Re: Mapping for Explorist 210

Jack Erbes wrote:

Jack,

Thanks for taking time to respond. I just got back from a trip or would have responded earlier.

What you want to do may be easier done running Ozi on a PC and then Ozi-CE on a PDA for the mobile work. Especially if the mobile work is in a vehicle with DC power was available for a GPS receiver and the PDA. With those you can download the free USGS topo maps, edit them on Ozi PC, then transfer the files to the PDA for use with Ozi-CE.

The 210 would still be handy for collecting tracks and waypoints that could be imported into Ozi and used in the editing of the USGS topos.

I would like to keep things as simple as possible. IOW, I don't really want to buy a PDA. (Being a retired guy, don't have any need for one, although they're cool.)

I hike in the Bighorns in Wyoming (north central WY) and would like to have hiking trails, lakes and streams in my GPS. I don't need topo info.

I'm confused about this, it seems like the topo detail is what you would want or need for rough country hiking. The 210 with the MapSend Topo 3D package might be a good choice for the recreational work. But it might not lend itself to your making and editing you own maps as easily as the Ozi-CE setup.

I have a friend who has a GPS with topo features. To me, it just clutters up the screen. We generally have contour paper maps with us. The GPS is more for finding camp after dark, whiteout or marking (hopefully) easier paths to our destination. Some of the places we go to fish have no trails and on several occasions, we picked poor country to travel, i.e. giant boulder fields. We found a good alternate route to one lake but didn't have a GPS to mark the new route so we could travel that way again. I guess this would be the primary use to me for a GPS.

Although making and editing your own maps for the Magellans may be getting easier with a new software mentioned here recently. More info on that here:

http://www.msh-tools.com/addmagmap/index.html

Thanks for the link. Looks interesting.

The web site above and it's parent site:

http://www.msh-tools.com/index.html

sound like they would at least get you headed in the right direction on what you want to do.

Jack

Thanks again Jack for giving me some ideas and places to look at.

Bob
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