[pct-l] GPS maps

[Halfmile]

Hi Yoshihiro,
For a Garmin GPS I would recommend buying the the Garmin TOPO U.S. 24K
West DVD. This includes 24 K maps of of all of California, Oregon,
Washington and Nevada.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=35407&pvID=36718#featureTab

You can load all of CA, OR & WA on a 4 GB microSD card or select just
parts of the states near the PCT and use a 2 GB microSD card.

I would also recommend loading my half mile waypoints using Garmin's POI loader:
http://www.pctmap.net/download/p/waypointdl.html
http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/

Users of newer Garmin GPS units like the Dakota and Oregon (or section
hikers only needing sections of the PCT) can load my tracks of the
PCT:
http://www.pctmap.net/download/p/trackdl.html

The popular 60CSx and VistaHCx do not have the capacity to store large
amounts of track data, however.

-Halfmile



On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Yoshihiro Murakami
<completewalker at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a foreigner. Recently, I noticed that Washington is located north
> of California, not in the Washington D.C. So I bought several maps and
> softwares, and  I  made many mistakes.
>
> Failure
> 1. Garmin US TOPO 24K National Parks, West. -- I do not recommend.
> Included topographical maps are small parts of California. Many blank
> area exist.
> 2. National Geographic TOPO! California.  ---Very good map, but these
> maps cannot install to GPS. If you use a small computer with GPS unit,
> This map will be splendid. But, I do not recommend.
> 3. DeLORME Atlas & Gazetteer California Detailed Topograpic Maps. I
> bought this map from Amazon.com.  My impression is very good. It will
> be possible to bring out necessary pages. --But, there are excellent
> Halfmiles maps.
>
> Success ---Free GPS map
>
> Last summer, I found free GPS maps of JMT  at Mapcenter. This map was
> excellent, but some of the tail data were different from real. The
> data were outdated.  Mapcenter was not exist already.
>
> I searched by using Google, and found two useful sites:
>
> 1. Free routable maps http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php
> ---Very good at city area, restraunt and many information were
> included, but no topological data
>
> 2. GPSFileDepot:   http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/
> ---Excellent topological map of California, but no geographical name,
> no information except topo.
>
> I have struggle to install these maps into my GPS (Map60Csx) by using
> Garmin MapSource, and failed frequently. This software is not good.
>
> I have no special knowledge about GPS, but I noticed a simple answer
> today. very easy way. Now, I got a free excellent  topological map of
> whole California.
>
> 1. Download and install the sendmap20.exe from http://cgpsmapper.com/
> 2. Start sendmap20,  include whole .img files (I had included the
> topological and  routable maps of whole California )
> 3. It will make  GMAPSUPP.IMG file.
> 4. In microSD card, make folder "Garmin" and copy GMAPSUPP.IMG into this folder.
>
> Thats all. Two kind maps unite in one. My Map60Csx accepts microSD HD
> card (8Gb). It works, though I do not guarantee.
>
>
>
> --
> Sincerely
> --------------- --------------------------------------
> Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
> HP:http://psycho01.edu.u-toyama.ac.jp
> http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/
> Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
> 2009 JMT, the first America.
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