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" > To: > 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>____________________________________________________________ >>Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >>To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >>http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching >> >>Arizona's Geocaching Resource >>http://www.azgeocaching.com >> > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com >