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Message started by white_cedar on Jan 8th, 2011 at 1:13am

Title: Re: Loading waypoints in Garmin GPS?
Post by DentonDoc on Jan 8th, 2011 at 4:19am

white_cedar wrote on Jan 8th, 2011 at 4:03am:
Hi DentonDoc:  I don't have any data stored on my GPS, I'm not sure what to get.
Thanks, Whitecedar

Your GPS is likely loaded with a generic US map (assuming you bought it in the US).  This doesn't help much if you are going to WCPP.  I think you'll need to pick up Topo Canada ... gives you topo maps of all of Canada.  The CD also includes MapSource, a program that will help you manipulate the maps, add waypoints, tracks, routes and upload them from your computer to your GPS unit.  (You can also reverse this process after a trip to save waypoints, etc. that you've entered during your journey.)

If you want to do is add waypoints directly to your GPS, you can do so my pressing the menu button on your unit until you see a screen that has waypoint showing ... this will enter your current position as a waypoint.  (Of course, you can edit the waypoint to show a different location, but that's a tad more complicated.)

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