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Can anyone route me in the direction of a source for GPS maps of ontario (garmin etrex 20)....looking for maps specifically for moose hunting and atv trail riding.....but water and road maps may be in the future addition as well.
Free maps would be amazing, but also know nothing in this world is free anymore.
thanks for any help
That's a good question - I have an SD card with a topo map of Ontario that fits into my Lowarnce GPS hand held unit but this card can't be used in the newer model GPS units - would like to get a new topo map if I could - I use it so I don't get lost on the big lakes in Ontario -
If you have an iPhone you can download the navionics app which can be used for boating or hiking. There is a free version. I bought the nine dollar version and it gives me really accurate bottom information when I'm ice fishing. Might be worth checking out for hunting. Cheers.
I use back country navigator, it's a free app with the ability to use the maps offline. There is a upgraded version but I just use the free one. Works good and you can create exports on maps for your handheld.
Check Backroads Maps. I ordered the Ontario chip last fall and installed it in my Garmin. I was surprised at how accurate it was. The logging roads, swamps, lakes, trails etc were all very accurate in NW Ontario.
Trak Maps has very detailed high resolution maps.
They are a bit bizarre.
They show things like beaver dams and old bush trails that in 25 years will not exist.
But for the next 5-10 years-- it's great.
The version I had had 1:20,000 resolution. That's much better than the Federal 1:50:000 resolution of the paper maps or Garmin based systems.
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Yep this is what I use in my GPS as well...very accurate..expensive yes...but you get what you pay for!
Just to let you know. Lunix has utilities to convert from one GPS file format to another. The utilities are free, you just have to run them on a linux box because they're linux software.
I got so much data and real useful info from this link. The reason why I bought the E-Trex 20
http://gpstracklog.com/2011/10/garmi...20-review.html
Got the E-trex 30...Never looked back. Still using Real maps compass to do the planning in camp or at a break, but walking a long in the bush or double checking locations the GPS is nice. I also use it to set my magnetic compass when I first get to an area. Two years between trips to the same lodge and there was a "FOUR DEGREE" change between magnetic and true north.Quote:
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Are the topo canada v4 maps for garmin good for hunting..........the back road maps look like they def show more info, but also come at a heaftier price?
Backroad map books (Ontario) is where it's at imo. Its pricey but it does the job and a whole lot more. Boat launches, old logging, mining roads, rail ways, WMUs, snow/atv trails and way more.
I have the Montanna 600 because it functions as both my hand held and navigator while driving. Once I'm off city/highways I enable BRMs. Just returned from a trip up north camping/ bear hunting, well off the beaten path. It came in handy more than once, including a short night track.
iPhone apps are nice and sometimes fun. You really want to kill the batteries when your out and about or in the middle of nowhere for more than a .5 day or day?
A place a used to hunt deer. The dotted lines are decades old logging roads, it includes old reads that are so overgrown, without it, you'd never know there was once a road there.
http://jbenphotography.ca/img/s10/v115/p227587813.jpg
Driving into camp last week.
http://jbenphotography.ca/img/s12/v183/p1238901715.jpg
A screen shot of the area and a couple tracks. Zoomed in but trust me, every abandoned mining/log road (even those overgrown), and more is there.
http://jbenphotography.ca/img/s7/v166/p1238901725.jpg
Is the backroad maps...limited to one user and unit or could a buddy of mine split the cost and each load the map on our etrex 20's???
I loaded on a free version ibyscus 4.0 canada topo .....but the BRM certainly looks like there is more features and info.
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Not likely Twostroke as it runs off the Micro SD card, not loaded memory.
I just popped the micro SD card into my unit and leave it there.I disable BRM in normal day to day life for the simple reason there is so much on the map. So I would think you could both use the card, but obviously not at the same time .
Ok thanks...thats kinda what I figured and I am sure the card and map is locked somehow so you cannot copy the file over to another micro sd card as well.
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They have it locked up pretty good...i tried it for the hell of it and no go!