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Title: speed of map
Post by: ALPHAWHALEN on October 28, 2009, 06:23:24 PM

so first time with handhelds and i have a legend hcx and i downloaded the mississippi topo and saved it to the micro sd then i inserted the sd into my garmin and what do i do from there? does it pull the map up automatically from the sd card? it wont let me zoom or anything so i cannot tell. it just says drawing when i hit the zoom button. help appreciated. thanks

Title: Re: speed of map
Post by: maps4gps on October 28, 2009, 08:12:19 PM

The file you downloaded needs to be run. This will allow MapSource to see the data. In MapSource you select some or all of the quads. MapSource will build a gmapsupp.img file and transfer it to your GPSr. See:
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-to-load-maps-on-my-garmin-gps-unit/

Title: Re: speed of map
Post by: ALPHAWHALEN on October 29, 2009, 04:39:33 AM

so do i just insert the memory card in my computer and save it to it? it will not let me transfer through the usb.... im pretty lost

Title: Re: speed of map
Post by: ALPHAWHALEN on October 29, 2009, 09:37:59 AM

first time to ever do this... seems overwhelming... i need some serious help from start

Title: Re: speed of map
Post by: ALPHAWHALEN on October 29, 2009, 05:02:48 PM

so i downloaded and used mapsource to send to memory card then put memory card in gps.... after this is that map on the micro sd gonna pull up when i turn on the gps?? it seems very very slow to zoom so i cannot tell if it is the new map

Title: Re: speed of map
Post by: alpine on October 30, 2009, 08:48:21 AM

Also you might want to go to setup/maps and see what maps have a check mark.

Title: Re: speed of map
Post by: ALPHAWHALEN on October 30, 2009, 01:41:27 PM

so it still wont zoom... whats the deal???? i have it on least detail too.

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