Mapping Software and Etrex Legend Hcx

I am planning to walk the "Coast to Coast Walk" in Britain. I have
been informed that this walk is not "well marked". I am planning on
useing the Etrex Legend HCx with the "Garmin GB Discoverer – Coast to
Coast Walk. Confusion has arisen as it is not clear from the Garmin
website if the GB Discoverer is compatible with the the HCx.
Please be patient with me, I am new to this.

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:12:15 -0700, Gillian@mit.der.ax wrote:


The GB Discoverer maps are installed on a compatible GPSr by plugging in
a memory card to a slot on the GPSr. The Legend HCx doesn't have such a
slot and, hence, can't use GB Discoverer maps.

There are a number of excellent guide books for the Coast to Coast which
include extracts from OS maps. Also Harvey's Maps publish strip maps of
the whole route. It may not be 'well marked' but there are sign posts at
junctions which should enable you to do it without too much bother.

An enquiry at uk.rec.walking might be useful.

Enjoy!

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll,
Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

My Legend HCX has a slot; there's a 2GB Micro SD card w/ 24K topos for
the entire State of Maine & lots of space left over.

PMH

I can load data onto the card via the GPS's data cable or by putting
the card into any compatible card reader attached to a USB port on my
PC or laptop.

the HCX has a micro SD card slot -
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8701&locale=en_US#specsTab

and the maps are basically "wallpaper" - so only the very latest Garmin GPS
units
will have the capability to use the maps -
http://www.garmingbdiscoverer.co.uk/

This is really part of the latest Garmin entry into the world of what I call
"wallpaper & custom maps",
where you can customize and load just about any kind of digitized image as a
basis for a map,
and then sync it with some known landmark via Google Earth - and you're
setup -
http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us/onthetrail/custommaps