Re: Garmin eTrex Vista-C Map Downloads


Nigel Cliffe wrote:
> Jan wrote:
> > Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:03:23 -0000, "Nigel Cliffe" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > <dp5l1c$cme$1$8302bc10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <sci.geo.satellite-nav>:
> >
> > (Joe DiFonzo)
> >>> Is it possible to load the better road maps onto the unit without
> >>> losing the marine POI information?
> >>
> >> Not with the default way of working using Garmin's standard software.
> >
> > If all the maps are in the same Mapsource application, I have
> > experienced that I can combine maps of different types in the upload.
> > E.g. City Select and local topographic maps (also Mapsource). I can't
> > see why it shouldn't work just as well with one or more charts
> > together with e.g. City Select. Only, how do they behave in the
> > overlapping areas? Somebody did write something about that in this
> > newsgroup a couple of years ago.
>
> The above is normal for any product which is within Mapsource. I routinely
> use tiles from multiple "products", some Garmin and some home-brewed.
>
> The problem is that the Marine POI file isn't part of Mapsource, and its not
> obvious how one would move the Marine POI data file into Mapsource.
>
> (I had a quick try today before posting my earlier reply, and inspite of
> being in possession of some third-party map drawing/compiling tools, and the
> ability to write my own maps for Mapsource, I couldn't get the Marine POI
> file into Mapsource. That's not to say it cannot be done with a bit more
> work or knowledge. The only way I could think it might work would be to
> use a third-party map loader which doesn't erase the maps already present in
> the GPS device. )
>
>
> - Nigel
>
>
>
> --
> Nigel Cliffe,
> Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/


You may want to try reinstalling your the Marine POI data that was
originally on the GPS. You can get it here:
http://www.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=579

After that, Garmin has a free download utility to save POIs downloaded
from a GPS. http://www.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=927.

Hopefully this will give you a POI file that you can later upload back
to the GPS along with highway maps.

As mentioned many times in earlier posts, be wary of using City
Navigator for road maps because of the large file sizes and limited
storage in a Vista C. Get City Select, which has been discontinued but
is still available from online retailers.

I hope this helps and that this solution works for you. If it isn't
viable I sure that someone will jump in and rebuke it.

Bob

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