Barry- Thanks, I did not know all that stuff. Still didn't find it. Guess I'll just start downloading it again. Oh well. Greg...
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Jerry Sullivan
railroadman_...
May 26, 2011 12:52 am
There are a number of legacy programs that just will not install on Win-7 or Vista, especially the 64-bit versions. This is because, while the programs will...
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John Sperr
mriceyacht
May 26, 2011 1:32 am
Here is what works for me with Windows 7, 64bit Search for "USAPhotomaps.exe" Right click and select "open containing folder" Click on "Compatibility Files" ...
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gnuarm
Jun 24, 2011 9:47 pm
I have a Magellan Meridian from which USAPM only supports track files by using the SD card to transfer the track file (according to the manual) and that seems...
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Doug Cox
lupitacox
Jun 24, 2011 10:07 pm
Before asking him to do anything, read that GPS Help again (as if you're preparing for a test on it), and then look at all the Menu items very carefully (as if...
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gnuarm
Jun 24, 2011 10:29 pm
Hi Doug, I read both help files and did some searching on the Internet. If I were studying for a test I would be asking questions of the instructor. He sent...
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John Sperr
mriceyacht
Jun 24, 2011 10:29 pm
The *.dta files are generated internally by USAPhotoMaps as part of the data capture and format conversion process as I understand it. You really should not...
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tony levand
aflevand
Nov 3, 2011 12:56 pm
Hi, I just bought an inexpensive button GPS on E-Bay that runs off the USB port using NMEA protocol. I was surprised that it works, showing position, on...
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Derek
dthor68
Nov 15, 2011 6:31 pm
Can anyone here give me instructions on how to find distance from one point to another. I am trying to figure the distance of a river with just usa photomaps...
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John Sperr
mriceyacht
Nov 15, 2011 6:36 pm
Open the map, click on Route, Create, and left click your way along the course of the river as you watch the distance add up. John A Sperr PO Box 573 Rhinebeck...
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gnuarm
Nov 15, 2011 6:51 pm
... Sure, just put the cursor over the starting point and while holding down the Cntl key move the cursor. A line will show between the original point and the...
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Derek
dthor68
Nov 15, 2011 8:03 pm
Hey, I actually figured it out. I appreciate the responses....
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gnuarm
Nov 15, 2011 8:13 pm
You really have to give Doug Cox credit for creating this application. It works better than many commercial applications that people pay lots of bucks for. A...
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rmightymite
Jan 5, 2012 3:05 am
I just got a etrex 20 and i was trying to transfer my old waypoints from usaphotomaps to my Garmin.Well I'm not having any luck. I was able to send them to gps...
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Doug Cox
lupitacox
Jan 5, 2012 3:57 am
Well, I just looked at the eTrex manual, and I can't see what the problem is. I can only guess that you put them in the wrong folder on your Garmin. Doug Cox ...
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rmightymite
Jan 5, 2012 7:16 am
Thanks I will try again...
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tony levand
aflevand
Jan 7, 2012 11:23 pm
The Etrex 20 is different than the ealier models. You have direct access to the flash card so you can save a file with the photomaps data to you hard drive and...
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Lowell
earlewade
Feb 20, 2012 9:57 pm
My old photomaps program suddenly has started to be unable to download (fill) any new map data. So, I decided to download and reinstall USAPhotomaps(1).exe...
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Lowell
earlewade
Feb 20, 2012 9:57 pm
When I try to run the program i just down loaded, I get the error message: "ERROR #3 This line in USAPhotomaps.ini represents a Lat/Lon that's outside the USA:...
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Charlie Williams
charwill51
Feb 20, 2012 10:30 pm
you can probably delete the ini line. Better, though, do you have another line in there from your "open" places? If nothing else, delete the ini file and...
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John T
jft43
Mar 10, 2012 5:22 pm
Hi, I'm new to USAPM and I was wondering if something is possible. After you download the images to your hard drive for an area, is there any way to edit the...
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gnuarm
Mar 10, 2012 5:40 pm
When you say "marker" I assume you are talking about what the program calls "waypoints", points on the map with known lat/lon that are given a name, right? I'm...
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John Sperr
mriceyacht
Mar 10, 2012 7:27 pm
Creating the jpg images in USAPhotomaps is a one way process -- there is no easy built in way to edit the jpg and then turn it back into a tile that the...
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gnuarm
Mar 10, 2012 7:52 pm
2012 seemed so far away and now... here it is! This sucks. USGS makes their new data available for free, but in PDF form! I don't know why anyone thinks...
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conrad_r_hoffman
conrad_r_hof...
Mar 10, 2012 9:45 pm
... Yes, it certainly does. I've used USAphotomaps for years to help locate lost benchmarks. I'll typically make measurements from both aerial views and topo...
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Lou
louwellsbaja
Mar 10, 2012 10:00 pm
ABC Amber can convert PDFs to many other formats including jpg, png etc. that you might be able to calibrate and use. From: conrad_r_hoffman Sent: Saturday,...
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jhsulliv@...
railroadman_...
Mar 10, 2012 10:03 pm
Colleagues, While we cry in our beer or soft drinks over the looming loss of data for USAphotomaps, there are alternatives. First we all owe a debt of...
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John Sperr
mriceyacht
Mar 10, 2012 10:07 pm
Maybe we can get Google to take it over and keep it going. (;) http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/64151/tr-2004-107.pdf John A Sperr PO Box 573 Rhinebeck NY...
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gnuarm
Mar 10, 2012 10:57 pm
... That is an interesting paper. Notice that the total cost of ownership dropped from $3.3 mil to $0.5 mil over the course of four years... and that was from...
