GPSFileDepot.com
 

News:

Welcome to GPSFileDepot!

Main Menu
Menu

Show posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.

Show posts Menu

Messages - banjr

#1
A broken finger?! No wonder you're listed as a Hero member...
#2
I am waay new to this. I don't know what you mean by "map time" or where I would marquee a section. When loading it, i marqueed the whole map and just dumped it all onto my 4gb card. It shows up if I select it in the Nuvi 500, but I haven't found it useful. Currently it's not even active, as it clutters the screen when zooming in; plus I figure it will probably slow searches down.

I mostly loaded this map because the supplied Garmin Topo map is missing lots of trails that I know exist. Unfortunately, when I checked those trails on the California Topo, they also weren't there. In once case it was more than a trail--it's the main paved road leading into a state park past the ranger's kiosk and to the primary campground. The campground is shown on both maps, but no indication that a road leads to it. None of the trails in the state park are shown.

Well, it was worth a try. Thanks again for your help.

banjr
#3
Doh! Thanks for the quick response and clear instructions. Worked perfectly.

#4
I'm trying to load my first new map onto a Nuvi 500. I read Rex's tutorial on loading maps http://tinyurl.com/cxh49l but can't get past step 3. With my Kingston 4gb microSD card in a reader and mounted on the desktop, I launch MapInstall. Instead of the splashscreen Rex describes, I get the following error: No Garmin maps found

I get the same error with the card installed in the Nuvi and the Nuvi mounted on the Mac (OS 10.5.4). The file is named "California Topo.gmapi" and is one by Laura Sanborn that I found here on GPSFileDepot.

Any help greatly appreciated.

banjr