I have given up on WEBGIS. It looked promising, but as reported here it is too unstable for general use. I appreaciate the feedback. If anyone can recommend...
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Stan
gps_mapper
May 2, 2004 9:44 pm
I know that several people were claiming that transparent maps are not working (when creating with cgpsmapper) as they should, so finally I decided to check it...
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Geoff Kingsmill
gkingsmill
May 4, 2004 11:25 am
... were ... guys ... then ... Stan, Thanks for following this up. I would like to use the transparent map feature. Could you please give us some guidelines on...
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Geoff Kingsmill
gkingsmill
May 4, 2004 11:27 am
... were ... guys ... then ... Stan, Thanks for looking into this issue. I too would like to overlay a custom map on a Garmin Metroguide or City Navigator map....
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Stan
gps_mapper
May 4, 2004 2:45 pm
... Just use 'Transparent=Y' that should be enough. Stan...
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Scheffler Hans <hs...
mountain_lion68
May 4, 2004 3:47 pm
Hi map authors I am going climbing in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range, Peru in June. I would like to make a basic contour map for my Garmin Legend of the ...
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gilles.metais@...
famille_metais
May 4, 2004 3:54 pm
Try this : http://edcsgs9.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/srtm/South_America/ "Scheffler Hans <hscheff@...>" <hscheff 04/05/2004 17:45 Veuillez répondre à...
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Scheffler Hans <hs...
mountain_lion68
May 4, 2004 4:25 pm
... On 04 May 2004 17:55 in map_authors@yahoogroups.com ... Thank you Gilles, This looks like DEM data - could be useful when I start playing with Ozi3D. Is...
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Dave Patton [DCP]
canadadcp
May 4, 2004 4:54 pm
... Yes, it is the SRTM DEM data. Here's some DEM examples: http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/demcompare.html ... ...
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Gary Turner
g_turner_nz
May 4, 2004 10:07 pm
Hi all, I'm making topo maps of New Zealand for Garmin recievers/mapsource. The default colours and linewidths in Mapsource, and on the recievers, mean that...
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Dave Patton [DCP]
canadadcp
May 4, 2004 10:50 pm
... I assume you know that you can use Garmin's online viewer to look at their map products, although it doesn't necessarily show things exactly as MapSource...
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Bob Reimer
reimerb
May 5, 2004 9:48 am
... You may want to try: ftp://ftpflag.wr.usgs.gov/dist/pigpen/globalgis/ There are two files that might interest you: csamerica_contours_1km.zip and ...
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Scheffler Hans <hs...
mountain_lion68
May 5, 2004 10:30 am
On 05 May 2004 05:55 in map_authors@yahoogroups.com ... Thanks Bob I downloaded csamerica_contours_1km.zip a few days ago (35MB). It has very rough contours of...
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alberto_najera
May 6, 2004 3:10 am
Hi Gary For my topo maps I use "minor contour line" for all contours and "unpaved road" for all singletracks, fire roads and doubletracks. Those 2 types of...
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korey_kirschenmann
korey_kirsch...
May 6, 2004 2:26 pm
Silly question, sorry but here it goes. Send map will not overwrite my base map correct? I would think it only overwrites any custom maps on the unit....
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Scheffler Hans <hs...
mountain_lion68
May 6, 2004 2:56 pm
On 06 May 2004 16:25 in map_authors@yahoogroups.com ... Correct, only custom maps will be overwritten. You have to send all the custom maps you want on the GPS...
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gilles.metais@...
famille_metais
May 6, 2004 2:59 pm
If mapsource does not overwrite your basemap, sendmap will not too. "korey_kirschenmann" <koreyk@...> 06/05/2004 16:24 Veuillez répondre à...
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korey_kirschenmann
korey_kirsch...
May 6, 2004 4:40 pm
Can MapSource be used to load a custom map (.img) into multiple GPS units? I am not doing this to load the standard Garmin MapSource maps to multiple units,...
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Jeramey Valley
jvalley967
May 6, 2004 5:25 pm
... They could if they didn't use USB and instead used the old serial cable. I do this for loading tracks/waypoints via GPilotS from my Palm m130. But to...
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korey_kirschenmann
korey_kirsch...
May 6, 2004 7:26 pm
There is an unlock feature which allows a password to be entered in GPSSendMap. How is a password put on the map in the first place to allow GPSSendMap to know...
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dougsbrat
May 7, 2004 3:18 pm
... Hi Korey, Garmin Has locked some of thier map products and require a Unlock code that is only good for One GPS unit, by including this "password"; in...
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korey_kirschenmann
korey_kirsch...
May 7, 2004 4:22 pm
When using MapEdit, I can draw a polyline and state what color I wish the contour to be. However, when I am importing all my .shp files from another...
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korey_kirschenmann
korey_kirsch...
May 7, 2004 8:40 pm
I am thinking this is a Newbie question but I can't seem to find the answer. I want to pull a map out of MapSource or at least trace a few roads from the map...
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John Roberts
john_ro6erts
May 8, 2004 2:35 am
Jeramey, I am very happy to say Stan sent me an email saying to download the software again as the transparent map feature was working. I did, and it does. The...
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Doug Johnson
dougj56
May 8, 2004 12:22 pm
Does anyone know if you can reduce the sizes of the square sections of Mapsource when picking areas to download? Sometimes I only want a small portion of a...
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Jeramey Valley
jvalley967
May 9, 2004 10:16 pm
... I didn't have any luck finding a list on the 'net, but think there should be one somewhere. Ended up using FileMon from <http://www.sysinternals.com> to...
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Gary Turner
g_turner_nz
May 10, 2004 8:10 am
If you select the file, then save it as a .mps file, the filename is in the mps file. Only trouble is- it's in binary format. It might be relatively trivial to...
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Benjamin Timms
bentimms
May 10, 2004 10:05 am
I am about to go on a two month research trip to the western mountains of Honduras (Celaque National Park to be exact) and I am looking to purchase a GPS unit...
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f_beppu
May 10, 2004 10:05 am
I like to download Garmin GPSMAP76S screen shot on to PC. G7TOWIN (ver A.00.175) does not support GPSMAP76S, thought it captures a partial screen shot with 90...
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Scheffler Hans <hs...
mountain_lion68
May 10, 2004 11:01 am
On 10 May 2004 00:16 in map_authors@yahoogroups.com ... Or you could open the .tdb file with GPSMapedit - the properties of each map tile definition area has...
