GPS mapping. Help!
Posted: 23 Mar 2016, 10:23am
Hi
I wonder if anyone can help.
I have a Garmin Montana 650t gps which came with a European leisure map preinstalled and which I have been using since I purchased it along with other paper based maps showing more detail such as camping sites. It has always been good for informing me of my exact location and some route finding.
I am now planning a longer trip beginning in Norway and ending in Switzerland and really would like to utilise the garmin much more without resorting to the use of paper maps.
The Montana has microsd capacity and I have tried to download appropriate maps to view on the screen but with no luck so far. My proficiency levels re such technology is questionable to be honest but so far I have managed to download the following file (Norway) to my desktop 'openfietsmap...zip' If anyone can advise me what to do next and help guide me through the whole process of getting my planned 2000ml ride from Bodo (Norway) to St Gallen (Switzerland) with all the poi's including campsites onto those ridiculously tiny microsd cards I would be eternally grateful. Otherwise I may possibly leave home with a whole pannier bag of paper maps and less clothes than I need!
thanks.
Chris
I wonder if anyone can help.
I have a Garmin Montana 650t gps which came with a European leisure map preinstalled and which I have been using since I purchased it along with other paper based maps showing more detail such as camping sites. It has always been good for informing me of my exact location and some route finding.
I am now planning a longer trip beginning in Norway and ending in Switzerland and really would like to utilise the garmin much more without resorting to the use of paper maps.
The Montana has microsd capacity and I have tried to download appropriate maps to view on the screen but with no luck so far. My proficiency levels re such technology is questionable to be honest but so far I have managed to download the following file (Norway) to my desktop 'openfietsmap...zip' If anyone can advise me what to do next and help guide me through the whole process of getting my planned 2000ml ride from Bodo (Norway) to St Gallen (Switzerland) with all the poi's including campsites onto those ridiculously tiny microsd cards I would be eternally grateful. Otherwise I may possibly leave home with a whole pannier bag of paper maps and less clothes than I need!
thanks.
Chris