Garmin GPS's and Memorymap...

baccaman21
baccaman21 Posts: 523
edited August 2007 in MTB general
I've got access to a GARMIN VISTA Cx.

Can MEMORYMAP data work with this?

Is it possible to 'just' download the datapack directly to the UNIT or do I need special software?

Does anyone have any field experience with these things... or should I just stick to my trusty Map and Compass...?

Cheers
Pete :)
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Comments

  • clipper
    clipper Posts: 60
    The GPS unit itself can only handle the Topo maps Garmin produces as far as i know. The Topo maps aren't as detailed as Memory Map (which are based on Ordnance Survey maps) and are at additional cost. Memory Map is good for plotting a route which can then be uploaded to the unit and will be navigable on the Topo map.
  • baccaman21
    baccaman21 Posts: 523
    Ah, Ok, and presumably I'd need some kind of interface / software between the Garmin and a PC with memorymap software on it?

    Does anyone have any experience with this at all... give me some more details on it?

    Thanks
    get on your bikes and ride!
  • clipper
    clipper Posts: 60
    The interface is just the USB cable and installing the right drivers. The MM software is then able to export (routes / tracks) to and import from the GPS unit. I've never bothered with the Garmin software MapSource that comes with the Topo maps to try to plot routes.
  • cjw
    cjw Posts: 1,889
    clipper wrote:
    The interface is just the USB cable and installing the right drivers. The MM software is then able to export (routes / tracks) to and import from the GPS unit. I've never bothered with the Garmin software MapSource that comes with the Topo maps to try to plot routes.
    As above. I use the Garmin training centre to record workouts etc. For routes, Memory map can only export a relatively limited number of waypoints as 'tracks' to the Garmin 305. So may be the same with yours? This is a limitation of the Garmin 305, not Memory Map. You can export from MM as .gpx format and then convert to a Garmin course and upload to the GPS. This then keeps planty of detail of the course.

    This using http://forums.motionbased.com/smf/index.php?topic=2088.from1143355548;topicseen

    As said above you just need a USB cable to conect to MM.
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