Guest sedohr Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 I'm trying to get more detailed info on Mapsource (Roads & rec) as it relates to the Garmin III+. I travel alot and want to pick out cache sites for the areas I will be in, plot those on the mapsource R&R while on my PC and then only download the grids closest to the cache site(s) to the III+. With only 1.44MB of flash memory to deal with in the III+, I figure I gotta be real mizerly on what I pick to load in the unit. Will this concept work as i described it with Mapsource? Thanks, Randy Quote Link to comment
Guest mcb Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 I know with Ohio and I beleive with all the states the area you select to download are broken in country size areas. I can get 8 counties from north east Ohio loaded into 1.4 MB. Hope this helps mcb Quote Link to comment
Guest peter Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 Yes, Roads & Rec. is divided into regions based on county boundaries (in contrast, MetroGuide uses rectangular regions). Typically the regions are from 50 - 400 kB in size and cover either an entire county or a portion of one (in states with large counties). The 1.4 MB should be enough for geocaching, but is limiting when going on a long trip without access to a laptop. Quote Link to comment
Guest sedohr Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 quote:Originally posted by mcb:I can get 8 counties from north east Ohio loaded into 1.4 MB. Hope this helps mcb OK, this helps, thanks.......so then can I plug a cache coordinate into Mapsource, have it mark the location as a waypoint and then zoom in so I can tell which county or counties I need to download? Randy Quote Link to comment
Guest peter Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 Watch the status line at the bottom of the MapSource screen as you move the cursor. It'll show the lat/long coordinate, so you can easily position the cursor to find the cache location (and mark it as a waypoint if you wish). Then pick the selection tool to highlight the appropriate county and add it to the set of maps to be uploaded. Quote Link to comment
Guest sedohr Posted November 28, 2001 Share Posted November 28, 2001 quote:Originally posted by peter:Watch the status line at the bottom of the MapSource screen as you move the cursor. It'll show the lat/long coordinate..... So I assume from the response that Mapsource does not allow you to enter lat/lon coordinates directly into the system and then auto-locate the position? Quote Link to comment
Guest Team Wyle E Posted November 28, 2001 Share Posted November 28, 2001 import into your Mapsource mapping program. Sure saves a lot of typing, or cut and paste. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/001057.html ------------------ Larry Farquhar http://www.azjeeper.com Quote Link to comment
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