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Offline presidio

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« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2007, 12:51:30 PM »
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Look under 'view' and then 'preferences and settings' and then 'data folders'


More power to you if it works that simply.
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« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2007, 02:34:47 PM »
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Can something similar be done with the National Geographic TOPO! software? ...

Look under 'view' and then 'preferences and settings' and then 'data folders'


That is it! It works! Thanks!

I made it point to two folders that contain disks 4 and 8, the ones needed to cover BBNP. I'll later have to upload and link to the other 10 disks.


(note: this is specifically for the NG TOPO! software)
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« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2007, 03:14:25 PM »
I am glad you got it to work so quickly.  Took me freakin forever to figure out how to get it to work.  I do have all my maps in one folder.
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« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2007, 04:26:47 PM »
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Sure. You will have to look in the Registry to see how it is making calls for the additional disks (or, actually, not making the call). Typically what happens, when programs want you to keep a disk in a drive for access, is that the registry has a value set to make the data call to the CD/DVD drive and not the hard drive. When it cannot find the proper disk in the CD/DVD drive, you get either an error message or a message to insert the missing disk in the drive....


Presidio - thanks for all that information. Thanks for taking the time to help me and hopefully many others. As it turns out, the TOPO! program allows me to link to the data through an option. I just didn't know that existed.

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...Remember, you should backup the Registry before you begin....and have a means of booting your computer into safe mode should something go awry. Otherwise, you would have no way to restore the Registry. Sounds dire, but as I previously noted, if you are careful and only modify the map pointers, there is no way your machine would be affected. You might have to tweak the registry to refine the map issue, but windows functionality would be unaffected. Rule of thumb: if you make the Registry backup, you will never need it. If you don't, well you know what will happen.


Sound advice, most definitely. I've only had to modify my registry a few times in the past and I don't think I bothered with making backups first. I'll never do that again :D
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« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2007, 08:19:25 PM »
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Presidio - thanks for all that information. Thanks for taking the time to help me and hopefully many others. As it turns out, the TOPO! program allows me to link to the data through an option. I just didn't know that existed.


Well, glad it was that easy. The mark of quality software is that it lets you make the decisions on how to use it. Garmin should have done so as well.
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« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2007, 04:57:13 PM »
Here is a review of some Magellan topo software.

http://www.gpsinformation.net/waas/Mag3-D/Mag-Contours.html
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