or may not have trails displayed, but there are some trail overlay maps you can download here as well):https://www.gpsfiledepot.com The maps you'll get here, for the most part, are not routable. But they do give you a good frame of reference plus tons of landmarks as POIs to use while navigating. Roads are pretty decent, but only as up to date as the maps, so if caching in brand new neighborhoods, keep that in mind. For routable street maps that are kept up to date, use OpenStreetMap: https://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/ These won't come with topography, but then I've found that the OSM topo maps that you can download aren't super nice to look at either. But, you will be able to route along roads and trails, if they have been added to the map. There are some variations on the OSM map, such as https://extract.bbbike.org/ It gives you maps in different visual styles to choose from. You have the right idea looking for community made maps. They can be just as good or better than the expensive maps that Garmin sells. 1 Quote
+Atlas Cached Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 Yep, every one of those links plus a dozen more are listed at the link provided in my earlier post. An excellent resource. Quote
+Mineral2 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, Atlas Cached said: Yep, every one of those links plus a dozen more are listed at the link provided in my earlier post. An excellent resource. If they are, it's not immediately apparent. None of those sources are listed on the maps page, for example. However, it's a good resource for how to install maps once they are downloaded. Quote
+Atlas Cached Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) Select "Maps 4 Garmin GPS" at the bottom of the Maps page menu There is a ton of info there, cant fit it all on the front page. Have to explore all the links.... Edited June 6, 2019 by Atlas Cached Quote
+Mineral2 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 Ah, there it is. I'm going to go on record stating that gpsRchive has terrible design, even though I recognize that it's maintained as someone's side project with little to no outside funding. Great resource, could use an updated UI. Here's the direct link so that others don't have to suffer. 1 Quote
+Atlas Cached Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Mineral2 said: Ah, there it is. I'm going to go on record stating that gpsRchive has terrible design, even though I recognize that it's maintained as someone's side project with little to no outside funding. Great resource, could use an updated UI. Here's the direct link so that others don't have to suffer. Duly noted! What's the link to your website? Quote
+dprovan Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Mineral2 said: Ah, there it is. I'm going to go on record stating that gpsRchive has terrible design, even though I recognize that it's maintained as someone's side project with little to no outside funding. Great resource, could use an updated UI. Here's the direct link so that others don't have to suffer. Well, the design's certainly entertaining. As a new Garmin user, I'm starting to think that the idea behind GPSrArchive is to get people used to the garmin approach: perfectly logical to the point of being impossible to follow. In this case, though, the problem was that there's a direct link answering the question, but that wasn't the link posted. Thanks for tracking it down for me. I tried to figure out what was being pointed at, but never did. Quote
+nice_garlic Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 7 hours ago, Atlas Cached said: Duly noted! What's the link to your website? Ouch! GPSrChive is a good resource when I have to fix/alter a specific thing on my Oregon 650. For maps, I always go to https://www.gpsfiledepot.com Quote
+Mineral2 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 8 hours ago, Atlas Cached said: Duly noted! What's the link to your website? I'm not going to claim that my website is a work of art. It's currently built on Wordpress. Quote
+Pole04 Posted June 6, 2019 Author Posted June 6, 2019 Hey, thank you all for the info and replies. This is going to give me quite a bit to crunch on and work with. Thank you so much! Quote
+Pole04 Posted June 6, 2019 Author Posted June 6, 2019 Are people still using TopoFusion for Satalite or Aerial images? Or does anyone know of a better source. Still digging through all the links above too. Quote
+Atlas Cached Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 I use TopoFusion Pro occasionally. The Garmin BirdsEye satellite imagery is sufficient for my purposes, so I use that mostly. 1 Quote
+v@lybra Posted August 2, 2020 Posted August 2, 2020 (edited) Pe 06.06.2019 la 6:34, Atlas Cached a spus: Da, fiecare dintre linkurile lor, plus alte zeci sunt listate în legătură oferite în zona mea anterioară. O resursă excelentă. Poate cineva sa-mi sugereze un site de unde sa descarc o harta topo geocaching gratuit cu romania pentru GPS Garmin Oregon 450, sau sa-mi trimiteti linkul direct? Edited August 2, 2020 by v@lybra Quote
+Atlas Cached Posted August 2, 2020 Posted August 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, v@lybra said: Poate cineva sa-mi sugereze un site de unde sa descarc o harta topo geocaching gratuit cu romania pentru GPS Garmin Oregon 450, sau sa-mi trimiteti linkul direct? English Translation: "Can someone suggest me a site where to download a free topo geocaching map with Romania for Garmin Oregon 450 GPS, or send me the link directly?" Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted August 2, 2020 Posted August 2, 2020 2 hours ago, v@lybra said: Poate cineva sa-mi sugereze un site de unde sa descarc o harta topo geocaching gratuit cu romania pentru GPS Garmin Oregon 450, sau sa-mi trimiteti linkul direct? http://www.freizeitkarte-osm.de/android/en/suedosteuropa.html Quote
+ecanderson Posted August 2, 2020 Posted August 2, 2020 Due to great content and more frequent updates than almost all others, I like this combo OSM + topo better than any of the others: http://www.gmaptool.eu/en/content/usa-osm-topo-routable Quote
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