What kind of road data, if any, do the topo maps give you?
I've done a little bit of caching up in the Pine/Payson area, and could
have used the topo maps on a few occasions. However, I also do quite a
bit of city caching. I would have thought you'd really want a
combination of topo and city maps to effectively using it for caching
(unless, of course, you *always* get to cache in the boonies 3 miles off
the nearest road, in which case I'm insanely jealous of you ;) ). I
guess maybe if you just use regular ole maps to get you in the vicinity
of your location; I use autorouting in combo with physically verifying
the maps right on the GPS.
I have MetroGuide 5.0 because someone gave it to me. I use img2gps
(available here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mdipol/img2gps/) to upload
the maps onto my 60CSx in order to get the autorouting data. I've been
told that I lost the ability to do address searches when I did this (I
haven't noticed because I haven't wanted to do address searches yet, but
I could forsee wanting to if I were travelling out of town). I've been
thinking about getting the topo maps as well, but for now I'm still
recovering from the GPS purchase. ;)
-Lisa
Cordell Harris wrote:
> Two suggestions. Check around for a good price and get a large (512mb
> to 1g) transflash card to replace the one that comes with it. Second:
> Get Garmin Topo which last time I checked is still being updated.
> Then a world of options will open up for you like caching routes with
> google earth, etc. I have a 60 Cx and like it a lot but it is not as
> accurate as the black and white Legend Luigi carries.
>
> On 10/24/06, *connie stahlman* <cstahlman@yahoo.com
> <mailto:cstahlman@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> To many choices - what mapping program would you suggest for my
> new Garmin 60CSx. Would like to use it for mainly for geocaching.
> And Hi to all of you- I am still in Ohio and should be back just
> after the first of the year.
>
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