Re: Garmin 12Map / 76CS Compatibilities?



On 17 Oct 2005 17:17:34 -0700, "peter" <prathman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>David wrote:
>> Do I understand then that the 76cs has no built-in autorouting
>> capability with the basemap -- that it is necessary to purchase
>> CSelect for the autorouting feature to work?
>
>The 76cs can autoroute using the basemap, and this works fine for
>intercity travel. But the basemap is rather coarse and only contains
>major roads so the autorouting using it won't help much in finding your
>way through a town or to a specific address or business location.
>
>> If so, then my next question is whether CSelect and WorldMap can
>> coexist together in the GPSr?
>
>Yes, you can load maps from both CitySelect and WorldMap at the same
>time up to the 115 MB total download memory capacity of the 76cs. If
>both maps cover the same area then the default will be for the CS map
>to be shown on the screen, but you can use the Map Information menus to
>temporarily turn off display of the CS maps so the WorldMap would show
>instead. In your case it sounds like they'd be of different areas
>anyway in which case there's no conflict.
>
>Note that each time maps are loaded from MapSource all previously
>downloaded maps are erased. So you should select all the CS maps you
>want, then switch to WorldMap using the pulldown selection at the top
>of the MapSource screen and select all the WM maps you want. Finally,
>after all desired map regions have been selected, you can download them
>all to the 76cs in one operation.

Thank you very much, Peter. VERY helpful. I'm gonna do it!

David
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