I have downloaded maps from this site in the past and installed them on my 60 Cx ( micro sd card 1 GB) using mapsource. I thought basemap was the new replacement for mapsource and I downloaded it. I couldn't figure out how to get it (Basemap) to load the new downloaded map (Montana Cadastral) .After that I couldn't find mapsource on my 64 bit windows 7 computer so I downloaded it again from Garmin now I can figure out how to get maps on either Mapsource or Basecamp to be able to transfer to my GPS. I need to be retrained I guess I have used the forum in the past with success.
Not sure what is going on, but installing Basecamp (NOT Basemap) should have no effect on your existing Mapsource installation. If Mapsource stopped working, I don't think that is related to your install of Basecamp. Or at least, I have never heard of that problem before.
Any maps that were previously installed in Mapsource should also be available to you in Basecamp. Have you seen the tutorial here? http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-load-maps-on-my-garmin-gps-unit/
Yes I saw that. The problem is the dropdown that appears on the version of Mapsource I downloaded gives me the choice "no Map" Global Map" and "my trails". I got Mapsource to recognize my GPS and it pulled off my waypoints and tracks, but none of the maps on the card. I tried dragging the cadstral map onto the card when it was out of the GPS but the GPS does not recognize it when I put it back in. From other sites (blogs) it seems I have to buy a map from Garmin to get mapsource or Basecamp activated and I really don't need any they have.
Sorry, your assumptions are not correct. You don't need to purchase any Garmin maps to use Basecamp/Mapsource. You cannot drag files to a card. The map first needs to be installed into Mapsource/Basecamp. The process is very simple:
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-open-maps-in-garmin-basecamp/
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-open-maps-in-mapsource/
If you are not seeing the map in the dropdown menu, it may be a different issue. Some of the maps here have a glitch which prevents them from working properly on 64 bit Windows 7 systems. If that's the problem, then this should fix it: http://forums.gpsfiledepot.com/index.php/topic,2320.0.html
When I first downloaded the Montana Cadastral I hadn't downloaded "My trails" yet. The mt Cadastral file ended up in a file in "my Documents" not the Programs Garmin file where "My trails" downloded into. That is why Mt Cadastral didn't show up on the drop down. I deleted the origianl download and downloaded it into the programs file and now I have transferred it to the GPS. Thank you for your time and getting me on the right track.
Great, glad you got it working.