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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Group Forum: GPS Pay-it-forward: FREE chip - Campsites and Portages map |
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02/02/2017 02:30PM
butthead, a fellow member here (and certainly no stranger to those frequenting this forum), mailed me a 2GB microSD chip (and SD adapter) that contains the BWCA Campsites & Portages Garmin compatible map .img file so I could copy it to my Garmin 62st gps unit. The map is available at gpsfiledepot, but only in Windows format. I have an iMac, and he noticed my lamenting that the conversion kludge I tried a while back didn't work properly. So, he sent me a copy he had downloaded on his Windows PC. It worked perfectly.
It allows you to display the BWCAW's portages and campsites on your device in a background map (can be turned on or off) without having to install all of the individual waypoints and tracks and cluttering up your device, perhaps filling it to its maximum limits.
There are some aspects of the map that are a wee bit annoying... the portages have endpoint icons that seem unnecessary and the names for those endpoints seem overly long, both of which clutter the screen a bit (if you are familiar with the Arch Harris database, you know what I mean). Also, the portage tracks are a bit fat which also takes up more screen space than needed. However, the benefit far outweighs the need to swap out subsets of campsite waypoints and portage tracks for each successive trip.
The campsite names are all in the 'C####' format -- a unique number for each site -- matching the numbers that you see on this site's maps.
As a bonus, the mntopo11 .img map is on the same chip, although that is one that is available here, for both Windows and Mac platforms.
If anyone wants me to mail you this chip, speak up and I'll send an email to the first in line. All I ask is that you are willing to send it on to any others who chime in on this thread.
Any Windows PC user with a Garmin unit can easily obtain these maps from the links above, so perhaps priority might be given to Macintosh users out there with Garmin handhelds who would like to give this a shot. In any case, I'm sure that butthead and I would be more than happy to provide assistance in getting these maps on your Garmin unit.
It allows you to display the BWCAW's portages and campsites on your device in a background map (can be turned on or off) without having to install all of the individual waypoints and tracks and cluttering up your device, perhaps filling it to its maximum limits.
There are some aspects of the map that are a wee bit annoying... the portages have endpoint icons that seem unnecessary and the names for those endpoints seem overly long, both of which clutter the screen a bit (if you are familiar with the Arch Harris database, you know what I mean). Also, the portage tracks are a bit fat which also takes up more screen space than needed. However, the benefit far outweighs the need to swap out subsets of campsite waypoints and portage tracks for each successive trip.
The campsite names are all in the 'C####' format -- a unique number for each site -- matching the numbers that you see on this site's maps.
As a bonus, the mntopo11 .img map is on the same chip, although that is one that is available here, for both Windows and Mac platforms.
If anyone wants me to mail you this chip, speak up and I'll send an email to the first in line. All I ask is that you are willing to send it on to any others who chime in on this thread.
Any Windows PC user with a Garmin unit can easily obtain these maps from the links above, so perhaps priority might be given to Macintosh users out there with Garmin handhelds who would like to give this a shot. In any case, I'm sure that butthead and I would be more than happy to provide assistance in getting these maps on your Garmin unit.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra
02/02/2017 10:31PM
wannabeoutthere has requested the chip in the For Sale forum.
*** EDIT 02/03/2017 10:05AM: As it turns out, wannabeoutthere has a Windows PC and was able to download the file directly. On to the next name... ***
Special thanks to butthead for agreeing to share this data in a pay it forward format.
*** EDIT 02/03/2017 10:05AM: As it turns out, wannabeoutthere has a Windows PC and was able to download the file directly. On to the next name... ***
Special thanks to butthead for agreeing to share this data in a pay it forward format.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra
03/21/2017 12:09PM
quote Elydog: "Just ordered a Garmin 64st and would love the chip. I have a Mac. Not sure who has it now..."
Elydog: Check this thread in the For Sale forum. Looks like either canoeingHarry or TriTodd would have it about now.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra
03/22/2017 05:50AM
Butthead,
Will do. Honestly don't know exactly what kind/type chip my GPS takes, since I haven't received it yet. Since I know you have a 64st (which is why I bought mine) can you tell me what chip I need to send, and how "big" it should be?
Will do. Honestly don't know exactly what kind/type chip my GPS takes, since I haven't received it yet. Since I know you have a 64st (which is why I bought mine) can you tell me what chip I need to send, and how "big" it should be?
03/22/2017 07:11AM
Garmin 64 will take a MicroSD chip.
MN Topo disk image file is 134 KB, BWCA camps and portages disk image is 216 KB. They take very little space.
butthead
MN Topo disk image file is 134 KB, BWCA camps and portages disk image is 216 KB. They take very little space.
butthead
"never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" George Carlin
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