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   Re: Mapping Software and Etrex Legend Hcx
| Chris French | 02-15-2010 |
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On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:52:54 -0800 (PST), JDG
>On Feb 14, 9:12 pm, Gill...@mit.der.ax wrote:
>> 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.
>> 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.
>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out of date but will work on the eTrex series.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.
>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out of date but will work on the eTrex series.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.
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
>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.
> 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.
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.
> >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.
> > 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.
> 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.
> #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:
>>> 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.
>>> 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.
>> 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.
>> #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
> 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
This discussion is about maps in the UK - -
> >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.
> > 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.
> 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.
> #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
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