Hi, I was wondering if anyone has seen/used the blue charts for Mexico/Baja? How are they for detail, contours, depths, reefs, currents? Do they have any land/shore/contour info? After many miles of paddling down there I'm contemplating changing over to a Map GPS like a 76CX with SD memory card from a GPS 72. At least all of the old waypoints/camps/landings should show on an actual map background. Not sure if the maps will be good enough to be useful, or if they will be more like a screen wallpaper. The paper charts will always be there on deck. Wondering if the biggest advantage will be to Garmin from selling all that locked map data. Also, What software do you like (and why) for down/up loading and managing managing routes and waypoints? Hope all you are having a great New Year, and planning paddling trips in 2007. Cheers, Jay *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I am a great fan of GPS Trackmaker, because of the ability to superimpose routes and waypoints on top of map images harvested from the web, topo cd's, etc. It's absolutely free, and works well with my etrex legend and 60Cx A description of how I use it is at <http://users.imag.net/~lon.jbcumming/fun_with_gps_trackmaker.htm> - John C in LondonOn jaymtb_at_amigo.net wrote: >Also, What software do you like (and why) for down/up loading and managing >managing routes and waypoints? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
jaymtb_at_amigo.net wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering if anyone has seen/used the blue charts for Mexico/Baja? > How are they for detail, contours, depths, reefs, currents? Do they have > any land/shore/contour info? > Also, What software do you like (and why) for down/up loading and managing > managing routes and waypoints? If alex is correct about the BlueChart region for Baja (basically the whole of the west coast of NA from Seattle to Panama, with no higher resolution breakout for the Sea of Cortez), I would not expect much from it. I'd be surprised if there was anything like the detail on a typical 1:40,000 paper chart. Check the Garmin web site, after hitting the link for the unit you are considering, and it will lead you to what is available. For BlueCharts, I believe Garmin forces you to use MapSource to deal with them on your home workstation. I like MapSource; it is intuitive and flexible. Uploading and downloading info is easy[; the editing functions in MapSource give you all the tools needed to carve out routes and transfer them to the GPS; and, it is easy to make a display of a track uploaded from the GPS. With a 76CX, I think the new G2 BlueCharts for the US will all fit on a 1 GB memory card, but you may have to use a second card for the Mexico stuff. Not sure. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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