Re: SMC Maps in Mapsource or Send Map-Cannot even get started !
- From: "Nigel Cliffe" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:12:51 -0000
jimc wrote:
I have seen previous posts on this subject , and people are very
helpful to others posting.
I have just bought my etrex Legend CX so getting used to it. I tried
to download the SMC contour maps to my unit using Mapsource, but the
Mapsource software cannot even find my GPS ! ( I tried downloading the
latest USB drivers , but nothing helps)
I then resorted to the Send map utility, which appears to just wipe
the existing maps off my GPS, and then I can't even see any of the
ones it is supposed to have transferred.
( I had copies of my basemap and replaced it luckily)
This is all most likely due to the fact that I am not familliar with
any of this software or hardware and cannot follow what seems simple
enough instructions from the SMC site.
Does anyone have a blow for blow instructions on what setting the
etrex Legend CX GPS needs to have , and how to transfer the maps using
SENDMAP or Mapsource (assuming I can ever get Mapsource to recognise
my GPS)
This is from my Vista-C, but I doubt the CX models are massively different:
SendMap.
As you've discovered, it replaces all the maps on your GPS with whatever is
being sent. (There is some other tool, whose name I cannot recall, which
does not delete the existing content).
To use SendMap, I recommend you get the version with the graphical front end
(its pretty minimal, but easier than the command line version). Select all
the map tiles you want to upload (they have .img filenames), and they go up
to the GPS unit.
MapSource.
1) get Mapsource to find your GPS unit. This is a Garmin problem, so, if you
cannot get it to work, contact Garmin or the dealer who sold you the unit.
You'll not be able to send/retreive data of any type (waypoints, tracks,
routes) via Mapsource until you've got this fixed. (Tell Garmin support
you're trying to transfer waypoints to and from the GPS as they won't
support non-Garmin map products).
(Mine was just fine, though I have found that the GPS is sensitive as to
which USB port I use; I must use the same one each time (now have a suitable
cable attached to that port all the time)).
2) Assuming you can see the SMC maps in Mapsource (if not, post again, and
someone can give the "how to hack the registry" instructions), then use the
"map tool" (looks like a five-sided shape) to select the tiles you want to
send to the GPS. Having selected the tiles you want, use the transfer menu
in Mapsource to send the maps to the GPS.
- Nigel
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