+zoltig Posted May 10, 2003 Posted May 10, 2003 Can MetroGuide Europe be loaded into a GPS with a US base map? (Garmin Legend) I am assuming it can but I would like to see some cachers opinions that have done this before and if there were any undesired results. Thanks Gang Buy Fugi Quote
+SteveOr Posted May 10, 2003 Posted May 10, 2003 I bought MetroGuide Europe for a trip to Ireland and loaded the maps into my US eTrex Legend. Much to my chagrin the areas of partial coverage had no coverage (contrary to what was shown on my PC). Apparently Garmin assumes users have a European basemap. Other than that it is great (or as good as Garmin can get). If you need an area that has full map coverage then it should work fine. Anders recently posted an extensive review of MG Europe and I believe he has an eTrex as well. Search the forum and I'm sure you'll find the link. Quote
+apersson850 Posted May 12, 2003 Posted May 12, 2003 He has, a Vista to be exact. If you load MetroGuide to a unit which doesn't have the basemap covering the same area, most thing will work fine, except one: When you zoom out (how much depends upon your setting for "Level of detail"), the unit will revert to showing the basemap. If there is no basemap, well, except the very rudimentary world-wide basemap, your map screen will turn white. You can fix this by loading both the MapSource WorldMap and MetroGuide covering the same area. The GPS will then automatically change to WorldMap when you zoom out enough. This is my review. Anders Quote
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