+EtrexRose Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 I sent a email regarding the fact they dont have SD card reader support on their US TOPO, but they do have it on roads and rec. They responded saying they will come out with a US TOPO update the first part of this year (pretty soon). Quote Link to comment
+Cachetrotters Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 the update is a file we can d/l and not a new CD we have to purchase again. don Quote Link to comment
+embra Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 Who knows, but... There was a Magellan tech support comment relayed in the Yahoo Meridian group that a Topo with more accurate maps would be coming out perhaps around April (lots of wriggle room in the phrasing). I interpret more accurate maps to mean royalty payments that will boost the cost of the program. I think it would arguably constitute a major upgrade, too. I'll save my carping until I see the upgrade price...if reasonable, improved maps would be well worth it. Don't get even - get odd Quote Link to comment
MojoCacher Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 I just read a mag article about maps and GPS's. The gust was that there are better topo programs available and allthat they tested worked with both garmin and magellan GPS's. This leads me to consider software other than map send topo. Mojocacher Quote Link to comment
Alphawolf Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 quote:The gust was that there are better topo programs available and allthat they tested worked with both garmin and magellan GPS's. There is no question at all as to if there are better maps than the Magellan and Garmin series of TOPO's. For those who don't know, they are about 1:100,000 series and there are a good many 7.5 min. series available digitally, that are much more detailed. Problem is, to say they will work with Garmin and Magellan is only partially correct. They(some, but not all) will work as far as interfacing goes. You can upload and download waypoints, routes, tracklogs and the sort. But you can'tload them onto your GPSR and then see the maps on your receiver. The only maps you can download to the receiver are those by the respective GPSR manufaturer. This is a common misunderstanding that I have to explain to customers almost daily. "Never take a sunset for granted. Stop what you are doing and enjoy it. You never know when it may be your last" Quote Link to comment
JaegerWolf Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 i see the same question over and over myself. Quote Link to comment
luxem Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 The hack for manually copying an image file to the SD card (with a reader) works under Topo, right? I just got the software, but I haven't tried that method yet...but I believe it was described in an addition to the manual. Quote Link to comment
+EtrexRose Posted January 2, 2003 Author Share Posted January 2, 2003 The manual method works under US TOPO perfectly. Quote Link to comment
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