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Is there any mapping software what will display mulitple layered transparent maps on the computer, the way they would be viewed on a GPSr ?

Boyd, thank you for leading me to the post on GPS Review.

Moving the maps along with MapSource from my laptop to another PC went real smooth.  Both are running Windows XP Professional.

MapSource works fine & displays all of our City Navigator Maps.  BaseCamp didn't work after the move, but it probably would have...
When I re-installed BaseCamp on the second PC, the software downloaded & installed .NET Framework... 

All the other Garmin Apps came along with the move; Voice Studio, Map Install, USB Drivers, etc.
After running my new install of BaseCamp, I found I even had my lists of Geocaching WayPoints already installed!
None of the Maps or the Programs appear in Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, though...
And, our most used maps, our topos & trail maps, downloaded here, did not come along with the move & needed to be reinstalled.

I copied everything real neat & orderly to an external HDD, as the file sizes for just one of the City Navigator Maps totaled over 1.5 GB.  I moved 4 Maps.
We can now easily setup our maps & programs on any PC we choose.

Thanks for the help.
Mark

I have Garmin MapSource installed on my laptop.
I have the Maps from a Nuvi 205W & (2) Nuvi 255W's installed into MapSource.

I will be changing PC's.

Garmin is extending the available download time period on one of the 255W's, and the second 255W is still new enough to download the Maps again, so I will be ok with 255W's.

My problem is the Nuvi 205W, with 2009.10 Maps. Garmin Tech Support states this map is too old & out of date, so they can't help with downloading it again, to install to another PC.

Is there any way to copy the Nuvi 205W's Map from MapSource, to install it on another PC ??


Great site! Thank you for all the great Topo's & Trail Maps we use for Geocaching, & all the help & info.

Mark G. Wendaur
(Account - magicmarkie)