Mouse
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I have made a cool discovery.
Some enterprising spod called Dave Storey has translated some topography data of the UK (mapped by the space shuttle and put into the public domain by NASA) into Garmin format maps.
What this essentially gives you is a second map set, that you can view in MapSource, and transfer to the GPS in exactly the same way as the standard road maps. You can then tell the GPS to display either both maps, either, or none. On the 2610 you select what maps to display by pressing MENU -> Info -> Map Info.
Here's the link to the instructions, and the files you have to download.
EDIT.......Read to the bottom of this thread before installing anything...there have been updates to this software
http://www.smc.org.uk/books/books_contour_maps.htm
The links to the data files on that page are dead, so download them from here:
http://www.lukedesigns.co.uk/maps/contour_maps.htm
The instructins on the first page are good, but here's what I did just for reference. This assumes that you are using WIndows XP and that MapSource is installed in the default location.
1 - download all the zip files.
2 - extract the content of all the zips into C:\Program Files\Garmin\Contours (you have to create this directory).
3 - Inside that directory is a file called contours.reg. Double click it, and say yes when Windows asks you if you really mean it.
4 - Run MapSource and select the new maps from the menu in the top left.
Using a 256MB data card in my 2610 I can get the entire UK's road maps (CN v7) and all the contour maps with a couple of MB to spare.
Some enterprising spod called Dave Storey has translated some topography data of the UK (mapped by the space shuttle and put into the public domain by NASA) into Garmin format maps.
What this essentially gives you is a second map set, that you can view in MapSource, and transfer to the GPS in exactly the same way as the standard road maps. You can then tell the GPS to display either both maps, either, or none. On the 2610 you select what maps to display by pressing MENU -> Info -> Map Info.
Here's the link to the instructions, and the files you have to download.
EDIT.......Read to the bottom of this thread before installing anything...there have been updates to this software
http://www.smc.org.uk/books/books_contour_maps.htm
The links to the data files on that page are dead, so download them from here:
http://www.lukedesigns.co.uk/maps/contour_maps.htm
The instructins on the first page are good, but here's what I did just for reference. This assumes that you are using WIndows XP and that MapSource is installed in the default location.
1 - download all the zip files.
2 - extract the content of all the zips into C:\Program Files\Garmin\Contours (you have to create this directory).
3 - Inside that directory is a file called contours.reg. Double click it, and say yes when Windows asks you if you really mean it.
4 - Run MapSource and select the new maps from the menu in the top left.
Using a 256MB data card in my 2610 I can get the entire UK's road maps (CN v7) and all the contour maps with a couple of MB to spare.