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Thanks for the info Boyd.  I appreciate it.

Does anyone know if there is a map for the central US that has town and city names on the map?  I downloaded Missouri Topo by Maps4Gps, Central Planimetric by Maps4Gps, and Ibycus USA 2.0 and none of these maps have town/city names on the map as far as I can tell.  Any ideas?  Is there something I am doing wrong?  

Thanks so much,

Dave

PS--I have the map settings on the GPSr set to Auto.

I have another question regarding these maps.  Is there a way to get the town and city names to appear on them?  Or do I have to toggle back to the basemap to see town names? 

Thanks,

Dave

Thanks for the help, Maps4gps!  You have done a wonderful job putting all the great maps together.  Thank you. 

Dave

Boyd,

That pretty much sums it up.  I'll have to live with it until a new map is compiled. 

Thanks very much for enlightening me!

Dave

Hi all,

New here and new to GPS in general.  I've had an Etrex Venture for about 5 years but never messed with the additional maps for it (only 8mb memory and no card slot).  I recently bought a 60CSx (what an upgrade!) and I just downloaded the Missouri Topo from this site and loaded it on the GPS.  Looks fantastic, with a level of street detail that should definitely be part of the basemap. 

However, when I zoom in on my current location (home) all the local streets have abbreviate names: for instance "Main Street" becomes "M....t 2100-2300" and "West Boulevard" becomes "W....d 1400-1525". 

I understand that it is abbreviating the street names and giving block numbers, but is there a way to have it display the whole street name?  If I am in a different city, I won't know which street "A.....d 2900-3000" is.

I downloaded the Planimetric Central street map and it looks very similar and extremely high-quality, but without the topo lines.  When I zoom in on the plani map, street names are displayed in full. 

Basically, is there a way to get Missouri Topo to display full street names like US Planimetric maps do?  Or will I have to toggle back and forth between maps for depending on when I'm driving or when I'm in the back country?

Thanks so much for the wonderful public service this site provides!

Dave Stonner