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Are you using pre-loaded map cards that you purchased, or did you load your own custom map to a SD card using the “MapCreate” program? (I’m assuming you are not using just the base maps that came with the unit itself, becuase they’re not detailed enough to navigate from.)
Regardless, loading waypoints to your SD card won’t (or at least shouldn’t) mess with the map.
Within GSAK version 7.5.1.28, click “File–>Export–>Lowrance USR.” That will bring up an “Export Lowrance USR” dialog box. The top line of that box is labelled “File Name To Create.” Check this box to see where GSAK is planning to write the file to.
If it’s not planning on writing to your SD card, Click the little folder icon by that box and choose the location of your SD card in order to save the file name to that location.
In earlier version of GSAK, this export option is under the “GPS” menu.
Feel free to PM me with any additional questions.
On the Left Side of the Road...Is the problem that GSAK will not load, or is the problem that your PC will not recognize the card reader?
The USB card reader that comes with the Lowrance unit does have some “issues” with various operating systems, I believe. However, if you have an SD card reader elsewhere on your PC, you can simply use that instead. (However, this will NOT work if you are trying to load Lowrance Maps to the card, because the mapping program INSISTS on the Lowrance card reader.)
If the card reader is working fine but GSAK doesn’t seem to know how to get things to it, that is problably because GSAK has buried the Lowrance load option under File–>Export and NOT the GPS–>Send Waypoints screen.
Hopefully I haven’t overcompliacted that…it’s really not hard once you go through it once.
And by the way, I do highly recommend the unit that you’re using. The fact that you have to remove the SD card to load it is really stupid, but overall I feel it is a device that has a much better screen display, waypoint labelling, and overall user interface.
On the Left Side of the Road...You see nothing strange about buying every matchstick holder at Fleet Farm.
On the Left Side of the Road...You notice, for the first time, a cemetery you’ve driven by for the past 10 years.
On the Left Side of the Road...@Team Deejay wrote:
meaning 449 caches were last found in September. Yikes!
Holy moly. That will make for a big May/June list unless Spring gets everyone motivated.
I asked because most prior month’s list used a 2-month window, which would have put the current list at 9/30. But now I understand the problem w/that.
On the Left Side of the Road...Do you know why the cutoff for this list is 8/29 instead of 9/30? Is it that 9/30 would have pushed it over the 500 limit?
On the Left Side of the Road...There’s a new list out? We hadn’t noticed. 8)
On the Left Side of the Road...8)
On the Left Side of the Road...The premise of the article isn’t right. The GPSr didn’t cause him to do anything, it was his poor decision with the type of vehicle he had. Obviously he could tell the road was too narrow before turning on it, and he looks like he tried to do a Y turn after getting in trouble.
On the Left Side of the Road...Likely, or Unlikely team collaborations…???:
cigarmonkey + BananaCake =
nohandsgps + teamhandstand =
-cheeto- + Cheesehead Dave =
bigstick + team black cat =On the Left Side of the Road...Won’t work for us I’m afraid. Scouting activities have begun to take over the schedule.
On the Left Side of the Road...That’s one of the ones I’ve seen, and I’m assuming it’s for “team” sharing…but I’ve seen others
On the Left Side of the Road...Whilst we’re on this topic…sort of…
What is the purpose of making what seem to be personal lists public?
I understand the value of making “favorite caches” lists public, because you might be interested in what a cacher you know has enjoyed finding.
But I’ve seen caches on public lists like “My solved puzzles” lists.
Who cares besides you that you’ve solved these puzzles? Is this just an extension of the “I’ve solved the puzzle so now I feel compelled to post a note to the cache page so everyone knows how smart I am?”
Am I missing something?
On the Left Side of the Road...I guess the point is, if it’s a place that’s open to the public, why are we getting permission to “place” an invisible cache there????
Case in point…we have an EarthCache at a waterfall. There is a physical cache there also (county park). Physical cache, no permission. Our EarthCache…parks department approvals…referrals to the legal department…disclaimers on the cache page to absolve the park of responsibility 😕 😕 😕 😕
Ya, it’s a moot point, so never mind.
On the Left Side of the Road...I really don’t understand the whole deal with “permissions” on EarthCaches anyway. You’re not leaving anything there and on all the ones we’ve done, we’ve had to go to places that anyone in the public could simply walk up to (so it’s not the issue of making new trails, safety, etc.)
Are there some EarthCaches that take you to super-secret places or something?
Why the heck do they make us get permissions to have people go somewhere, read some information, take a picture, record some observations?
Seems like a big power play to me. And trying to explain to the “authorities” that you’re trying to “place” an EarthCache…which isn’t really a “placement” at all…just leads to confusion.
Hence, our lack of interest in placing any additional EarthCaches beyond the ones we already have.
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