Which maps on an Etrex?

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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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whitestone wrote:
Teetosugars wrote:
Bearbonesnorm wrote:Just spend £29 on this sd card. Pop it in the back of your Etrex and enjoy 1:50K OS mapping of the entire UK ... it's that simple.

http://www.ioffer.com/i/gb-discoverer-1 ... -613393020
Will this work on an Oregon 600?
The Oregon 600 does take an SD card so you should be OK.
Yup, juts seen this..

But that website won't let me buy the maps?

Can't get Paypal to work on it.. :roll:
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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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Now got it to work..

Jut hoping I've not ordered a gazillion copies....
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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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Teetosugars wrote:
Bearbonesnorm wrote:Just spend £29 on this sd card. Pop it in the back of your Etrex and enjoy 1:50K OS mapping of the entire UK ... it's that simple.

http://www.ioffer.com/i/gb-discoverer-1 ... -613393020
Will this work on an Oregon 600?

Yes :grin:

However, if I were you I'd get this one.

http://www.ioffer.com/i/gb-discoverer-p ... =317681895

It's £48 but you get the whole UK at both 1:50K and 1:25K.
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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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ScotRoutes wrote:
Teetosugars wrote:
Bearbonesnorm wrote:Just spend £29 on this sd card. Pop it in the back of your Etrex and enjoy 1:50K OS mapping of the entire UK ... it's that simple.

http://www.ioffer.com/i/gb-discoverer-1 ... -613393020
Will this work on an Oregon 600?

Yes :grin:

However, if I were you I'd get this one.

http://www.ioffer.com/i/gb-discoverer-p ... =317681895

It's £48 but you get the whole UK at both 1:50K and 1:25K.
Ah, bugger... I've just ordered the first one.
I'll see how I get on, then may just order that one Colin..
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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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Turns out the original one won't fit in a Garmin Oregon...
Hey ho..
Needs to be a micro sd card :roll:
And that's what I thought I'd bought...


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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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Difficult to see from the picture but, the Garmin should take a micro USB card. The big card could well be a holder for the micro USB with the micro either under the label on the packet and out of view or inside the holder.
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Difficult to see from the picture but, the Garmin should take a micro USB card. The big card could well be a holder for the micro USB with the micro either under the label on the packet and out of view or inside the holder.
Yep, the 'big card' will just be an adaptor, the micro sd card will be part of it ... have a proper look.
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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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Ah. ok!
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Some of the listing had the option of different sized cards...
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That's an adapter with the Micro SD card inside. I can see it in the photo.
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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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ScotRoutes wrote:
Teetosugars wrote:
Bearbonesnorm wrote:Just spend £29 on this sd card. Pop it in the back of your Etrex and enjoy 1:50K OS mapping of the entire UK ... it's that simple.

http://www.ioffer.com/i/gb-discoverer-1 ... -613393020
Will this work on an Oregon 600?

Yes :grin:

However, if I were you I'd get this one.

http://www.ioffer.com/i/gb-discoverer-p ... =317681895

It's £48 but you get the whole UK at both 1:50K and 1:25K.
Just like to say thanks for this link, arrived next day perfect in the garmin, at last proper mapping at a reasonable cost, nice one
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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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BigdummySteve wrote:
ScotRoutes wrote:
Teetosugars wrote:
Bearbonesnorm wrote:Just spend £29 on this sd card. Pop it in the back of your Etrex and enjoy 1:50K OS mapping of the entire UK ... it's that simple.

http://www.ioffer.com/i/gb-discoverer-1 ... -613393020
Will this work on an Oregon 600?

Yes :grin:

However, if I were you I'd get this one.

http://www.ioffer.com/i/gb-discoverer-p ... =317681895

It's £48 but you get the whole UK at both 1:50K and 1:25K.
Just like to say thanks for this link, arrived next day perfect in the garmin, at last proper mapping at a reasonable cost, nice one
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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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Would this mapping be OK on a garmin touring?
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MikeW wrote:Would this mapping be OK on a garmin touring?
I think they would be fine, i copied my card to a virtual USB drive as suggested in this thread and all is working great in basecamp and on my Garmin 810, perhaps you could borrow a card and check :-bd
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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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Thanks for the heads up about these cards. I've been using the Talkytoaster open source maps on my Etrex 20 for a few years and it's been okay but I definitely prefer to use Ordnance Survey maps. I went for the cheaper option (1:50k) as I think the screen on my Etrex is too small to make the best of 1:25k mapping. I'm looking forward to trying the new maps out. :-bd
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Re: Which maps on an Etrex?

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What he ^^^ said. My 1:50K will live alongside Mr Barters very fine mapping, which is vaguely exciting until I'm tired and then I have to zoom in/out a lot to be happy.
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