Thethreemusketeers Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 I just got a Etrex Vista for Christmas and I'm not sure what maps to download onto it. Looking for input / ideas. I plan to use it for geo-caching and hiking. IN Mass. and NH / White mountains area. Wondered if there were any downloadable maps that have hiking trails on them? Any ideas appreciated. Andy awilson@c21email.com Quote Link to comment
jackdp Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 The only maps you can actually download to the Vista are from Garmin's Mapsource CD-ROMs. Mapsource Topo USA is good for getting terrain and some backroad detail but doesn't have a lot of trails. I haven't used any other software so someone else will have to chime in there. Quote Link to comment
Neo_Geo Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Garmin "On The Trail" Map Products Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Check out National Geographic Topo for the Northeast. You get the USGS 24,000 quad maps for the 10 northeast states (99.00 for the 10 CD set). While you cannot upload the maps to the Vista, you can exchange waypoints tracks and route and you have great topo printout of the areas. Now comes the sweet part. NG has a program called Map-X-Change. http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/topo/ People using their program have posted their hikes on many great trails through out the Northeast. You then download the route and you have ready made route to follow. If you want, you can overlay cache waypoints and follow the route to these caches. Good luck. Quote Link to comment
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