jclaudii
10-06-2009, 02:19 PM
I did say free FREE FREE!
I am so excited I downloaded it and uploaded the map to mapsource and already installed it on my GPS while I was on Lunch! I walked outside and it picked up the Conway area great! I can post some screen shots later when I remember how, but right now I am completely happy with this find! The street names are a little hard to read, but you can hover over them and it will "pop up" on the screen. I mainly wanted this for offroad caching and now I have it! WooT!
Anyway, I'll try it out on my drive home and see how it works. It was super easy to install, I just clicked download, then I went to where I downloaded it on my pc, clicked the install, and pointed it to where I wanted it to save the image files (my garmin folder), and then waited for it to install. After that I opened mapsource and selected Arkansas Topo in the drop down box:) Then I selected the areas of AR I wanted to laod and Boom! It was that Easy!!!!
Some info:
* Roads - Nov. 2008 Tiger Data
* Railroads
* Census bureau water data - lakes, rivers, streams, and washes
* POIs
* Borders
* Elevation contours - 5ft, 10ft, 20ft and 40ft intervals (equivalent to or greater than 24k) built from 10m NED data
The Website picture with the Free topo on the LEFT! Pretty detailed huh?
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/images/articles/image/ar_compare.jpg
Where is this mysterious site? Why it is here:
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/137/
All of the states "user created" maps
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/state/ar/
and last but not least road maps (equivalent to city nav)
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/19
~Yay~ :P
I am so excited I downloaded it and uploaded the map to mapsource and already installed it on my GPS while I was on Lunch! I walked outside and it picked up the Conway area great! I can post some screen shots later when I remember how, but right now I am completely happy with this find! The street names are a little hard to read, but you can hover over them and it will "pop up" on the screen. I mainly wanted this for offroad caching and now I have it! WooT!
Anyway, I'll try it out on my drive home and see how it works. It was super easy to install, I just clicked download, then I went to where I downloaded it on my pc, clicked the install, and pointed it to where I wanted it to save the image files (my garmin folder), and then waited for it to install. After that I opened mapsource and selected Arkansas Topo in the drop down box:) Then I selected the areas of AR I wanted to laod and Boom! It was that Easy!!!!
Some info:
* Roads - Nov. 2008 Tiger Data
* Railroads
* Census bureau water data - lakes, rivers, streams, and washes
* POIs
* Borders
* Elevation contours - 5ft, 10ft, 20ft and 40ft intervals (equivalent to or greater than 24k) built from 10m NED data
The Website picture with the Free topo on the LEFT! Pretty detailed huh?
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/images/articles/image/ar_compare.jpg
Where is this mysterious site? Why it is here:
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/137/
All of the states "user created" maps
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/state/ar/
and last but not least road maps (equivalent to city nav)
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/19
~Yay~ :P