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thanks. i'm ordering the 24k dvd for starters, and i'll look into those map-related tools when i get more oriented to/informed about the map and the montana.  you folks and your site are a great resource of knowledge.   thanks for sharing it with novices.

thanks so much.  i've been searching and reading for days and this  is all totally new and good info!
for my purposes in the mountains the garmin topo elevation info seems to be important for me to have.

regarding aerial views, i've seen where you can make a map overlay of google earth on a topo map for a small area, which seems somewhat cumbersome.  and from what i read the garmin birdseye function is raster-based and lower res than google earth. is this  (significantly) so and, if so, is there a way one can get pieces of google maps/earth onto the gps?  if so, it would seem like i perhaps should get the dvd, keep the topo on the pc/then into internal memory and build over time areas of the parks onto one or more sd cards. that would also at some point allow me to work with the topo map on the pc, should i get that far!!

thank you. i had the misconception that you needed the map on the pc. is it then correct that  one could make a custom map using that garmin topo (off a usb drive copy) and one of the transparent overlay trail maps (such as 'my trail') on your site and send that composite to the montana or to a blank sd card placed in the montana?  (i take it that the montana can access maps from either its internal memory or the onboard sd card?)

hi, new here and to gps. longtime map/compass horse camper in gtnp/ynp.  just got a montana 600 and going through this same process.  was 24k topo previously available for areas on dvd, as it now isn't, looking at mountain north (or west) on garmin site as seen here?  (sorry, link not allowed.) i've downloaded basecamp from garmin and applicable trail maps from here, but there now seems to be no way to get a 24k garmin map into basecamp via either sd card or download...apparently only via no longer available dvd. is that correct?