[Az-Geocaching] Multiple mapsets on Garmin GPS units

[Jason Poulter]

ya sorry about that... .ive been quite busy and dont read all the post 
to the list... must have missed that one :(

jason


Brian - Team A.I. wrote:
> Well, you should have chimed up when everyone was asking about it not too
> long ago.  :)
> 
> Brian
> Team A.I.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jason Poulter" <polt@snaptek.com>
> To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Multiple mapsets on Garmin GPS units
> 
> 
> 
>>heck i have been doing that for years...
>>
>>jason
>>
>>
>>Brian Casteel wrote:
>>
>>
>>>This is mainly for Highpointer, but anyone else interested in how to
> 
> download multiple mapsets will be interested.  A few weeks ago, there were
> some posts about the viability of downloading more than one mapset for
> simultaneous usage/storage on Garmin units.  To my knowledge, and scouring
> instruction manuals, it wasn't possible.  But through some trial/error, I
> figured it out.
> 
>>>If you have multiple MapSource titles installed, you know that in the
> 
> pull-down menu just to the left of the Zoom In/Out buttons, you can
> alternate between them.  Therein lies how to do it.  Keep in mind that each
> unit has limited memory, you'll need to be aware of your available storage
> as you pick maps.  Watching on the Maps tab is a good idea as it tallies
> your chosen map blocks and their respective sizes.
> 
>>>Step 1.  Pick the first title you wish to download map info from.  Select
> 
> each of those tiles using the Map Tool.
> 
>>>Step 2.  Pick the second title you wish to download map info from.
> 
> Select each of those tiles using the Map Tool.  You'll notice the names vary
> and in the Area column, the title chosen from is identified.
> 
>>>Step 3.  Download to your GPS unit, keeping in mind the memory
> 
> limitation. (I was able to download all of Arizona and Clark County, NV
> Roads/Rec, and a fair chunk of central Arizona Topo with plenty of room to
> spare).
> 
>>>Step 4.  Once downloaded, go to the map screen.  Enter the Map Setup
> 
> screen and highlight the 'i'.  This screen brings up the map tiles along
> with something to identify them, such as Topomap for the topo files.  From
> what I could gather, Roads/Rec was listed first and was the primary mapset
> used.  In order to reveal the other mapsets, you need to begin unchecking
> the other mapsets you don't wish to see.  In theory, with enough memory you
> could have something from every single piece of Garmin map software
> available in the field.  Doing this is simple, and I had no problems
> switching between 2 titles on my Vista while sitting on the side of a
> mountain really wanting to see the Topo for the area.  :)
> 
>>>There really isn't all that much to it, but figuring out how to make it
> 
> work was certainly pretty cool.  I was sitting about 100' from In the Cheap
> Seats today when it happened.
> 
>>>Brian
>>>Team A.I.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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