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jbensman, thank you very much for taking the time to put together the topo and overlay. it looks great. i haven't had time to test it on the water but i have been on a few road trips around the area and everything looks perfect. As far as your previous questions about all the different types of buoys, this setup works well. if i were in a Large boat/yacht it may make a difference but for the average boater just knowing where the markers and buoys are is enough. If you need anything checked/tested or any input please let me know and i will help in any way possible.

Wow, nice work. I'm trying to download/install all the maps now. hopefully i can get on the water this weekend and test them out.

I think there are alot of tiles i can remove. Just by playing around in gogle earth i was able to remove about 1/3 of the map that was over land or was dispalying legend data. UNfortunately i am playing with the full kmz file after it was converted. i think my editing need sto be done before the conversion to kmz.



Rasters are here
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/RNCs/RNCs.shtml



they also offer ENC of the same data
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/ENCs/ENCs.shtml

and after some more reading in teh G-Raster help file i found out that you're limited to a maximum of 100 map images loaded into your Garmin. what can i do to work around this limitation?

"Too many custom map images. They will not all be displayed."

I have 2 .kmz files that i am trying to get to display on the same map but i keep getting that message. I have adjusted the image slider in G-raster almost all the way down and shrank the file size cosiderably. i have my florida topo  disabled. When i go into my map set up under custom maps it shows my Suwannee.kmz and my Steinhatchee.kmz in  the same custom maps box but it will only display one of them. What am i missing here?

nevermind figured it out, I used the BSB charts and converted them with G-raster. WOW is all i can say.I have everything i needed. Channel markers, depths, public reefs and it oly took alittle reading, well alot of reading.

i have my oregon 450 and really like it so far, i have installed the florida topo maps. Thanks to everyone who helped put them together. now onto my next little project. I would like to put some of the NOAA maps on it. I have a choice of RNC charts and ENC. I dont need to add all of them i would just like to convert the areas around the boat ramps i use to a useable format. Im mostly looking for channel marker info where do i start? i have both formats downloaded for the areas i use. DO i need the BSB/KAP or the vector charts?