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Did they do away with the frustrating limitation on how many could be stored in the internal memory? The 60CS drives me crazy because I have scads of free memory, but I can't save things without moving them because I can only have 10 of something.Grasshopper wrote:I now use a Garmin 62s and I was not aware we could save routes to our SD Card, but why would we want or need to?
Yes they didbig_load wrote:Did they do away with the frustrating limitation on how many could be stored in the internal memory?
I'm not sure what the new series units Track Manager memory route limit is but as of this moment I have 21 GPS Routes now showing in my Track Manager memory for active use and 7 GPS Routes in my Archived section of the Track Manager screen. The Archived Routes option was added after your 60CS series. I would need to view the online Garmin User Manual for the 62s (which is probably the same for the Oregon series) to determine what the maximum limit number of saved memory routes and/or archived routes is, it is obviously many more than the older series Garmin eTrex Vista and Garmin 60CS series. Maybe someone else on HAZ knows the new number of route storing limits?Yes they did fix these frustrating issues on these new Garmin receiver series (62s,Oregon, and etc..) to market after the older eTrex and 60CSx series.PLC92084 wrote:@Grasshopper
Did Garmin abandon the ludicrous requirement to rename Tracks with more than 500 points before uploading to the device? Anything besides Active Log results in an error message (track truncated or some such...) on the 60xx series.
The other irritating thing it used to do is strip the time information off the track points when you renamed and saved them. That was a sad discovery when I was using one on a field test where the time information was critically important. I still had the active track for one instance, which was enough to avert disaster.PLC92084 wrote:@Grasshopper
Did Garmin abandon the ludicrous requirement to rename Tracks with more than 500 points before uploading to the device? Anything besides Active Log results in an error message (track truncated or some such...) on the 60xx series.
The reason I put a "route" on my SD card was just to be sure I could see it on my GPS. I'm just trying to get use the Garmin gpsmap 62s ... that "manual" is so useful! You are correct that the SD card would be best use for downlaoding maps.Grasshopper wrote:@quadman
I now use a Garmin 62s and I was not aware we could save routes to our SD Card, but why would we want or need to?
The 62s receiver has 1.8GB of internal memory with the option of either storing multiple routes via the Track Manager screen and/or archiving multiple routes within the Track Manager screen to be later activated as needed. I would think that the SD Card would be best utilized for only downloading maps.
That was the info I needed. I just "tested it" myself and it works just like you said. Thanks so much for your help.joe bartels wrote:( I didn't know this until reading about it just now )
gpx files need to be in a folder called "GPX" inside a folder called "Garmin" on your SD card
so that would be...
/Garmin/GPX
It may be case sensitive. I just tested the above and it worked!
I sent an inquiry to Garmin Product Support regarding the 62x series maximum number of routes that can be stored within the unit's "Track Manager Memory" and "Track Manager Archived" sections. Here is their very comforting response:Grasshopper wrote:I'm not sure what the new series units Track Manager memory route limit is but as of this moment I have 21 GPS Routes now showing in my Track Manager memory for active use and 7 GPS Routes in my Archived section of the Track Manager screen. The Archived Routes option was added after your 60CS series. I would need to view the online Garmin User Manual for the 62s (which is probably the same for the Oregon series) to determine what the maximum limit number of saved memory routes and/or archived routes is, it is obviously many more than the older series Garmin eTrex Vista and Garmin 60CS series.
Irritating??? I'd use a different word, but this is a family-friendly site.big_load wrote:The other irritating thing...
Even the 60CSx will hold a practically unlimited number of waypoints. What's more, it's not entirely stupid about which ones it lists when you're searching. The 60CS wasn't nearly as sophisticated in that regard.Grasshopper wrote:I meant to also ask about the maximum number of Way Points that can be stored and I may be making a wrong assumption but based on their above reply I would assume that it is most likely limited only by the total 1.7GB of internal unit memory.