Ibycus and Montana Pre-loaded Map Questions

[revrnd]

I had Ibycus on my GPSMAP64 as I found it more accurate than TopoCanada. I've loaded it onto my Montana 700. It shows up on Map Manager (and I can 'toggle' it on or off), but when I go to to the map page and click on layers, Ibycus isn't visible. Any suggestions?

 

Also, there is a map layer labeled 'Popularity', any idea what that is?

 

TIA

[+Atlas Cached]

That's not how the Map Page Map Layer Menu works. You can add this map to a Custom Map Set then enable or disable individual map sets.

 

The Popularity option shows a heat map of popular routes.

[+Viajero Perdido]

Ibycus maps were great in their day, but haven't been updated in at least a decade.  Gov't-data-based maps are even worse; they were never great.

 

Have a look at OpenStreetMap.  Check the trail coverage for your area.  There are versions for Garmin...

 

Edited April 14, 2023 by Viajero Perdido

[+MaliBooBoo]

Check this out:

 

https://garmin.opentopomap.org/ 

[revrnd]

On 4/14/2023 at 6:02 PM, MaliBooBoo said:

Check this out:

 

https://garmin.opentopomap.org/ 

I see that, now which file does a person download, Garmin or Garmin Contours? How do I remove the Ibycus map from my GPSr?

 

Finally, why in the world does adding maps have to be a 15 step procedure? Not all of us live & breathe computerese 24/7...

Edited April 17, 2023 by revrnd

[+MaliBooBoo]

12 hours ago, revrnd said:

I see that, now which file does a person download, Garmin or Garmin Contours? How do I remove the Ibycus map from my GPSr?

 

Finally, why in the world does adding maps have to be a 15 step procedure? Not all of us live & breathe computerese 24/7...

You would download both assuming you want contours. I would think you would just delete the Ibycus img file from the Garmin folder of the GPS.

[revrnd]

2 hours ago, MaliBooBoo said:

You would download both assuming you want contours. I would think you would just delete the Ibycus img file from the Garmin folder of the GPS.

Thank you.

 

I just checked & Ibycus was on the microSD card, so removing the card, removed the map. Now to download the above maps. Anything I should know?

 

Edited April 17, 2023 by revrnd

[+MaliBooBoo]

Not really. Just download and save the .img file and contours file in the Garmin folder of the GPS or microSD card. Easy peasy.

[revrnd]

On 4/14/2023 at 6:02 PM, MaliBooBoo said:

Check this out:

 

https://garmin.opentopomap.org/ 

 

I added the maps to my GPSr & they look good. Even the shading is back.

[revrnd]

On 4/14/2023 at 6:02 PM, MaliBooBoo said:

Check this out:

 

https://garmin.opentopomap.org/ 

 

On 4/17/2023 at 9:46 AM, MaliBooBoo said:

You would download both assuming you want contours. I would think you would just delete the Ibycus img file from the Garmin folder of the GPS.

 

I was just over to the download page & I see the files have a date of 2023-12-23, would I be correct in saying that they have been updated since I downlaod them in April? If If want these files, is it just a case of deleting the current files on my microSD card & downloading the new files?

[+HHL]

10 hours ago, revrnd said:

is it just a case of deleting the current files on my microSD card & downloading the new files

Yes.

[revrnd]

1 hour ago, HHL said:

Yes.

Thanks. Off to the library tomorrow!