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Hey everyone,

when I began downloading maps from this site I just saved them to my desktop so I could find them easily. I have a bunch of them now, and they are all installed in Basecamp. I just created a new folder called Garmin Maps and moved all my map folders into it. Now none of my maps are in Basecamp. Am I going to have to uninstall all of them and reinstall them, or can I somehow tell Basecamp to look for them in a different place than where I originally installed them from? thanks.

Blake

Hi everyone. First let me say I am fairly new to the whole GPS thing, but not hiking. This site has taught me so much over the past 3 weeks and I finally bought a new Garmin Oregon 550 tonight after researching it to death on this site. I am getting in the mail on Friday. I currently hike the AT a lot and use this site for many of the campsites/water sources/etc

http://www.georgia-atclub.org/trail/map.htm

There are a ton of really good waypoints on the .kml file posted there that I can view in google earth. What is the best way to import individual sites, camp sites/waters sources/parking areas/etc, into Basecamp and then ultimately into the OR550? Hope that question is not too newbish! I have read all the tutorials and have learned a lot, but I am still learning about the different file types. I would say I am pretty tech savy and have built my last 4 computers, so I hope I can learn this piece of useful technology pretty quickly. Thanks again, this is a really good site for people like myself.

Blake Gober

Dalton GA