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I still don't know what happened, but they work now that I deleted and then reloaded them on the SD card.  The files are all the same so it must have been a bug somewhere. 

My Dakota 20 has the newest update, everything works fine but when I move the Birdeye files to the microSD car it won't diplay them.  They still show up in enable/disable map and on Basecamp as being on the card, but no display.  They work if I put them on internal memory.  Why is it so hard to design a handheld GPS that is simple to use?

Mod note: Edited topic subject and moved to correct forum so that you might get some help

No, its a stand alone program you can download from Garmin.  I thought it used to be on a previous version of Basecamp, or at least there was a link to go to it.  Basecamp will not load the topo 100k maps, thus the need for something else.  I thought MapInstall came with the topo 100K CD too?

I updated the MapInstall program on my PC and now the topo 100k maps I have installed on my Dakota 20 are no longer visible.  I know this was a problem with older versions but a few revisions ago that got fixed, as well as the delection of all exisiting maps when you loaded a new one.  What gives?

I'm one of the handful that can't get high speed internet connection at home, thanks to AT&T (you suck). It's not like I'm out in the sticks.  Anyway I bought the 100K topo but didn't open it yet, and it says a high speed connection is needed.  For what?  I thought the files were on the DVD?

I am upgrading from a Magellan Sporttrack to a Garmin Dakota.  I have a about 10 waypoint folders with 20 or so waypoints in each that I need to covert.  Any new developments with this in the past year, any free software that can do this?  I have ArcMap on my PC if that helps but am not that proficient with it.

Thanks for all the help, you guys are great.

This gets more complicated than you might think. 

Isn't that always the case!  It's the little things you don't know that REALLY matter.

I don't need to load the entire US so that's fine.  Also I was trying to see if a regional 100K would be better than the full US if that would use up all the memory.  I like the 100k as a base map for traveling, then I'll get the 24K or air photos for my destination.  I'm not sure what constitutes a map "segment" but I suppose I'll figure that out when I try to load these things? 

Just bought a Dakota 20, my first Garmin after 2 Magellan GPS's so I'm not familiar with them.  With the Topo 100k maps, can you just load a region (part of the map), or do you have to load the entire map?  If you can load a specific area I take it you can do that with basecamp, or does Topo 100k come with software (like Magellan Mapsend Topo)?  Odd but I have not seen anything that says you can do this and how.  Also is the micro SD card an expandable memory or is it like a separate drive?  In other words, if the topo maps are 3.2 gb and I add a 3.0 gb card is that all I need?  Thanks.