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Thanks Boyd. That's good advice to back them up. I think I'll delete the DigitalGlobe.

Now I can't wait to hit the trail. I'll have to wait, though, as we have some flooding due to heavy rains.

I appreciate all of your help/time. Have a nice Fourth!

"Worldwide DEM Basemap, NR" and "Digital Guide" are both listed under the Map Information/Select Map option. These options were on the GPS when I purchased it new.

I don't see any tracks anywhere. It does say 500 miles.

What a dumb***! Like I said I am new to this and I just located the zoom buttons. I zoomed in to 500 feet (not miles) and I now see the area where I'm at.

I guess I'm guilty of not learning my way around new things I purchase because I get excited.

Thanks to you for your time and the nctopo map and jbensman for the My Trails map. Thanks to the others who tried to help me.

I'm sure I'll have further questions but I think I'm good for now.
I'm off to donate. I hope you have a safe and happy Fourth.
Jim

Thanks for asking, Seldom and yes I'm in NC.

Indrid

I tried increasing all of the available sizes and I'm still looking at a white screen with the marker and the scale (approximately 1/2" equals 500 miles). I disabled the My Trails map and enabled the nctopo map and it still shows the white screen.

Thanks for the information.

Seldom

I selected the Recreation profile and switched it to the others one at a time and some even enabled the default "Worldwide DEM Basemap, NR". I even tried enabling the "Digital Guide" but that didn't do anything.

I appreciate you folks trying to solve this. Gotta go to work. Thanks again.

Good Morning Boyd.

There are two other .IMG files in the Garmin folder. One is My Trails at 23,235 KB and the other is nctopo11 at 182,856 KB.

Thank you.

Thanks Boyd. I'm currently at work and will look in the folder when I get home.

maps4gps: I did not change names of any files. If it was sometthing I was supposed to do I missed it in the tutorials and I used.

I'm only  five days experienced with a gps.

Thanks to you both.

I've been able to load both the NC topo map and My Trails from this site onto my eTrex20. I downloaded and installed BaseCamp and Mapsource. When I enable the maps and disable the other maps that came on the unit I'm still just seeing the white (transparent) screen with the marker.

I had BaseCamp and Mapsource off during the installation. The maps show in Basecamp. On the transparent screen the scale is about 500 feet for a half an inch or so. Should both of these maps be enlarged in Basecamp before loading them onto the unit? If so how do I do this in Basecamp? The topo map was loaded first and then My Trails.

I've read 8 pages of this forum and cannot find what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks for what I've learned and what I've yet to learn.

Jim

Indrid,

I installed the NC topo map and BaseCamp indicated that the transfer was successful. I went to the selection screen and enabled both the gpsmps and topo maps. Satellite reception was good but then I went to Maps and nothing has changed.

Thank you.

Thanks for the info, Indrid. I did not download a topo but there is one for North Carolina that I will download and install right now. Thank you.

I've downloaded "My Trails" by jbensman and began using the tutorials by Dan Blomberg and Rex Coggins.
I've downloaded and installed the BaseCamp and MapInstall software. When I open BaseCamp, with my eTrex connected to my computer it lists my device and the gpsmps file shows in red in the column under the device. Temporarily that is. It disappears within seconds. In the "My Collection" column there is nothing but an empty folder labled "Unlisted Data". I should add that I downloaded the maps directly to my device via a USB cable and NOT on a microSD card.

When I enable gpsmps with the device unplugged from the computer it simply shows the triangular marker but nothing else. I have disabled the pre-loaded maps.I hope I did something simple that is wrong.

Yesterday while on a hike (one that I've never been on) I came to a junction and took the wrong route and it added three miles onto an already 7 miler. That's the exact reason I bought this thing because so many books, etc. are outdated or merely wrong.

If anyone could make some suggestions I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Jim