Loading from Map source to GPS

[Guest The Bushman]

Have map source waypoint manager and have downloaded the shonky map program and am running this great detail

 

But is there any way I can load this shonky maps to a Garmin GPs 196 or is it not recomended

 

James:splat:

 

 

[JayKay]

Shonky Maps is good but you need to have a Garmin Data Card in your Garmin 196 to load the maps. User waypoints load into standard GPS memory, but basemaps like Shonky Maps can only be loaded onto the Garmin Data Cards.

 

 

[Guest The Bushman]

shonnky maps

 

Thanks for that in the mean time a local friend has a card reader for Garmin Darta card and will try that

 

James

 

 

[Brett]

if you can load shonky maps ,,another similar one is tracks for australia (tracks4australia),,,i load them both on and gives a really good detail out in the country,,, T4A is only supported on garmin units like im guessing shonky is...

 

 

[JayKay]

Shonkymaps is a bigger download, but it has far more detail than Tracks4Australia v1.2

 

The main problem with Tracks4Australia is that it does NOT include most lakes and dams which can be seen from the air and which make excellent navigational features.

 

Both products use the 250k scale map set from Geoscience Australia as their base data source.

 

My suggestion, stick with Shonkymaps.