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Old 11-12-10, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by thebulls
What exactly do you mean by "lousy for downloading routes"?

There are about a dozen people in DC Randonneurs who use either a Vista HCx or similar model. I have an older model, a Vista Cx. All are perfectly fine at downloading routes.

What most people do: Download the GDB or GPX file from our website. Attach GPS to USB port. Load up MapSource and open the file. Click the icon to download to your GPS. When the dialog box comes up, check that it has detected the GPS and click the items you want to download. (If you have maps on your GPS that cover the area of the route, then make sure that you don't click download maps. Otherwise you'll need to select the maps around the route and make sure you do download the maps.) Then click "OK".

FWIW, I've created nearly all the GPS files on our website.

Nick
Nick,
Thanks. will try your directions
By "out website" do you mean the website of the DC Randonneurs?
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