I know I'm getting greedy - paid $220 for this thing (Garmin Vista HCx) and want to use all its features.
This site will turn out to save me a hundred bucks if I can get the maps into basecamp and use vertical profiling.
Otherwise I feel obligated to bight the bullet for this feature.
If someone can tell me how to get the vertical profile I think I could even settle for something other than basecamp and donating part of what I would have spent.
I have not been having the most fun trying to change waypoint labels and such in MapSource. The labels seem to default to the elevation which takes too much screen space. I know there are other editors out there but at this point I've burned 8hrs (probably more) just to avoid giving Garmin $120 or so. If this was my day job at about $XX per hour, well, let's just say the economics of this venture are dropping faster than our economy.
Quote from: Huckleberry on May 22, 2009, 10:41:59 PM
This site will turn out to save me a hundred bucks if I can get the maps into basecamp and use vertical profiling.
Otherwise I feel obligated to bight the bullet for this feature.
If someone can tell me how to get the vertical profile I think I could even settle for something other than basecamp and donating part of what I would have spent.
None of the maps on this site are compatible with BaseCamp as none of them have the embedded .DEM info that is required.
To get vertical profiles, you can draw a track in MapSource, save the track as a .gpx file, and then upload it here: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/profile_input
I'm sure there are other ways that might be acceptable to you.
It would be really nice if cgpsmapper could load the dem files into the maps... hopefully soon
Thanks for the link! Definately looks like more than a 5 minute deal...I'll spend some time looking at it next week. If I can't figure it out then blah...will have to give up some hard earned cash.
I really appreciate your site. If I get into this hobby any further I'll have to find some way to contribute. I don't have a lot of programming in my background. I saw NW Trails is willing to take info from my hiking trips for their trail DB. Is there anything remedial like that I can do for your site?
Best regards,
Hucklberry
Any trails anywhere I/we will take too.
Will do then. I expect to have an active summer if I can ever get over a stupid injury (tried to do too much in to little time)..