[gps-talkusers] Re: Lost Card with Maps
- From: "Sharonda Greenlaw" <sbgreenlaw@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:57:35 -0700
Though my card was way overpriced at Best Buy, I got a 4gb yesterday.
Today, I w begin the tedious job of re-downloading everything all ov}
again. I miss my GPS and am looking forward to doing my travels again!
Maybe later on, I'll buy an 8GB. Thank you all so much for all the help.
Sharonda
On 10/21/07, Kevin Chao <g.unit89@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sharonda,
>
> A 4GB card will be able to hold about half of the entire United States.
>
> I just loaded Arizona, New York, and Michigan along with the GNIS, RMF, and
> Collective User POIs and it came out to about 640MB. So if you want, it
> would be possible to load all of these maps onto a 1GB card and you will
> have over 300MB free for storage. Let's say if you want to load the audio
> tutorial and documentation, then that would add about another 60MB, but this
> will still leave you over 200MB worth of storage.
> Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharonda Greenlaw
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 7:13 PM
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Lost Card with Maps
>
> How many maps can a 4GB card hold? ,do you think three? I must have Arizona.
> I'm considering New York, because a friend of mine lives there. And I have
> to have Michigan, cuz that's my former home state.
> Thanks.
> Sharonda
>
> On 10/15/07, Sharonda Greenlaw <sbgreenlaw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I'm looking at this 4GB compact flash card at Tiger Direct. Here are
> > the specs. Please let me know if this will work. Thanks.
> >
> > Sandisk 4GB Extreme III (20MB/sec) Compact Flash SanDisk Extreme III
> > CompactFlash is designed for serious professional photographers who
> > demand one of the fastest cards on the market.
> > $79.99
> >
> > Or this one:
> > SanDisk Ultra II (9MB/sec) 4GB Compact Flash This card is perfect for
> > advanced photographers who require high-performance cards to quickly
> > shoot many high-resolution images.
> > $63.99
> >
> > Looking forward to your response,
> > Sharonda
> >
> >
> > On 10/9/07, Scott Granados <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Actually, 8GB cards are relatively new, sub one year I believe. And
> > > it's nice to know that these cards are supported. Many devices have
> > > a 2 or 4
> > gb
> > > limit, like my phone for example. A google should yield some of
> > > these
> > cards
> > > sub $50 depending on brand and several different form factors
> > > including CF and SD. The 8gb cards are primarily targeted at HD
> > > recording devices and cameras in general so watch out for compatibility
> issues.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kevin Chao" <g.unit89@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 1:03 PM
> > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Lost Card with Maps
> > >
> > >
> > > > Sharonda,
> > > >
> > > > I personally use a SanDisk 8GB CompactFlash card that contains the
> > > > maps for the entire United States along with the Oxford Concise
> > > > Dictionary
> > and
> > > > Thesaurus. I personally chose this size of card because I want to
> > > > have
> > the
> > > > ability to just switch directories when traveling and don't want
> > > > to have to go through the hastle of downloading and swapping out
> > > > maps, this is
> > not
> > > > a difficult task at all. I also have the dictionary files on a
> > > > single card, so I don't have to swap cards in the case of the PK
> > > > or have more than one card inserted into the mPower. I think that
> > > > you can find this size card for roughly $80. This is a major
> > > > discount compared to what it was a year ago or even a few years
> > > > ago, I think it was in the range of several hundreds of dollars.
> > > >
> > > > Kevin
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Sharonda Greenlaw" <sbgreenlaw@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:58 AM
> > > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Lost Card with Maps
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Hi everyone,
> > > >> Sadly, I'm writing to report that my card with all my Sendero
> > > >> maps has been lost. I know I can download all my information
> > > >> again--what a pain. But what I want to know from more experienced
> > > >> users is what kind of card should I buy? How many gigs and such?
> Thanks for all help.
> > > >>
> > > >> Sharonda
> > > >>
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