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Ibycus and Montana Pre-loaded Map Questions


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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
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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...

 

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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...

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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.

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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?

 

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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?

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