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New concept.  I'll play with it, and thanks.

Jim

Well, perhaps I figured it out(?).  I selected "more labels" in the display portion of the Edit/Options tool of BaseCamp, and the printed result showed road identifiers.  That makes sense, but what confuses me is that with fewer labels selected, the print preview displayed those road identifiers, but would not print them.  Maybe its just a glitch.

Hi- I'm slowly familiarizing myself with using the topos, and have discovered that using BaseCamp to print a section of topo, the print preview shows county road numbers, etc, but they are not rendered in the printed page.  Am I missing something?

Jim

Boyd, that 450 is a lot for the money.  I bought my 96c used some years ago in anticipation of using it in a little homebuilt airplane project (still not finished), and as a backup in the corporate aircraft I flew.  I was amazed that the 96c was closely matched in accuracy and usability with the panel mount high dollar garmin gps in the airplane.  It is really everything you need in an airplane, short of  storing instrument approach procedures.  Now I explore the Ozarks on a dual sport motorcycle, and have found the info in the Delorme Atlas and Gazetteer (topo maps, essentially) to be incomplete and hard to interpret, and that combined with the dearth of identifying signs on county and farm roads make a GPS seem essential.  The depictions in topos from GPSFileDepot are the best I've seen, and I am grateful to have them as a resource.  So far I'm using the GPS with the hard copy topos from Delorme, and I hope the combination will keep me from getting lost!  I think the 96c will fill that bill, but six months from now when I've done a lot more exploring, the added features in the new devices may be more enticing.  I appreciate your suggestions and assistance.

Jim

Thanks very much.  I followed your directions and the transfer went off without a hitch.  I really like the map depiction on my PC, and I wish I could take it with me while exploring the back roads in the Ozarks of Northwest Arkansas on my dirt-worthy motorcycle.  Getting lost several times, even with hard copies of the topo map has convinced me to use GPS, but the Garmin interface and display will take some getting used to!  I wonder if the new units are that much easier to use for basic navigation than my 96C?!

Again, I very much appreciate your help, Boyd and maps4gps. 

Jim

Brand new at this, I have my old 96c formerly used for aviation.  I would like to download the Arkansas topo 11, but the file size exceeds the 118 meg memory in my device.  My first idea to trim the map to just the area I need was squashed by a forum search, where I learned that I would have to make a new map.  Not quite ready for that yet!  My next idea was to create an "Adventure" in Basecamp, with the track defining a large rectangle, enclosing the portion of the map I need.  But the result was not a new, smaller map, but the entire map with the defined track depicted instead.   Is there any way I can get around the large size of the Arkansas topo 11?  Thanks,
Jim