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November 23rd, 2016, 10:27 AM
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topo maps for garmin
recently bought a etrex 30x, how good are the topo maps .Hoping to get one with boundery lines WMU's, are they available?
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November 23rd, 2016 10:27 AM
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November 23rd, 2016, 10:43 AM
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I have Backroads Ontario, cost about $150.00 shows MNR management unit boundies
Dick
"Without Proper Management Wild Life Becomes Your Next Hood Ornament"
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November 23rd, 2016, 11:04 AM
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have an old Garmin Canada topo map. Up north (52º), I found they are off by about 100m and not whatsoever current even if it comes to larger bodies of water.
not sure if they have reworked them since, but there is a reason why people started buying other maps that were consolidated based on satellite images rather than ancient government surveys.
Last edited by Waftrudnir; November 23rd, 2016 at 11:06 AM.
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November 23rd, 2016, 11:11 PM
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If you can find it, Ibycus maps. Use Mapsource from Garmin to load Ibycus. I have had great luck with that.
Speak out for Father's rights
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November 24th, 2016, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by
BDH
I have Backroads Ontario, cost about $150.00 shows MNR management unit boundies
Dick
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Have it on my Garmin Montana
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November 24th, 2016, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by
IFH
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Have it on my Garmin Montana
So do I...great maps!
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November 24th, 2016, 09:41 AM
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I have Trakmaps, its good but I heard Backroads is better. The Garmin map chip was useless. I used to download free raster map files then save directly to my GPS memory, not sure if that is still possible but the map chips like Trakmaps are much more convenient and have more info like WMU's.
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November 24th, 2016, 02:19 PM
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I was looking at the etrex 20 with Topo package. Am I better of with other map software.
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November 24th, 2016, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by
PaulR
If you can find it, Ibycus maps. Use Mapsource from Garmin to load Ibycus. I have had great luck with that.
I just found Ibycus a few weeks ago , price was right at "free" good maps that show a lot more bush roads / trails than Garmin Topo maps do.
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November 24th, 2016, 05:16 PM
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Just got a flyer; Radio World has the Backroads on sale Friday to Monday for $119.99 .. Good deal as they are usually $149.00
They say "limited stock"
Dick
"Without Proper Management Wild Life Becomes Your Next Hood Ornament"