+Yak Man & Yak Girl Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 I am going to Banff in canada in Aug. I was wondering if I have to buy a whole cd to get the maps to download into my GPS? I should have a GPSmap 76s by then. Or is there another way to do this that I have not thought of. Also, is there a way to download the scanned topos like the U.S. has? Quote Link to comment
+PDOP's Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 You can download low resolution topo's at http://toporama.cits.rncan.gc.ca/. Hope you have fun at Banff. Quote Link to comment
+PDOP's Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 You can download low resolution topo's at http://toporama.cits.rncan.gc.ca/. Hope you have fun at Banff. Quote Link to comment
Mr. Plow Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 I'm not sure you can download non-Garmin data into their GPSs. The best I've been able to do here in Calgary is to use the Canadian Mapsource CD. YOu can preview the detail on Garmin's website. There is no Topo data and the street detail is something to be desired in the metro areas other than what is covered on the CD (Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa). If you are planning on any type of hiking a good quality paper map will be a necessity and I highly recomennd the Gemtrek series (www.gemtrek.com) the quality of the maps are excellent! PS. There are some very difficult caches at the summit of a couple of Banff landmark mountians. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment
+Yak Man & Yak Girl Posted April 24, 2002 Author Share Posted April 24, 2002 Thanks Mr. Plow, thats the name, that name again is Mr. Plow. I love that song. I went to that site, the map looks good. I am used to 1:24,000 though. Is there any base map info for Canada built into the 76S? Quote Link to comment
+Yak Man & Yak Girl Posted April 24, 2002 Author Share Posted April 24, 2002 Thanks Mr. Plow, thats the name, that name again is Mr. Plow. I love that song. I went to that site, the map looks good. I am used to 1:24,000 though. Is there any base map info for Canada built into the 76S? Quote Link to comment
Mr. Plow Posted April 25, 2002 Share Posted April 25, 2002 The basemap in the 76S I'm guessing is going to be the same as in the Legend and the Vista. MAJOR roads are there and some of the waterways. It's better than nothing but I suppliment with Streets and Trips (Pocket version on a WinCE device) for the urban areas. I have yet to interface my GPS with the PDA. As for Canadain Topo data I'm unaware of any way of getting it into the GPS. From whatI've been able to see the Gemtrek maps are the best for the Banff/JAsper/Kananaskis areas. Quote Link to comment
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