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pfalstad
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| IBcrashen wrote: |
| Like Abberrix posted, you just hide Navigator or Topo, not the individual map segments. |
Not on my gps. |
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RubberToes
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| pfalstad wrote: |
Not on my gps. |
There is a little trick. Once you get the right sequence, you'll see it.
1 .Access the map page. City Nav will be showing because it always takes precedence.
2. Click Menu, Setup Map.
3. On the top of the page are several icons. Make sure the info icon (the lower case I in a circle) is selected
4. Then press Menu again.
5. Scroll down the list to "Hide City Navigator" and hit enter.
Now you should see the topo for wherever you are. When you get back on the road repeat the process and select "Show City Navigator."
The part that confuses some people is step #3 above. If you get that correct, you should have no problem. |
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pfalstad
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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I got it!! I was skipping step #4 and just going down to select map segments. Thanks!
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| pfalstad wrote: |
Not on my gps. |
There is a little trick. Once you get the right sequence, you'll see it.
1 .Access the map page. City Nav will be showing because it always takes precedence.
2. Click Menu, Setup Map.
3. On the top of the page are several icons. Make sure the info icon (the lower case I in a circle) is selected
4. Then press Menu again.
5. Scroll down the list to "Hide City Navigator" and hit enter.
Now you should see the topo for wherever you are. When you get back on the road repeat the process and select "Show City Navigator."
The part that confuses some people is step #3 above. If you get that correct, you should have no problem. |
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ghost640
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Yea, I have both the topo and metroguide loaded, and toggle between the two - it's nice to know where wetlands are. One of the nice things about the Topo 08 is that you can copy the files to PC, so you don't need to swap CDs in and out.
The topos from North Dakota to Washington DC take up about 700 Mb. |
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IBcrashen
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Location: Duluth
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Another trick on it is if you want to auto route but would rather have topo showing and not navigator, do your auto routing first and then turn off navigator. all your turns and beeping will still be there for that auto route. |
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A.B.E.L.
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Location: Minneapolis, MN
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:46 am Post subject: |
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| pfalstad wrote: |
| I got it!! |
hehe, glad you figured that out. I know its a huge time saver. I have the entire NA City Navigator maps loaded as well as the entire midwest topo maps AND the entire central state parks 24k:1 maps... I usually use City Navigator to "get me there" (via car) then I go into the menu and hide the City Navigator map set so I can then get a "line of sight" navigation and then use the topo or state park maps I have loaded to get me to the cache itself. I've found this to be the best for me so far. |
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bflentje
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:19 am Post subject: |
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| RubberToes wrote: |
| pfalstad wrote: |
Not on my gps. |
There is a little trick. Once you get the right sequence, you'll see it.
1 .Access the map page. City Nav will be showing because it always takes precedence.
2. Click Menu, Setup Map.
3. On the top of the page are several icons. Make sure the info icon (the lower case I in a circle) is selected
4. Then press Menu again.
5. Scroll down the list to "Hide City Navigator" and hit enter.
Now you should see the topo for wherever you are. When you get back on the road repeat the process and select "Show City Navigator."
The part that confuses some people is step #3 above. If you get that correct, you should have no problem. |
So then how do you load both map sets on the same memory chip? When I use MapSource to upload mapsets, it always removes my existing mapset first. |
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RubberToes
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:30 am Post subject: |
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So then how do you load both map sets on the same memory chip? When I use MapSource to upload mapsets, it always removes my existing mapset first. |
This is not too hard. I presume you have both map sets available in one installation of Mapsource.
In Mapsource, select the City Nav maps and select a few. They will appear in your map window. Then switch to the Toop maps and select a few. They will appear in your map window as well. When you send the maps to the GPSr, maps from both sets will be delivered. |
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pfalstad
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:37 am Post subject: |
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| So then how do you load both map sets on the same memory chip? When I use MapSource to upload mapsets, it always removes my existing mapset first. |
Rubbertoes already answered this, but if you want to add new map sets to your existing mapset, use Transfer->Receive from device to retrieve the old maps (it doesn't retrieve the actual maps, just the list, which is quick) and then add the new ones you want. |
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bflentje
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:16 am Post subject: |
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| pfalstad wrote: |
| bflentje wrote: |
| So then how do you load both map sets on the same memory chip? When I use MapSource to upload mapsets, it always removes my existing mapset first. |
Rubbertoes already answered this, but if you want to add new map sets to your existing mapset, use Transfer->Receive from device to retrieve the old maps (it doesn't retrieve the actual maps, just the list, which is quick) and then add the new ones you want. |
This I can do. It was the two different map sets, topo and nav that I wasn't sure about. I'll have to check MapSource. I am sure it was there all along. Kind of like searching for "out in the open" cache containers. |
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andrewmcc
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I am sure it was there all along. Kind of like searching for "out in the open" cache containers. |
That is a great description of how I feel with some of this stuff.
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bflentje
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| bflentje wrote: |
| pfalstad wrote: |
| bflentje wrote: |
| So then how do you load both map sets on the same memory chip? When I use MapSource to upload mapsets, it always removes my existing mapset first. |
Rubbertoes already answered this, but if you want to add new map sets to your existing mapset, use Transfer->Receive from device to retrieve the old maps (it doesn't retrieve the actual maps, just the list, which is quick) and then add the new ones you want. |
This I can do. It was the two different map sets, topo and nav that I wasn't sure about. I'll have to check MapSource. I am sure it was there all along. Kind of like searching for "out in the open" cache containers. |
Finally got my City Nav 2008 today. Woohoo. Now I for sure won't get lost..  |
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bflentje
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I was giddy as a school boy last night after I had downloaded a CityNav mapset into my GPS and the routing WORKED exactly as I was expecting.
I think the topo mapset will probably now find itself buried at the bottom of my desk drawer. |
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andrewmcc
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Thank you everyone that added to this thread, there is a lot of good stuff here. Just thought I would let you know (like anyone cares) I just bought the City Navigator and is is great. I still have a lot to learn with it.
Thanks
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LucidOndine
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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I just snagged a copy of Topo 2k8 so I can find more high terrain places for caches--just for you guys
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