Comments on: Two new tools for making Garmin custom maps http://gpstracklog.com/2009/10/garmin-custom-map-tools.html GPS reviews, news, tips and tricks Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich Owings http://gpstracklog.com/2009/10/garmin-custom-map-tools.html/comment-page-1#comment-52073 Rich Owings Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:39:30 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/?p=2929#comment-52073 Good point. And yes, I was oversimplifying. Good point. And yes, I was oversimplifying.

]]> By: John Thorn http://gpstracklog.com/2009/10/garmin-custom-map-tools.html/comment-page-1#comment-52062 John Thorn Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:16:54 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/?p=2929#comment-52062 At the risk of 'splitting hairs' I don't think space is the problem with raster maps. The problem is Garmin's limit of 100 'tiles'. I have built custom maps with 90+ tiles that take around 20Mb - nothing in the context of the sizes of SD cards. One major advantage of raster maps it that they can be used by other tools such as OZI, GPSU etc - and, of course, the ability to scan your own maps. At the risk of ‘splitting hairs’ I don’t think space is the problem with raster maps. The problem is Garmin’s limit of 100 ’tiles’. I have built custom maps with 90+ tiles that take around 20Mb – nothing in the context of the sizes of SD cards. One major advantage of raster maps it that they can be used by other tools such as OZI, GPSU etc – and, of course, the ability to scan your own maps.

]]> By: Rich Owings http://gpstracklog.com/2009/10/garmin-custom-map-tools.html/comment-page-1#comment-52059 Rich Owings Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:03:39 +0000 http://gpstracklog.com/?p=2929#comment-52059 You can select small areas to upload if you have a Garmin Colorado, Dakota, or Oregon. These are raster maps (image files) that take up a huge amount of memory. For large areas you should use vector maps. Many free ones can be found at http://gpsfiledepot.com Feel free to follow up with more questions. You can select small areas to upload if you have a Garmin Colorado, Dakota, or Oregon. These are raster maps (image files) that take up a huge amount of memory. For large areas you should use vector maps. Many free ones can be found at http://gpsfiledepot.com

Feel free to follow up with more questions.

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