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Son in law is wondering if there is enough space on his new Nuvi 1300 for both City Navigator 2011.1 and City Navigator 2011.2 AND Topo 100k......PLUS your wonderfully made topo maps.

How does he see if there is enough space?  Will one CN overwrite the other?  He is thinking of opening up Map Source to CN 2011.2, selecting map sets of what's available, then sending to his Nuvi.  Same procedure for the other maps listed.

Thanks muchly (from son in law......and me.)

Mike

Thanks.  I learned a few things to make my life easier.  Much appreciated!

I am very pleased with the tracks from my 60csx.  They have been within a meter with each walk.  Hell, that's good enough for me to find my way back to where I lost my hat, swiped by a low hanging branch.

I think, based on my limited life with this device, that more track points in the woods is nice.  Understand though, I just play when I get back to camp.  Kinda like putzing with the data.  I have a good compass and a good map of the area, so I ain't a gonna git lost.  I like to plot my tracks in Autocad and place them on my topo map.  For nothing more than just to see where I've been.  When I use the Auto track point setting, there seems to be several straight lines between points.  Like I said, I won't get lost, but was wondering if more track points had any disadvantages other than accelerating the track point limit.

Thank you all for the replies!  Your time is not wasted.  I appreciate it.

Thankful Mike

Thanks.

I agree on the making maps of your tracks.  When in the forests chasing those whitetails this year, I will have my units set to metric on my 60csx and the Distance to 1 meter.  I am certain doing so will leave an interesting trail, further supporting my co-hunter's theory as to why I don't get a buck.   

Does anyone else set their track points at such settings?

Regarding the usage of the 60csx, other than using more memory, are there advantages in generating more track points or less track points?  What are these used for in a practical situation?

Thanks.
Mike

I don't have a 450, but a Garmin Tech told me that, in TrackBack mode, my 60csx will SEE the waypoints I made while tracking, but is not "looking for them" when I trackback.

This may or may not be the same for your 450.

I am a new 60csx owner as well, woodstramp.  I use it every day (to learn it and, admittedly, to just play.)  I love it and it does everything I could ever ask it to.

Regarding your listing of waypoints, when in that screen if you hit menu, you get an option to Find by Nearest.  This will show those points relative to the cursor.  Also, if you see that "keyboard" screen, you can hit quit and it will go away, but leave the waypoints in alphabetical order.  Depending on how many points you have saved, it can be either a long list or a short list.  I use this when I'm sitting in Lower Michigan and want to see my deer blind waypoints in the Upper Peninsula....because I'm bored (I guess.)

Anyhoo, I love my 60 and hope you have many hours, days, months, and years with it.  These folks are great and will help you with just about anything you can come up with.  Believe me, I've tested them.

Mike

That is an excellent idear, Oz!  Thanks!

Might sound like a silly question, but what the heck.....

How do you folks who use the 60csx while in the wilderness, carry the unit on your person?  There must be some who carry it on them....I would think.  I'm a hunter and thinking about using a lanyard around my neck and inside my coat.  Then snag a carabiner through the loopy thing that came with my device.

Or do you clip it to your coats?  If you use a lanyard, where do you attach the device so it doesn't bobble around while you're sneaking through the forests in search of whatever?  

Been a long day so thanks for listening.

Mike

EDIT:  So......that's a BELT CLIP that came with it, huh?  Who'd a thought such a thing?

Yes, Boyd, that makes perfect sense.

Thanks again, Guru   

Now THAT is cool!  Thanks a million folks.

We now return you to your original topic........

That doesn't sound right to me either. I believe you can show multiple tracks on the 60csx. But if you have the original 60, that may be different.

Good thread.  Thanks for the heads up ..... even though the sale has passed.  Still cool you folks do this for us.

I would love to know how the 60csx can show multiple tracks at the same time.....without joining them.  I do select the show on map check box.

Anyhoo, sorry for the hijack, but I did find my 60csx on sale because you folks posted the info.

Dumb title, but it's all I could come up with....

When my 60csx is zoomed to 5 miles, does that mean the distance from the left side of my screen to the right side of my screen equals that 5 miles?  Does it also mean the distance from the top of my screen to the bottom of my screen equals that same 5 miles?

Just kinda wondering.  It would be super if this worked out at the 80 foot setting....

Mike

Thanks for the linky, Boyd.

I don't have many tracks to combine....just wanted to see the hunting boundaries while I'm out frogging around with the whitetails (I think THEY have a knowledge of the boundaries as well, so, it is a fun game playing with those tasty hoofed critters.)

The only issue I had was "joining" to two tracks.  It was only about 50 yards though.

Again, thanks for the link.  I'll check it out.

Mike

I think I have it, but I would still like to hear from you folks as I'm certain there is an easier method.

Thank you.

Mike