Re: Garmin eTrex Vista-C Map Downloads
- From: "Nigel Cliffe" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:51:03 -0000
Bob wrote:
> 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. )
>
> 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
Not the problem, that's the easy bit - reinstalling the Marine POI file.
However, installing it alongside other data is more tricky.
> 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.
Doesn't work for Etrex, 60-series and 72-series devices (i've tried).
Its intended for different families of Garmin products. The webpage lists
the products which will support it on the left.
> 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.
The Vista-C has 24Mb of memory. Unless after very large volumes of maps,
this should be adequate for a hand held device.
The problem with CN (North America) is, I guess, that the tiles are large
(perhaps 10Mb each), so there is only room for one or two in the device at a
time, whereas smaller tiles would allow a more selective approach to be
taken ? North American street mapping is also academic to me as I live in
the UK.
Because its USB, the old problem of taking half an hour to upload maps
(which the original Vista and Legend suffered) has gone away.
>
> 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.
Sorry, been there and thought of the idea. As I've got a Vista-C, I could
try it out and confirm that it doesn't work :-(
For me, I don't care about the Marine POI file, except as an academic
problem of loading it alongside other data.
- Nigel
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