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

 

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:59:43 -0600, "ps56k"


Oops, my bad, sorry.
--
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

 

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:49:04 +0000, Alan White


I have ordered the "Harvey Strips", I am just anols "worry wart" and
like to have as many "backups" as possible.
Many thanks for your info, I have subscribed to uk.rec.walking.
TKX

 

Gillian@mit.der.ax wrote on Feb 14, 2010:


All you need to do is get an Ordnance Survey paper map(s) covering the route.
If you plot your route on this in advance, your GPS will give you coordinates
to pin-point your position on the map. The paper map gives you far more
detail than any digital one.

I always do this anyway before embarking on a lengthy walk. It's never wise
to rely on a GPS alone - you never know if it might fail at some point.

--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
email: mike_lane at mac dot com

 

On Feb 14, 9:12=A0pm, Gill...@mit.der.ax wrote:

I'm afraid the GB Discoverer series is not compatible with any eTrex -
this is because the Discoverer maps use a drawing technique which will
not show the 'picture' of the map on older models. You need the Dakota
20, the Oregon or the Colorado for Discoverer maps to work. An
alternative is to get the Topo Great Britain V2, which is now a little
out of date but will work on the eTrex series. Check eBay for a
current good-value offer of the whole map on micro SD card.

 

In message

But I wouldn't want to rely on the GB Topo maps for walking - they do
show a lot of paths/tracks, but not always and they don't identify
rights of way as such, which in the UK is pretty important info when
walking.

I'd still want a guidebook and paper maps - probably the Harveys one as
mentioned
--
Chris French, Leeds

 

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:52:54 -0800 (PST), JDG


Many thanks this makes sense, I would like to avoid the "older" maps
as I believe the route is altered occasionally due to envireonmental
damage caused by the number of walkers.
Again many thanks

 



BTW - just a general note on purchasing Garmin maps on SD Cards...

#1 - If you purchase a map on an SD Card,
it is physically locked to that specific card.
Each SD Card has an internal serial number,
and the maps will only work on that serial number.

#2 - The maps can't be copied from the SD card
onto a PC for use with Garmin MapSource desktop software.

#3 - You can however, use the SD Card in any Garmin GPS that supports the
mapping.

 


You can go here

http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/139/

to get free downloads of some maps. Their list is slowly expanding, &
they offer simple, clear tutorials on loading the maps into PC mapping
software and/or GPS memory cards.

PMH

 

pmh wrote:

This discussion is about maps in the UK -  -

 



You can go here

http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/139/

to get free downloads of some maps. Their list is slowly expanding, &
they offer simple, clear tutorials on loading the maps into PC mapping
software and/or GPS memory cards.

PMH
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