[gps-talkusers] Re: sing maps copied from one CF card to another?
- From: Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:52:01 -0700
Yes, by default KeySoft hides .zdb (zip/postal code) and .cdb (city) files
as they are database files.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:23 PM
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: sing maps copied from one CF card to
> another?
>
> Hi kevin, you are so right! I had to do the chord x on the mpower to
> get it
> to recognize all the Missouri files then when I copied them, GPS
> opened
> the map fine. I realize it is pretty taxing on the poor old mpower
> processor to copy files like that and would normally copy or move files
> using the pc, but if I don't have access to my computer, it is nice to
> know
> that copying or moving maps can still be done on the mpower though
> it is
> tedious. Thanks! Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Chao" <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 9:18 PM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: sing maps copied from one CF card to
> another?
>
>
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > It is possible that in the process of copying the files from one
> > CompactFlash card to another CompactFlash card in the mPower that the
> > files
> > may have been corrupt. Use File Manager on the mPower or Windows
> > Explorer,check to see that you have the following 8 files on the
> card in
> > question:
> > 2009_poi_missouri_bonus
> > 2009_POI_Missouri_Bonus
> > 2009_poi_missouri_core
> > 2009_POI_Missouri_Core
> > Missouri-2009.cdb
> > Missouri-2009.zdb
> > Missouri_1-2009
> > Missouri_2-2009
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-
> >> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jim gammon
> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 9:11 PM
> >> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [gps-talkusers] sing maps copied from one CF card to
> another?
> >>
> >> Questions about copying and moving maps. I have copied a number
> >> of states to my CF card and some to another smaller one. Using
> >> my Mpower, I copied the Missouri map from my alternate card to
> >> the CF card with the maps folder in it. I copied all Missouri
> >> files into the map folder. They were not in a separate Missouri
> >> folder. Opening GPS, when I tried to point the city selection to
> >> Missouri it only found California and Hawaii, the only other two
> >> states currently in my map folder. Yet, when I chose the
> >> Missouri map on the other CF card from the Gps options, the map
> >> opened fine, just without the commercial and user POI's because
> >> they were not in that folder. So why wouldn't the GPS system
> >> open the Missouri map in the map folder? Could the Missouri files
> >> have gotten corrupted when copying them from one CF card to the
> >> other in my Mpower? I wouldn't think so, but it's a riddle I
> >> can't solve. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jim
> >
> >
>
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