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#1
General Discussion / Maps for backcountry navigator?
February 21, 2014, 01:38:52 PM
Hi I have been using the Florida Topo maps on the etrex for years and love them. They already have all the trails in the state on them that I have hiked. I recently purchased Backcountry Navigator for my phone and love how easy it is to download maps from their free sources. Garmin should learn something from them, it was always a battle using their software. Absolutely hate it but I have managed to use it functionally.

Unfortunately the Backcountry Navigator maps do not have as many trails marked on them. Has anyone been able to load maps from here into Backcountry Navigator? If it can't be done with the maps from here is there another source that I might be able to use? If not is there any other way to get these maps on to my phone?

I really hate all the proprietary bull crap and with the rise of cellphones with GPS I think that their really going to have their business shaken up. I'm sure it's already happening.

Thanks for your help.
#2
I downloaded this file from a trail club and imported it into Basemap

stewartholt.csoft.net/AT-Georgia-gm.kmz

But if you view it in Google Maps

maps.google.com/maps?q=http://stewartholt.csoft.net/AT-Georgia-gm.kmz

It is showing a bunch of data that doesn't seem to be showing in Basemap. All the water, camping spots, shelters, etc. It would be really nice to have also. They also had a file for Google earth at stewartholt.csoft.net/ I tried that one too and I thought that was going to be it since it was larger but it just seemed to add a few side trails.

Can I get this data into Basemap and from there to my GPS? Thanks for the help.