+icecap & iner Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 I recently bought a garmin 76s and I would like to get some better maps, roads and contours. The demo on the garmin site isn’t very impressive. Does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts? Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 quote:Originally posted by icecap:I recently bought a garmin 76s and I would like to get some better maps, roads and contours. The demo on the garmin site isn't very impressive. Does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts? If you're asking for products other than the MapSource line, there aren't any. The maps are in a proprietary format that only the manufacturer supplies. Same goes for Magellan. "Don't mess with a geocacher. We know all the best places to hide a body." Quote Link to comment
peter Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Assuming you're somewhere in the US or western Europe, then MetroGuide is definitely worth getting. It makes the device much more useful for everyday activities since you can enter an address and immediately see where it is and how to get there. For geocaching it makes it easier to find the appropriate roads to get you into the vicinity. I don't find the Topo maps as useful since they're much less detailed than regular 1:24000 hiking topos (unless you're in one of the limited areas covered by the new Garmin Topo24s). You can develop your own maps to use with Garmin's MapSource, but it's a fairly involved process. One method is described at: http://plrecgps.pp.org.pl/bin/view/GPS/EnglishStuff Quote Link to comment
Bobthearch Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 I use the MapSource US Topo. The topo lines aren't meant to be as detailed as the 24,000 scale maps; they're based on 100,000 scale. But they do have a lot of details, such as roads, drainages, and geographical names that make the software quite useful. And the topos are detailed enough to plot onto a real 7.5 minute map just by looking at the contours. Most of my work is in very rural areas, where the name of an abandoned mine or the location of a ridgetop is more relevent than street names, simply because there aren't any streets. I hope some day that the 7.5 minute topographic maps will be available for handheld GPS use. But until then... Best Wishes, Bob Quote Link to comment
+quantumkid Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 Most of the time I find MapSource to be adequate,however,for extra detail I use N.G. Topo to get some more detail.Sometimes I find that a Satallite picture is necessary.For "Geocaching" I find MapSource fills my needs.When I am out looking for petroglyphs I usually have a N.G. hardcopy with me.With N.G. at home I expand to get the cords.then enter in 76s. Two Feathers Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 Garmin has a 24K topo for parks in the western state including NM.. Check out their web site. U.S. TOPO 24K National Parks, West includes: Arizona Grand Canyon NP Petrified Forest NP Saguaro NP California Channel Islands NP Death Valley NP Joshua Tree NP Lassen Volcanic NP Mojave NP Redwood NP San Bernadino NF Santa Monica Mountains NRA Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP Yosemite NP Colorado Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP Colorado NM Dinosaur NM Great Sand Dunes NM and Pres. Mesa Verde NP Rocky Mountain NP Hawaii Haleakala NP Hawaii Volcanoes NP Montana Glacier NP New Mexico Bandelier NM Carlsbad Caverns NP Nevada Great Basin NP Oregon Crater Lake NP Texas Guadalupe Mountains NP Utah Arches NP Bryce Canyon NP Canyonlands NP Capitol Reef NP Glen Canyon NRA Grand Staircase - Escalante NM Moab NP Zion NP Washington Mount Ranier NP North Cascades, including: Lake Chelan NRA Ross Lake NRA Olympic NP Wyoming Grand Teton NP Yellowstone ALan Quote Link to comment
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