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Title: mapsource - what drop-down-menu?
Post by: jagdpanther on March 28, 2011, 09:24:15 PM

I have a new Garmin Nuvi (2460LMT) and wanted to add the California Topo map from GPSFileDepot.

I am reading the tutorial http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-load-maps-on-my-garmin-gps-unit/ (http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-load-maps-on-my-garmin-gps-unit/) and step two states: "Select the map you want to load from the drop down menu in the upper left corner."

I can't find any drop down menu in mapsource. I am using MapSource 6.16.3 on a Win 7 system. (I down-loaded and installed MapSource according to the short tutorial on GPSFileDepot.)

The only reference inside MapSource to the California Topo map that I installed is in Utilities -> Manage Map Products. There I see only one line and it contains:
California Topo 1.00 Not lockable c:\Program Files (x86)\California Topo\

But I can't figure out how to select it.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Title: Re: mapsource - what drop-down-menu?
Post by: Seldom on March 28, 2011, 10:01:23 PM

The top illustration on your link below shows a drop down window with "Arizona Topo" in it. If you click on the down arrow you should find your California topo.

Title: Re: mapsource - what drop-down-menu?
Post by: Indrid Cold on March 29, 2011, 12:15:02 AM

View->Switch to Product->

Title: Re: mapsource - what drop-down-menu?
Post by: Boyd on March 29, 2011, 06:52:31 AM

There's an option under View > Toolbars to hide or show the dropdown map menu. Can't remember which one since I'm on my Mac right now. :) Might be View > Toolbars > View

Title: Re: mapsource - what drop-down-menu?
Post by: jagdpanther on March 29, 2011, 07:56:25 AM

Thank you for the replies.

>The top illustration on your link below shows a drop
>down window with "Arizona Topo" in it. If you click
>on the down arrow you should find your California topo.

The top illustration show two tool bars under the standard "File Edit Find ..." line. I only have one. The missing tool-bar probably has the drop down.

>View->Switch to Product->

>There's an option under View > Toolbars to hide or show the dropdown map

Yes, this is probably the issue. I'll try it tonight. Thank you.

Title: Re: mapsource - what drop-down-menu?
Post by: jagdpanther on March 29, 2011, 07:53:37 PM

Thanks. ->View->Switch to Product->

did it.

Title: Re: mapsource - what drop-down-menu?
Post by: whybother on April 26, 2011, 11:12:15 AM

I'm having the same issue: no drop down menu (running Win7 & latest version of Mapsource, recently updated from version 2.0). I go to view->switch to product-> and all I see are to options:
no map
Trip and Waypoint Manager v2

Please help!! Thanks.

Title: Re: mapsource - what drop-down-menu?
Post by: Indrid Cold on April 26, 2011, 12:01:24 PM

Quote from: whybother on April 26, 2011, 11:12:15 AM
I'm having the same issue: no drop down menu (running Win7 & latest version of Mapsource, recently updated from version 2.0). I go to view->switch to product-> and all I see are to options:
no map
Trip and Waypoint Manager v2

Please help!! Thanks.

To get the drop down, go to View->Show Toolbars->Show All Toolbars

Install some maps to get more choices:)

Title: Re: mapsource - what drop-down-menu?
Post by: Boyd on April 26, 2011, 12:46:48 PM

Indeed.... what you describe implies that you have not installed any maps yet. Trip and Waypoint Manager is a crude basemap that is provided with that software package. Follow the tutorials on this site to download and install maps and you should be good to go.

Title: Re: mapsource - what drop-down-menu?
Post by: whybother on April 26, 2011, 05:59:50 PM

Thanks. Had to restart Mapsource.

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