Garmin Montana 600 GB Bundle

Questions on Garmin Montana 600 GB Bundle

• From Stuart Strickland at 17/09/2011 11:35
  • Are the bundled Garmin GB Discover 1:50K maps delivered on SD card (i.e., only viewable on the device) or are they delivered on CD-ROM (i.e., viewable on a computer and downloadable to the device?
  • The Garmin GB Discover 1:50K maps are supplied on an SD card but are not only viewable on the device, you can also view them and plot tracks and routes on your computer. Heres how it works...
    
    1. Download and install Garmin's Basecamp Software (link below). This software allows you to view maps, plot routes, plot tracks, catalogue and archive your trips, add waypoints and a whole host of other navigation related activities. It also handles transferring this information to and from your Garmin GPS
    
    http://www.garmin.com/uk/maps/trip-planning-software/basecamp
    
    2. Connect your Montana to the computer by USB. You can now see the contents of the Montana's memory in the Basecamp software. You can now view any maps installed on the Montana (ie the Garmin GB Discover 1:50K maps) on the computer. You can now plot routes and tracks over the OS maps on your computer screen and save them in the Montana's memory.
    
    Basically you can view the maps on the computer but only when you have the GPS connected.
    
    Another great source of excellent free routable mapping is the Open Street Map project.
    http://www.openstreetmap.org/
    This is an open source mapping project that people from all around the world contribute information to. Coverage varies from outstanding (we prefer the OSM maps over the Garmin City Navigator in the UK, as it even routes on off-tarmac trails in a lot of areas!) to not great, but is getting better all the time as more people contribute more information. The website linked below creates maps of anywhere in the world that you can upload into your Montana, all 100% free!
    
    http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/
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• From kurt at 29/02/2012 18:40
  • I'm having trouble getting to grips with the Garmin, especially editing a tracked route on basecamp - I can not edit the road part out? Also a mate has sent me some routes on mmo files that I want to transfer to the Garmin, can this be done if so how?
  • routes and roads is a bit weird. If the unit is set to autoroute it will always try and take you down a road. You have two options. Select the route and 'convert to track' (i think if you right click it this is an option in the menu). This will take the waypoints in the route and put straight lines between each point. The other option is to go into the routing menu on the unit itself and change the setting to 'direct routing' from 'automobile' or 'motorcycle' or however it is set.
    
    My personal choice is actually to convert the route to a track and make the track visible on the unit. i then also have the route active, so i have the unit route me on road sections but when i get to an off-road bit the route will go around it on the road, but i follow the track on the off-road section. This works well particularly if you're short on time and want to miss bits out.
    
    Im not sat in front of the software, so sorry for being a bit vague. If this doesnt help give us a call and i'll go through it while sat with the software.
    
    To convert MMO files to the GPX files that you can definately load into Basecamp/Montana use the free converter at the link below!
    
    http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/gpsbabel
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