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#1
General Discussion / Re: Advice for GPS Purchase
September 24, 2012, 04:08:56 PM
Boyd, because of your recommendations I've just put up a page on our site with the new choice  http://www.in-the-desert.com/garmingps.html

Don....
#2
General Discussion / Re: Advice for GPS Purchase
September 24, 2012, 12:32:53 PM
Okay Boyd, thanks again. I think I have enough info now for a recommendation.

I'm keeping my Etrex for now, it still works great for what we use it for. But if I do upgrade this unit sounds like a good one. I do appreciate all the info. Have a great week!

Don....
#3
General Discussion / Re: Advice for GPS Purchase
September 24, 2012, 12:21:13 PM
Thanks again Boyd, this is all helpful. Some of these people may be interested in the City Navigator for use in their motor homes so they don't need two units. I thought it would be Base Camp, that's okay although I still use Mapsource myself. With Basecamp to download and use the maps here they'll have to download another program to install them on the 600, right?

Once I get all the info I'll probably write this up on our site for other people to take advantage of it.

Don....
#4
General Discussion / Re: Advice for GPS Purchase
September 24, 2012, 11:38:22 AM
Okay I'm an idiot, found the power cable also, Thanks again.

Anybody else have a recommendation?
#5
General Discussion / Re: Advice for GPS Purchase
September 24, 2012, 11:33:34 AM
Sorry Boyd, I went back and looked at the Specs in the link you were nice enough to give me and found the answers to all but one question. Do they have a 12 volt cigarette lighter plug in for the 600 that can power it in a vehicle?
Thanks again,
Don....
#6
General Discussion / Re: Advice for GPS Purchase
September 24, 2012, 11:24:40 AM
Boyd: Thanks for the advice. Maybe someone else will have more, but it sounds like you have exactly what they are looking for. Several of them have said that they were considering the Nuvi's and I had my doubts about that working for them, as I've heard others say the same thing about the tracks. But things change, so you never know. It's always best to ask people that do know. 

Boyd on this Montana 600 -- is it possible to add memory, and can you use the maps that are offered here? Does this unit use Base Camp?

I see that http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Montana-600-Waterproof-Hiking/dp/B0050SNCN4 has it for $471, which isn't bad. 

I'm sorry about asking all this, but I'm still using an older Etrex Vista HCx that works fine for me, but it has too small of a screen for these people.
Don....
#7
General Discussion / Advice for GPS Purchase
September 23, 2012, 10:18:00 PM
I've been asked by quite a few people now about which Garmin GPS unit to purchase. Here's what they are looking for.  A larger screen, 4 to 5 inches, something that can be mounted in a Jeep for off road use. Be able to install maps and be able to upload tracks and routes to the unit. Also be able to download tracks and way points to a computer topo program. Not a deal breaker but being able to power the unit with a 12 volt power outlet in the vehicle would be nice, and a color screen would be a must. Backlight for night runs and better visibility in the sun (this is why vehicle power would be nice).  Enough memory for daily use for weeks? And enough memory for loading maps of several states. Being able to add mini SD cards in the unit would also be nice to add to memory. Smaller units won't cut it as these people are mostly older and like the idea of being able to see the larger screens better. Ease of use!

I'm asking here cause I know you guys keep up with this stuff and some of the Nuvi's had problems with tracks and being able to upload to them. Maybe this is not a problem now? Anyway any help would be greatly appreciated.
Don .....
www.in-the-desert.com 
#8
Map Making Support / Need maps
April 12, 2012, 12:58:38 PM
I'm working on a project for our web site at www.in-the-desert.com some of you may remember me. I need maps that I can display on our site for fishing information, so it would need to have rivers and lakes and maybe just a few major roads. I remember seeing maps here or somewhere that were .img or raster files? This is why I'm asking, not sure about this, except it'd be nice to be able to zoom into them. I'd need them for All of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and the lower half of California, and the lower half of Utah. I may end up making my own from screen captures, but I'd like this as professional as possible. I'll need to be able to add locations to the map for known fishing locations. Anything come to mind?

Thanks in advance,
Don Gilmore.....
#9
Thanks for the education, of course not knowing how to build maps, well I didn't realize. As for me, Seldom's map covers a lot of the areas of my interest, there are a lot of our readers however who like the southern parts of Arizona and California. They have the links to the maps for those areas, I just meant it'd be nice to have them all in one. But I can see where the problems might rise. I have a fast cable connection and a super fast mulitcore computer, so it doesn't slow anything down. And with MapSource I can easily switch and load maps on MSD cards for the E-trex. Thanks again for the explanation.
Don...
#10
This is the reason I like the way Seldom put his Desert Southwest map together -- with the exception that it does not go south to the Mexican border. It covers several states in the southwest and is nice because of this. A map of the whole southwest would be great, but there is an easy work around.
I use several micro SD cards and load maps on to them, mark them then I can change them when going to a different area, isn't this the easiest way? They are cheap now, the cards that is.
Don...
#11
GPSr Units / Re: When to recharge batteries...
January 24, 2012, 12:31:30 PM
If I read this correctly, the Nickle Metal Hydrid batteries your trying to use will acquire a memory -- that is if they are only partially charged, then in the future they may only partially charge. These batteries were our worst pain in digital cameras and to fix this I would recommend you use Alkaline batteries. We gave up on NI-MH penlights a long time ago because of this. For one, if your battery dies they are easily replaced and even if your out you can buy a new set at a local mini-mart you'll be ready to go, where as you may not be near a power source to recharge the others. The other bad thing about them is they won't hold a charge, usually only having a shelf life (that is to hold a charge) of 30 days or less. The newer lithium batteries that everyone is going to can hold a full charge for at least a year, and take many more charges than the NI-MH batteries will. You can always carry a few extra AA Alkaline batteries with you.

Hope this helps,
Don....
#12
Using The Maps/Garmin Software / Re: MapSource update
January 16, 2012, 03:06:01 PM
Thanks Boyd:  I am running Windows 7 64 bit and the version I have works great with that, so I'm going to think about the upgrade. It probably won't hurt a thing.

As for the viewing of multiple maps in MapSource, I did put up a page on our site to show others how to accomplish this, as I'm sure some don't have a clue and would like to see all the tracks for one area at one time. Here's the link to that if anyone is interested.
http://www.in-the-desert.com/garmintracks2.html

Thanks for the reply,
Don....
#13
Using The Maps/Garmin Software / Re: MapSource update
January 16, 2012, 11:16:17 AM
Sorry but one other thing, does this update allow you to open more than one of your separate topo tracks into the same map?  Or does it overwrite the first track and only open one?
#14
Using The Maps/Garmin Software / MapSource update
January 16, 2012, 11:07:49 AM
I currently am running version 6.15.11 in MapSource. I see there is an update available to version 6.16.3  I hate to update if everything is working fine, which it is. For what I use it for it's been flawless and stable. Are there any reasons to not update? Any negatives included with this update? I saw that Seldom is running the latest version. What do you think?

Don...
#15
General Discussion / Re: Map Comparisons
January 15, 2012, 12:35:49 PM
Sorry but as I said this page was only "temporary" so the link above will no longer work.

Don....