Help with Garmin MapSource please

[Top Cat]

Hey SWB, I put this here so it would be seen by more members than in the trip department. If you feel it should be moved, do your thing
Anyway, when I am planning trips on MapSource ( the program that comes with Garmin GPS) I have to go to .2 magnification for it to show side roads like the one I live on.
I was wondering if this is normal or if it is not setup right. Could you guys with MapSource see how much magnification you need to have it show the streets in
Camden, NY, 13316 Thanks

[michiganmike]

Hi TC,

If you change your map detail setting from medium to highest you should get your streets sooner. It is not much of an improvement, but it is the only way I know of getting the smaller streets to show up sooner. I am using NT 2008.

[Top Cat]

Thanks Mike, that solved the problem.
I still wish this Garmin was compatible with Microsoft Streets & Trips. It is a much easier program to use.
Thanks again.

[chainsaw]

I thought maybe you needed it to find your driveway with all the snow you guys are getting.

[Top Cat]

Originally Posted by "CHAINSAW"

I thought maybe you needed it to find your driveway with all the snow you guys are getting.

Good one Al.
I try to stay home till it is done snowing. Then plow my way out. That way I know where the driveway is when I get back home. ;)

[radco]

Originally Posted by Top Cat (TC)

Thanks Mike, that solved the problem.
I still wish this Garmin was compatible with Microsoft Streets & Trips. It is a much easier program to use.
Thanks again.

HEY TC, If I remember right there is a conversion program out there that will convert S&T to the Garmin...... I may have the link on my old PC at the other house,,Ill look this week when I pop in to see my kid,,,,ALSO go to DELPHI forums.. There is a GARMIN forum there that will be able to help..
Rich

try this forum.,,GARMIN GPS Owners on DELPHI.
Ill check my ole PC to see if I still have it,,,Rich

[Yellow Jacket]

This may be the link Rich mentioned:

http://forums.delphiforums.com/garminowners

[strobe]

Streets and Trips 2010 will also save to GPX format which is compatible with Garmin.

[Top Cat]

Rich, if you can show me a conversion program out there that will convert S&T to the Garmin I will buy your dinner at the rally in Lake George this June.

[Top Cat]

Originally Posted by strobe

Streets and Trips 2010 will also save to GPX format which is compatible with Garmin.

Strobe, how would I go about doing that. I'm not to computer savy :-[

[muddler]

Here's another link. It's for Zumo in particular, but my guess is there's a Garmin forum for every model they offer.

http://www.zumoforums.com/index.php?action=forum

You might have to register, but it's free.

[strobe]

Originally Posted by Top Cat (TC)

Strobe, how would I go about doing that. I'm not to computer savy :-[

There is quite a few guys over on the ST forum doing this, but honestly I have not tried it for a trip at all yet (hard to do with all the snow :( ).

In S&T 2010 go to the 'Data' menu and select 'Export to GPX file' and save the file somewhere on the computer you can find it. I have a Nuvi (not the Zumo) but when I plug mine in I can browse the GPS in Windows Explorer and then I copy the GPX file to the \Garmin\GPX folder. Once it is in there I can import the route using the GPS and use it as normal.

I just tried it with a basic route and this works on the Nuvi quite well.

The other option that works (but may have some issues with some routes I would guess) is to take the GPX file you created from S&T and then open it in MapSource and use MapSource to transfer the file to the GPS just like normal.

[nomad561]

I have been using the HD trip planner and it will download way points directly to my Nuvi. I can do trips together,but it will show all the waypoints in the trip I just have to go from point"A" to point "B" etc. I am planning a 5400 mile trip in June and it saved every place that I used to plan the route.
http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/C...p?locale=en_US

[schoeney]

Rick....5400 miles in June? Where to?

[nomad561]

We are leaving South Carolina heading to the Tenn SCRC state rally from there we head west to the Grand Canyon then down to see family in south Texas and return along the gulf coast.
I want to show my 2 girls the country the way it was supposed to be seen.