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Offline Pedreo233

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GPSMAP 60CSx
« on: March 29, 2009, 11:25:24 PM »
What is the largest memory card you can use in this unit?
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Offline BigBendHiker

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Re: GPSMAP 60CSx
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2009, 07:05:06 AM »
I have a 2Gig card in mine.  Did a quick search and found the following information:
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1GB and 2GB MicroSD cards becamse available later in 2006. They work fine. Garmin specifially warns against the SanDisk Ultra II 1 Gb.

In 2007, 4GB and 6GB microSDHC cards became available. However, the units remain bound by a 2GB limit for a single map file in most mapping products. That's not terrible; 2GB holds the entire U.S. for any Mapsource product. The GPSes are limited to 2025 map tiles and the Topo product, in particular, uses tiny (county sized) tiles so it's easy to run into that limit long before you run into the 2GB limit.

The information, above came from:

http://www.gpsfaqs.org/faqs/garmin/xseries/g60csx/accessories.html#biggestmicrosd



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Offline Pedreo233

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Re: GPSMAP 60CSx
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2009, 10:08:13 AM »
Your research matches my experience.  I have 2 - 1 GB cards, one for topo and one for City Navigator NT and the limit seems to be the number of maps more than the data storage.  I'll probably go to a 2 GB for the City Maps.  Anyone know how big are the Nat'l Parks 24k maps?
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Re: GPSMAP 60CSx
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2009, 10:56:17 AM »
Quote from: Pedreo233 on March 30, 2009, 10:08:13 AM
Your research matches my experience.  I have 2 - 1 GB cards, one for topo and one for City Navigator NT and the limit seems to be the number of maps more than the data storage.  I'll probably go to a 2 GB for the City Maps.  Anyone know how big are the Nat'l Parks 24k maps?

The National Parks Central v3 24k edition is 334.8MB with 908 map tiles.  Of course, you will probably only need to have a couple of national parks loaded at any one time.
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Re: GPSMAP 60CSx
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2009, 06:54:37 PM »
I have loaded a lot of cards for friends and as pointed out the limit is the number of map sets not the total file size.  Given how cheap 2 Gb card have gotten, that is the size I would recommend.  But you will seldom get more that about 1.3 Gb on the card before the map set number is exceeded.
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Offline Pedreo233

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Re: GPSMAP 60CSx
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2009, 11:23:33 PM »
Quote from: randell on March 30, 2009, 10:56:17 AM
The National Parks Central v3 24k edition is 334.8MB with 908 map tiles.  Of course, you will probably only need to have a couple of national parks loaded at any one time.
Thanks, Randall.  Good info to have!  I'm lazy so I'll probably just buy a chip and load all on at once.  Thanks again!
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Offline Pedreo233

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Re: GPSMAP 60CSx
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2009, 11:25:57 PM »
Quote from: WL2 on March 30, 2009, 06:54:37 PM
I have loaded a lot of cards for friends and as pointed out the limit is the number of map sets not the total file size.  Given how cheap 2 Gb card have gotten, that is the size I would recommend.  But you will seldom get more that about 1.3 Gb on the card before the map set number is exceeded.
Superb info WL2, right on point.  Appreciate you sharing your experience with a direct answer.
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