My head is spinning; I just finished trying to digest a 10-page thread from the archive, essentially on getting data onto your GPS.  You old-timers know exactly which thread I'm speaking of:    (You need to Login or Register.  Started in Sept '04 and ended in Feb '07.  Viewed 8847 times.  That's got to be a record for a topic without bugs or bears. 

My question is:  is what was said back then pretty much current?  I've got nice Memory Map stuff on my computer with data from the PCD.  And I have a Garmin GPS, as does my stepson.  I understand from that archived thread, that we basically have two choices:  EITHER spend $$$ for the Garmin Maps and use available free software to take care of adding the campsites, portages, tracks onto the Garmin, where they blend together.  OR spend $$$ getting the Memory Map upgrades so you can do all the work in Memory Map on your computer and then export the data in such a way that you can then import it into Garmin.

Do I have it right?  Is that where we still are?  And if that is where we still are, can you guys tell me where I am better off putting my money:  in the Memory Map upgrade or in the Garmin topos?    :-/