DiscoverAus software problems
Submitted: Wednesday, Jul 27, 2005 at 20:19
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wyspokie
Hi all, hoping someone can help me regarding uploading DiscoverAus regions to GPS. I have a Meridian Gold with a 128MB storage card however whenever I try to upload a region larger than 16MB the DiscoverAus software won't let me continue due size. Any ideas? Has anyone else suffered this bug?
Reply By: MarkTheShark - Wednesday, Jul 27, 2005 at 20:48
Wednesday, Jul 27, 2005 at 20:48
Dear wyspokie,
This is not a bug. The files (e.g. a region) cannot be any larger when downloading from DiscoverAus (don't ask me why but that it the way it is. What you have to do is make a series of files each about 15MB or less. What I do is choose rectangular regions of Australia that only just fractionally overlap and name each file appropriately (e.g. NthnTer or EastTas). Download these (as many as you can get on the 128MB card - about half of Australia).
In use you will be able to choose the region/file you are in. When you drive out of the coverage (you will see a distinct straight line on the screen and the map will resort to the basic detail) simply call up the next relevant file/region and away you go! This is only a few key strokes and is covered in the Magellan manual.
Regards, Mark
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Thursday, Jul 28, 2005 at 08:23
Thursday, Jul 28, 2005 at 08:23
wyspokie,
Some more
information for you.
Buy yourself a "card reader". This is a "hub" which plugs into the PC's USB port and performs the same as a removable drive. Most card readers take a variety of different cards, so you can use it for purposes other than the SD card used by the Magellan. I also use
mine to copy to and from the card in my digital camera.
I use a 512MB card in my Magellan Meridian, which takes all of Australia divided into several regions, each of less than 16MB each. And I have sufficient room left to also include selected regions from Great Desert Tracks which I also use.
(P.S. - a 1GB card would provide sufficient capacity for all of both DiscoverAus and Great Desert Tracks applications)
Ivan is spot on with his advice on the GPSOZ site too. This explains exactly how you can combine several regions into "State" size groups. Then you only have to call up each State on the GPS unit when you move from one to the next.
The secret is in using a card reader. These are available from Dick Smith/Tandy, Harvey Norman and other like stores.
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