Quest Memory Ability

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For those who wonder about the capabilities of the Quests internal memory.

Just plotted the routes for my summer trip and let Mapsource select all the maps required around my route, including route calculation data.

Nottingham to Bled in Slovinia and back.

2774 miles

75 maps.

114mb leaving 142mb spare.

Plenty enough for me :)
 

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Please tell me how to do this

I have mapsource v7 and a quest with software 3.4 but I cannot find how to select maps around a route without actually selecting them yourself with the map tool.

Please show me how to do it because I understand that if you right click the route it gives you an optionin the menu but I can't see it:confused:

Thanks in advance

Greg
 
Are you right clicking the route name in the left hand box as in my picture? Thats what you need to do.

Not sure about you having Mapsource 7 ?

I think you mean you have City Select V7.

Click on help then about and look what version of Mapsource you have. I'm on Version 6.6.2

This could be where your problem lies.

Click help again and select check for software updates or go to the Garmin site and download the latest version of Mapsource, it's free :)
 
So you don't get the menu below when you right click on a route?
 

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The Phantom Pieman said:
Why have you loaded D2 twice?

Well spotted :D

Two route options that day, the longer one on smaller roads.

Not much different in mileage but the shorter ones a lot easier. We've got an evening in a micro brewery booked in Luxembourg the night before :beerjug:
 
Whatton said:
So you don't get the menu below when you right click on a route?

That's the same menu I get, just wondered why mine was 6.5, wouldn't like to be missing out on anything :D
 
I love this site

Whatton you are correct

I was getting confused with City select v7 and mapsource. I had version 6.4 and I've upgraded to 6.5 which now gives me the option of selecting maps around a route.

Version 6.6.2 is listed as mapsource beta.

I understand beta to mean a test version. Is that right?
 
Re: I love this site

Greg Tucker said:


Version 6.6.2 is listed as mapsource beta.

I understand beta to mean a test version. Is that right?

Yes, but I've not found any bugs in it yet :)
 
Re: Re: I love this site

Whatton said:
Yes, but I've not found any bugs in it yet :)

Whatton... out of interest... no bugs, but have you found anything that is of more use either?

Go on... giz a list of pro's and cons.... you know you want to :D

-Stu.
 
Yeah, Whatton, go on...
 
Using it myself. Seems to have sorted some bugs I was having with searches for place/city names.

List of changes on Garmins website.


Changes made from version 6.5 to 6.6.2:

* Fixed issue with trying to change the waypoint symbol on a Windows 98/ME PC.
* Fixed issue with MapSource not using the current datum when exporting DXF.
* Fixed issue with routes calculated in autorouting map products being transferred to non-autorouting GPS's. This caused the via point list on the GPS to have incorrect names.
* Improved autoroute ETE accuracy.
* Improved MapSource's behavior on a PC with multiple monitors.
* This will be the last version of MapSource to support reading/importing PCX5 files. For future compatibility, please migrate your data to the GPX format.
* Added route road and area avoidances. To access avoidances, select 'Manage Route Avoidances' on the Routing tab of the preferences dialog. Once avoidances are created, they are displayed on the main map if appropriate for the current map product.
* Added 'Auto' option to the display of route avoidances. This will hide route avoidances when the map is zoomed out far enough.
* Added new 'large' 24x24 pixel waypoint and map symbols. Select these symbols on the Display tab of the preferences dialog. Custom waypoint symbols can now be 24x24 and 32-bit color as well.
* Added the ability to show or hide the left-hand (user data) pane.
* Added tooltips to the waypoint symbol selector with the name of the waypoint type.
* Added celestial information dialog.
* Added schema extension to GPX for handling Garmin-specific data elements, such as waypoint depth. The location of the schema is documented in outputted GPX files.
* Updated the GPX Garmin extension (GPXXv1) to version 2 (GPXXv2) based on comments. GPXXv1 will not be supported.
* Added ability to manually set the Y-axis endpoints on vertical profile plots.
* Added 'rest area' find subcategory.
* Added artificial reef and oil rig map symbols.
* Removed real-time tracking from MapSource. Use nRoute for PC real-time tracking applications.
* Made several map rendering performance improvements.
* Improved algorithm for selecting maps around tracks and routes.
* Improved error handling while transferring data to removable media and Garmin cards.
* Changed wrecks, obstructions, and isolated dangers to display the corresponding spot depth when it is known. This is enabled by turning on 'Spot Soundings' in the Display preferences page.
* Changed MapSource to use Windows XP styles on PC's that support this.
* Changed the track vertical profile to use the same graphing style as the route vertical profile.
* 'Find category' types that aren't valid for a particular map product are no longer displayed.
* Optimized deleting multiple waypoints from a route.
* Reduced flickering of pop-ups on the map.
* Trackpoint timestamps are now validated before they are sent to a unit.
* User and non-user waypoint dialogs now have consistent 'Show on Map' behavior.
* Changed waypoint symbol images to remove duplicate symbols.
* Improved handling of cases where a user transferring maps to a Palm doesn't have enough hard drive space.
* Changed behavior of toolbar combo boxes to behave more like standard combo boxes.
* Change to show stacked pop-up windows over densely packed map features.
* Changed behavior of some BlueChart map features to display the name instead of depth.
* Change so that GPX route import doesn't always autoname the route.
* Changed formatting of Japanese address results.
* Changed the default 'Terrain Shading' option on the preferences display page to 'on'.
* Changed vertical profile windows so that they remember their last size and position.
* Changed string 'iQue' in Device dialog to 'Palm OS Device'.
* Fixed issue performing 'Select maps around' feature when in the No Map product.
* Fixed issues with short route avoidances avoiding the wrong places.
* Fixed issues with MapSource opening GPX files with Garmin extensions.
* Fixed issue drawing selected subsections of tracks on the map.
* Fixed issue associated with having Worldmap 3.02 and many newer products installed at the same time.
* Fixed issue on the 'find places' dialog where the reset button would not properly clear fields.
* Fixed properties for some features not correctly showing their category and subcategory.
* Fixed import of GPX files to handle prefixed names.
* Fixed parsing of custom waypoint symbol image names to only allow numeric names, such as '003.bmp'.
* Fixed issue with selecting maps around routes or tracks with only one point.
* Fixed issue with some XML files using a large amount of memory to import.
* Fixed issue where columns in the track dialog list control were sometimes improperly hidden.
* Fixed issue with partial string searching in the 'name' field of the 'find places' dialog.
* Fixed find results with elevation information in the name to use the proper units.
* Fixed issue related to renaming a route while looking at the driving directions.
* Fixed issue with slow UI response while hovering over some areas with the map tool.
* Fixed issues related to saving user data on Garmin cards.
* Fixed issue in route dialog with multiple selections being ignored when 'Center map on selected item' option is checked.
* Fixed issues during map rendering.
* Fixed issue while zooming in to a 'found' city.
* Fixed issue in the 'find places' dialog with displaying a street name with an '&' character in the name.
* Fixed route speed preferences to set Autobahn speeds to the highest speed category.
* Fixed issue with 'find places' dialog field auto-completion in some Asian languages.
* Fixed issue with the route dialog's 'insert waypoint' dialog having odd initial selections.
 
Just had a look at what mapping I'd need to get down to Gib.

The Quest holds 256mb of maps. Nottingham to Gib with lots of maps to give us a good choice of routes works out to be 235mb :thumb
 

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I've been impressed with the Quest.

I too have been planning routes and Calais to Salzburg/Salzkammergut via Stuttgart, back across the Dolomites via Grossglockner and Stelvio and home through the Switzerland/Rhineland with all maps along the routes chosen plus filling in the gaps for excursions im Austria comes to 173mb.
 
European and Australian Quests hold 243 MB of user maps
13MB is reserved for the basemap

US Quests have 115MB for maps
 
I`ve got a fecking headache..................pass me that Michelin and pen `n` paper................
 
tarka said:
I`ve got a fecking headache..................pass me that Michelin and pen `n` paper................

Ditto Tarka

Are you really going to use the Quest then Tarka...................the truth??
 


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