GPS Newbie - KSA

[robertalmario]

Hi to all... newbie here....

Can someone help me to download the Philippine maps for my eTrex Vista HCx ?

Thanks in advance.

[razorspells]

hi robertalmario, welcome to RoadGuide and enjoy your stay!
Be sure to read the How To Section, learn to contribute if your time permits, so that you can get the upgraded version of the map. It's awesome!

Hi to all... newbie here....

Can someone help me to download the Philippine maps for my eTrex Vista HCx ?

Thanks in advance.

[Borgie]

Hi robertalmario and welcome to Roadguide. The "How to" section is indeed the best place to browse and you can find the instructions on how to load the map to your GPS there... Hope to see your contributions soon...

[robertalmario]

thank you so much guys...

[neilgratuita]

Hi to all... newbie here....

Can someone help me to download the Philippine maps for my eTrex Vista HCx ?

Thanks in advance.

welcome to roadguideph sir!

great pictures you have!

[robertalmario]

welcome to roadguideph sir!

great pictures you have!

thanks sir

[robertalmario]

guys.... please help me. I'm a super newbie in this gadget. i received my etrex vista HCx yesterday and when i power on, the first map that i saw was United States. how can i changed it to saudi arabia? i didn't load any maps yet.... I'm also trying to search here the map of saudi arabia but no luck... please help me... thanks in advance...

[Borgie]

guys.... please help me. I'm a super newbie in this gadget. i received my etrex vista HCx yesterday and when i power on, the first map that i saw was United States. how can i changed it to saudi arabia? i didn't load any maps yet.... I'm also trying to search here the map of saudi arabia but no luck... please help me... thanks in advance...

To see where you are (Saudi Arabia?), go out to an open sky area and wait for the vista to acquire the satellites and lock on to your position (will take between 2-5 mins if you're stationary). You should see where you are in the map after the gps gets a satellite lock. A word of caution since you haven't loaded any maps yet except for the built-in map that came with your vista (which is the world base map & the US map), if you load the Philippine map (the standard map that you can get from Roadguide), it will overwrite the existing maps in the vista and if you are in Saudi, all you see would be a big blank. If you want both the world basemap and the Roadguide Philippine map, you must combine both maps in Mapsource (i'm assuming that the CD that came with your vista has a Mapsource installer along with the world basemap) before sending the maps to your vista... HTH

As for the Saudi maps, if there are Garmin dealers in your area, you can probably buy Garmin maps for the Middle East...

[robertalmario]

Thank you so much sir! I will tried that later.

Is there no FREE maps for Saudi Arabia? I asked the garmin supplier here in Saudi Arabia and they are charging me 300 riyals for Saudi Arabia map only.

[Tofu]

Hi,

Welcome to the group. You can try this link http://mapcenter2.cgpsmapper.com/catalogue.php

[Tofu]

if you load the Philippine map (the standard map that you can get from Roadguide), it will overwrite the existing maps in the vista and if you are in Saudi, all you see would be a big blank. If you want both the world basemap and the Roadguide Philippine map, you must combine both maps in Mapsource

Is this correct Borgie? I'm not sure about the vista, but afaik the base map is GMAPBMAP.img while the detail map is GMAPSUPP.img. What is overwritten every time you upload from mapsource is only the GMAPSUPP. Please clarify... thanks.

[Jan]

Is this correct Borgie? I'm not sure about the vista, but afaik the base map is GMAPBMAP.img while the detail map is GMAPSUPP.img. What is overwritten every time you upload from mapsource is only the GMAPSUPP. Please clarify... thanks.

correct. some gps dont have a gmapbmap.img and on those borgie would be correct

[Borgie]

Is this correct Borgie? I'm not sure about the vista, but afaik the base map is GMAPBMAP.img while the detail map is GMAPSUPP.img. What is overwritten every time you upload from mapsource is only the GMAPSUPP. Please clarify... thanks.

For XT and the Nuvi maybe, there's a gmapbmap.img. But for gps handhelds like the Etrex, if you send maps to the device, it'll overwrite any existing map. This maybe harks to the time when internal memory of gps handhelds were very limited. And even today, Garmin's mid-range handheld gps have very small internal memories. Which makes us wonder why Garmin's so stingy in this department when the price of memories are going down, like for example now, you can buy an 8GB USB stick for less than 500 pesos at CDR king...

[robertalmario]

I tried that before. everytime that i will upload some maps, it's asking me if i want to overwrite the existing map.

is there other way to load a new map without overwriting the existing map?

[Roadguide2000]

I tried that before. everytime that i will upload some maps, it's asking me if i want to overwrite the existing map.

is there other way to load a new map without overwriting the existing map?

I can only load one mapset at a time on my Nuvi 260W. It always overwrites the first one.

Can I load two mapsets at a time? Anybody know the technic?