THANK YOU and a few quetions

I have found that this group is the best resource for helping me learn
how to use my new explorist 400 and mapsend topo 3d software. With
this website, I fund a patch to repair the original mapsend software
(would not recognize disk 3) and also allowed the CD to not be in the
drive.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.satellite.gps.magellan/browse_thread/thread/d26372f23af9a9b9/3b215d273c25a313?lnk=gst&q=topo+3d+usa&rnum=3#3b215d273c25a313

I also appreciate the hints how to load detailed basemaps into my
unit. however I read that the unit is limited to as many 64 MB
detailed maps that you can fit on your SD card. I have been able to
load a basemap that was 85 Mb with no problem so dont know if that is
a real limitation. Any comments

I also found easygps.com a useful free program that converts my bke
routes into the GPX format and allows it to be loaded to
motionibased.com (a garmin website).

Again thanks jack and the rest of the community. You all have made me
really like my little unit. Would have been frustrating to not have
usenet as a resource.

TJ

‘5ÛHH575-UAZWKVVP-7H2H48V3 wrote:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.satellite.gps.magellan/browse_thread/thread/d26372f23af9a9b9/3b215d273c25a313?lnk=gst&q=topo+3d+usa&rnum=3#3b215d273c25a313

The Robert Lipes FAQ addresses a lot of useful stuff, including map
sizes and limits:

http://www.mtgc.org/robertlipe/myfaq/Magellan_FAQ.shtml

And the Magellan FAQ, version 2.0 (PDF) by Dan Surratt (OCT 03) also
details the fix of changing or adding a line to the *.ini file that will
increase file size limits:

http://gpsinformation.net/MeridianFAQv2_0.pdf

According the Lipes FAQ success may vary on the ini file mod, I did it
and had no problems. Have not used it in some time though. The change
I made (detailed in item 50 on Dan Surratt's FAQ) was to add this line
to the MAPSEND.INI file:

Conv_Memory_Size=65536

When I was using my Meridians regularly for moving boats I had the
routine for naming and renaming the BlueNav map files as I traveled down
pat. Because of the way Magellan set that up with one file name and so
many chart regions, I sometimes crossed two or three chart regions in a
day. I would pull the card, put it in a PDA, and rename files to get
the charts for the next region. I'm finding the Garmin 76Cx that took
the Meridians place to be a joy to own but there are still things that I
miss about the Meridians.


Lots of good stuff in those two links above, those are the kind of folks
that are my "Heroes of GPS" for all they have done for so many of us.
It seems like it was only recently that I was terrified by the amount of
info at http://gpsinformation.net/ . I have come to think of that as the
"Joe, Jack & Dale" show and go there often.

Jack

--
Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)

‘5ÛHH575-UAZWKVVP-7H2H48V3 wrote:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.satellite.gps.magellan/browse_thread/thread/d26372f23af9a9b9/3b215d273c25a313?lnk=gst&q=topo+3d+usa&rnum=3#3b215d273c25a313
The limitation is in the software, but is a parameter in the .ini file.
On most computers, preparing a file larger than 64 meg is impractical
because of time considerations. If you have a fast machine, you may be
willing to wait for larger files to be produced. The eXplorist 400 can
handle the larger files, but scrolling may be negatively impacted when
in the detail mode.


So, does anyone know how I can notify Navtec of database errors?

Ron Hunter wrote:

http://mapreporter.navteq.com/dur-web-external/

Jim Townsend wrote:
Thanks. The reporting system seems to be more oriented to POI and
address information than what I discovered (map doesn't follow
territory). In NC, highway 321 from I-40 to Gastonia wanders away from
the display track of the highway for the entire trip, only being
accurate at the intersections.