[pct-l] GPS maps

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

Thanks Halfmile


Last year, I had bought a little different version, and failed.

> For a Garmin GPS I would recommend buying the the Garmin TOPO U.S. 24K
> West DVD. This includes 24 K maps of of all of California, Oregon,

Yes I know, but I have not yet tried.

> I would also recommend loading my half mile waypoints using Garmin's POI loader:
> http://www.pctmap.net/download/p/waypointdl.html
> http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/
>

The California topo, found in GPSFileDepot is excellent, very
beautiful, and exact trails are contained. and the free routable maps
contains many city informations. I had combined two maps into one. I
have not examined it closely, but Yosemite, Lone Pine, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, and the trail near the Crabtree ranger station is right.


> Users of newer Garmin GPS units like the Dakota and Oregon (or section
> hikers only needing sections of the PCT) can load my tracks of the
> PCT:
> http://www.pctmap.net/download/p/trackdl.html
>
> The popular 60CSx and VistaHCx do not have the capacity to store large
> amounts of track data, however.

The sendmap20.exe cannot handle over 2.0GB file, but the largeness of
combined map of whole California was only 1.4 GB.  I may need not to
buy other software.

The 60Csx recognized 8 GB memory card. I don't know it can save large
track data  or  not. Usually, I do not save track data. I uses GPS as
a map. I glance  GPS once or twice in a hour. Most of the time, GPS is
powered off.



>
> -Halfmile
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Yoshihiro Murakami
> <completewalker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am a foreigner. Recently, I noticed that Washington is located north
>> of California, not in the Washington D.C. So I bought several maps and
>> softwares, and  I  made many mistakes.
>>
>> Failure
>> 1. Garmin US TOPO 24K National Parks, West. -- I do not recommend.
>> Included topographical maps are small parts of California. Many blank
>> area exist.
>> 2. National Geographic TOPO! California.  ---Very good map, but these
>> maps cannot install to GPS. If you use a small computer with GPS unit,
>> This map will be splendid. But, I do not recommend.
>> 3. DeLORME Atlas & Gazetteer California Detailed Topograpic Maps. I
>> bought this map from Amazon.com.  My impression is very good. It will
>> be possible to bring out necessary pages. --But, there are excellent
>> Halfmiles maps.
>>
>> Success ---Free GPS map
>>
>> Last summer, I found free GPS maps of JMT  at Mapcenter. This map was
>> excellent, but some of the tail data were different from real. The
>> data were outdated.  Mapcenter was not exist already.
>>
>> I searched by using Google, and found two useful sites:
>>
>> 1. Free routable maps http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php
>> ---Very good at city area, restraunt and many information were
>> included, but no topological data
>>
>> 2. GPSFileDepot:   http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/
>> ---Excellent topological map of California, but no geographical name,
>> no information except topo.
>>
>> I have struggle to install these maps into my GPS (Map60Csx) by using
>> Garmin MapSource, and failed frequently. This software is not good.
>>
>> I have no special knowledge about GPS, but I noticed a simple answer
>> today. very easy way. Now, I got a free excellent  topological map of
>> whole California.
>>
>> 1. Download and install the sendmap20.exe from http://cgpsmapper.com/
>> 2. Start sendmap20,  include whole .img files (I had included the
>> topological and  routable maps of whole California )
>> 3. It will make  GMAPSUPP.IMG file.
>> 4. In microSD card, make folder "Garmin" and copy GMAPSUPP.IMG into this folder.
>>
>> Thats all. Two kind maps unite in one. My Map60Csx accepts microSD HD
>> card (8Gb). It works, though I do not guarantee.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely
>> --------------- --------------------------------------
>> Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
>> HP:http://psycho01.edu.u-toyama.ac.jp
>> http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/
>> Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
>> 2009 JMT, the first America.
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Sincerely
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Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
HP:http://psycho01.edu.u-toyama.ac.jp
http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/
Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
2009 JMT, the first America.
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