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Indrid Cold,
Thanks. Got home last night and had no problems importing the file. Moved the waypoints to the GPS and good to go. This has every boat ramp in the state of KY and will be very helpful.

Thanks Again, I appreciate your help

Mike

It looks like it is saving as a .xml file not a .gpx file. Could that be the problem?

Can anyone tell me how to put import this http://www.fw.ky.gov/kfwis/gps/FishingAccessSites.gpx onto My Garmin 78s. I have basecamp on my computer. I go to this link http://www.fw.ky.gov/kfwis/gps/gps.asp and right click on "Fishing Access Locations (83 kilobytes)" and save to my computer. Then in Basecamp I select import and select that file to import and keep getting an error message. Am i doing this wrong?

Thanks
Mike

I received the SD card yesterday. At first glance I thought I was going to be sending the chip back as it appeared to be the wrong size. After further inspection it comes with a micro SD chip and A larger adapter. I did not need the adapter. I put the chip in the Garmin 78s and was up and running, no other needs. Everything worked as expected and within minutes was able to create routes. I created a route to work and followed it in this moring. My original concern was that since the 78s is designed for marine use I would not be prompted for turn by turn instructions. I was happy to find that even though it does not give voice instructions it 'beeped' when I was approaching a turn and the turn instructions are displayed on the top of the unit. Seems perfect for my needs.

Thanks Boyd.

I ordered the SD card. Thanks again for your help.

That helps a ton, should just be a matter of preference then.

Thanks Again
Mike

Boyd,

Thank you that clarifies alot. One thing I am still not sure on though. Can I have two different map sources loaded onto the GPS at one time. It seems like I remember reading somewhere (and I forget the file ext name) that you could only have one on the GPS at a time.

I have Garmins 78S handheld. It comes with a basemap but no other maps. I got it primarily as a handheld for fishing, but since I have it it would be nice to have routable maps for auto as well. I have been succesfull creating custom maps for areas I fish, so for now am content with that. I am considering purchasing City Navigator and have a few questions. First should I buy the DVD, Download, or get the chip? Secondly which may help to answer the first question. Once I have City Nav on the GPS would I later be able to add On the water maps? So I guess I would not be able to have two chips in at one time. Can I install both DVDS at one time? Can I download both to the GPS? Is this do-able to have both? How should I do that? 

Thanks, I'll give it another go. That makes more sense now. I appreciate your help! Look forward to future discussions!

Thanks again
Mike

Boyd,
Thanks for your response. I should have stated I did read the thread with the turorial and tried to get mapsource through the tutorial using the same links you provided. When I went to download mapsource  it stated that the version will not work unless you already have a version of mapsource installed.

Maybe I should try basecamp, or is there something else needed?

Hello everyone. New to GPS, New to this site. I recently purchased a Garmin 78s, it is my first GPS. I will mainly use it for fishing, but i will also use it for auto. It comes with a base map but does not have any other maps on it. I have been succesful creating some maps with the custom map feature, which is very cool.

I would like to see some of the maps on here on it. It appears the Garmin 78s does not use map source.  When I create a custome map it simply creates a KMZ file and I drag it in the custom maps folder on the unit. Can I still use the maps on here? Any info would be appreciated!

Thanks
Mike