Re: How to transfer Metroguide USA v5 route to Garmin 60CS

Tomislav Sakic wrote...
>I am using MapSource to prepare route on PC with MetroGuide USA v5 charts.
>When I upload the route to Garmin 60CS, the route on device has two
>waypoints.
>
> Unit creates a direct route when I click on navigate and completly ignores
> route information provided by MapSource.
>
> How to transfer entire route to the unit using MetroGuide v5 charts?

Sounds like another example of excellent Garmin soft/firmware design! I'm
not familiar with the 60CS although I WAS considering buying one after
suffering extreme disappointment with a Vista - although the more I read the
more I think I'll stick with paper maps and my old yellow etrex! However I
think that "WinGDB" may do what you want. You may need to upgrade to a
recent version of MapSource first, so as to be able to save in .gdb format
(but beware of the latest beta version, which may be a downgrade rather than
an upgrade depending upon what you want it to do). Save your auto-generated
route as .gdb and then run wingdb to convert all the route via points to
either hidden or user waypoints. Then load the new file into MapSource and
send the route to your GPSR as normal.

You can download wingdb from
http://www.softsolutions.be/GPS/Garmin/wingdb.htm - you should be able to
read enough Dutch to find the link! (The original link is in a Yahoo group
but you have to apply to join it before you can download any files).

David


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