I have a Garmin 60CSx GPS. I'm in the middle of the planning stages for a Utah elk hunt and am wondering about getting some maps for it that show land ownership. Some ot the spots I am looking at border some private ground. I have topo maps on it now that show contours well, but I think there are some available that show boundary lines and land ownership. I want to make sure that I stay where I belong.
Any suggestions?
You probably need to contact the county property appraiser for current info. You run the risk of getting out of date maps from other sources. They should have digitized maps, but I couldn't tell you how to get that info onto your gps unit. Good luck.
huntinggpsmaps.com
I don't think they're actually out yet, but rollout is apparently imminent.
QuoteOriginally posted by Ray Hammond:
huntinggpsmaps.com
I don't think they're actually out yet, but rollout is apparently imminent.
They are out and I have the card for CO. It is worth the money for sure. I know exactly where I am and I have heard of several cases where this program holds up in court if the situation ever arises.
I run it on the 450T and it is excellent!
I wish they would make them for delorme
I really love a paper map and compass but this is pretty neat AND it's compatible with my current GPS - hmmmmmm
huntinggpsmaps.com X2
huntinggpsmaps x 3. I have a bunch of their cards for out west and they're worth every penny.
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/state/co
I used these in 2011. Worked great but there is a learning curve on downloading and such. They have good tutorials. Best part is they are very free.
huntinggpsmaps x 4
I downloaded Colorado and Nebraska into my computer, then transferred the areas I needed into the chip in my Garmin. I have a 60CSx. Updates should be out soon, if not already available. I wouldn't go out west without this stuff. Trespassing, even if inadvertently, can be big trouble. I don't trust fencelines.
Those huntinggpsmaps sound great. Do you know if it is downloaded whether it can be copied to more than one GPS? So that hunting buddies could share a set of maps for two units? Or would each need to buy seperate maps?
John, I have some free maps on my GPS now, and they work great as topo's. I don't see an option that shows land ownership and boundaries though on the gpsfiledepot site. Am I missing something?
Everyone would end up having to buy their own maps. You can buy a "download" version to put on your computer, or buy it on a micro SD card to put in your gps. They just launched a new product that puts the map boundaries over google earth which is a cool feature for scouting.
I think this is the one I used: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/247/
Thanks John! I'm going to give that a try.
Whip,
I use the gpsfiledepot, and the maps I have downloaded do show land ownership. The maps work great with my Garmin Oregon.
Oh boy :( I might have bitten off more than I can chew. Got the Utah land ownership to download. But now I seem to have lost all of my topo maps that had been loaded on the GPS. I'm trying to download one of those now. I had them in there for most all of the states in the west and midwest. I may have to reinstall topos for all of them.
Technology drives me nuts!!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Still trying to figure out this gpsfiledepot stuff.
All of the topos that I had originally loaded on the unit seem to be gone. :dunno: Darn it!! I I had topos of nearly the entire country that I had uploaded free and now they are gone.
I downloaded the Utah topo from the site and it seemed to work fine. Then I did the CO topo, and now that is the only one I can see. Maybe have to upload all the states first and then install them all at once?
This is going to take awhile....
Whip, When I down load new topos on my 60csx it always erases the maps that I have already loaded and on the unit. I have to load everything at one time that I want on it.
Not familiar with the program but you may be able to download it to mapsource, then import to your handheld at one time.. If you have enough memory
Yeah, when I finally read the instructions it does say that it wipes out all current maps each time you load a new one. This is going to be a pain in the backside. I can't just load the maps I need this year. I am going to have to download each state that I think I might ever hunt with this unit, one at a time, and then install them all at once on the GPS.
My network connection is fairly slow, so it is a very time intensive process. But I do have it figured out I think.
You can load multiple maps, but it should be done at the same time. If you want to load them all and not have them all available at the same time then you can trick the unit by renaming files. It is described at this site: http://asiteaboutnothing.net/g_60csx.html
Basically the older Garmins only look for a file called "gmapsupp.img" on the memory card. So, load a bunch of properly formatted files onto the memory card and then rename them to make the gps find the one you want it to find. If you have a brand new
Utah has quite a bit of GIS data available online and free including property boundaries at their cadastral mapping site.
If you have a smart phone you can do way more with maps than you can with a Garmin. There are free apps and data everywhere.
That's a cool trick Huh. Thanks.
I prefer the GPS over the phone for a couple of reasons - first being that cell signal coverage is spotty at best in many of the mountain areas. Secondly, battery life on my phone is bad, especially when in roaming mode and with GPS turned on. No way would it last through a day without a charge.
Yea, that's the learning curve part. Sorry. Once you get it figured out, it works really well.
Well, it did take some time, but after hours of downloads I finally have topo maps from gpsfiledepot loaded on my unit. I was able to cover 12 states which brought me up close to the 2GB limit of the unit. I also added a transparent trails overlay that covers more than 30 states and the western land ownership overlay. The quality of the maps seem excellent and should be a big help next month.
It did take some messing around, but I now have what I needed and more. I'm sure the huntinggpsmaps are great also, and probably a lot easier to load, but I wanted to cover a lot of states, and these free ones will work just fine.