Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: GPS :: Google Earth overlays
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marsonite |
But when I tried to do a large area, it was very difficult to get the overlay map to "match" Google Earth. So I'm wondering if any of you have more experience than I have any tricks; like settings you can use to get them to match? Or was my overlay map just too big? (I was trying to get most of the southern half of Wabikimi. Thanks, Brian |
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butthead |
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marsonite |
Of course Google Earth/maps are just incredible products. But I've always found it irritating how "loosy goosy" they are. Wish they had a button that would just force the view to be from 90 degrees above the center, North up. |
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butthead |
Mexican Hat Lake WCPP. butthead |
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schweady |
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butthead |
Same area but with overlay from Fisher Map. Zoomed. Zoomed again. butthead |
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marsonite |
quote butthead: "Here ya go, View, reset, Tilt and Compass. You need to repeat every time you move the map. Nice. Thanks. |
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3Ball |
I think that the image is 1.5 megapixels and the maximum allowable is 1. Is there any way to make an adjustment to the image before overlay, after overlay, or before sending to GPSr? |
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butthead |
I'd be more specific but and rebuilding my hard-drive storage and BaseCamp has no maps installed currently. butthead |
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schweady |
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3Ball |
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3Ball |
I have tried map overlays in google earth but haven't figured out how to save them as maps and load them to basecamp as maps. I have figured out how to save tracks, waypoints etc. from google earth, and open tracks etc. in basecamp (such as the SHT) but not maps. Has Google changed? It seems that the videos show map saving in a way that does not appear possible when I go to Google Earth. |
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schweady |
Click the page's middle tab for the best step-by-step instructions I have found for saving these kmz files. You can save them directly to your device or save them to your computer and copy them to your device's maps folder later: /Garmin/CustomMaps/ |
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3Ball |
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BnD |
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schweady |
quote 3Ball: "Question from a beginner: If you get points, tracks, routes, and can just "show on map" with a topo map, what advantage is there to an overlay on google earth?" I will overlay jpgs saved from MN State Park map pdfs and Superior Hiking Trail pdfs from their websites and install them on my 62st. Great for showing position in relation to trails and points of interest right on the screen and leave paper map and compass in my pocket more often. I have maps of recent major BWCAW wildfires which are occasionally interesting to overlay on top of our anticipated travel area. They may be turned on and off as needed if they cover some important details on the base map. |
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