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General Category => Using The Maps/Garmin Software => Topic started by: dtlunc on May 25, 2013, 04:54:40 PM

Title: Trail Map Won't Display in MapSource
Post by: dtlunc on May 25, 2013, 04:54:40 PM
I downloaded "My Trails-High Quality Trail and POI Maps Map"...ran the installer on a PC...no problems so far....open MapSource....select "My Trails" from the drop down box in the top left but what is displayed isn't a map....just a grid and some dots (see attached screen capture). Do you know why that is displaying?
Title: Re: Trail Map Won't Display in MapSource
Post by: Boyd on May 25, 2013, 06:29:04 PM
You are viewing that from the 700 mile zoom level! Zoom way in on those dots, to perhaps .5 miles. I think you will see they are POI's and trails. I don't use this map, however I can tell you it's transparent, and only contains lines and dots. Many areas will be completely blank. You must use it along with another map, like a topo or City Navigator for it to be useful.

And you can only do that on the GPS itsef because Mapsource can't display more than one map at a time. But your GPS can display multiple maps, so it will make sense there.

Bottom line is that nothing is wrong, that's just the way MyTrails works.