[gps-talkusers] Re: Problem loading maps onto PCMCIA Microdrive
- From: Michael May <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:34:16 -0700
John,
A maximum of 12 maps can be loaded at a time. I think you'll find that with
8 to 12 maps loaded, operations can get sluggish. I recommend turning off
Look-Around mode with Chord M when you have a lot of maps loaded.
Here is what we say in the ReadMe.
Mike
If you wish to arrange maps regionally, here is a suggested arrangement.
Maps Organized Regionally
Maps 1 West: 12 maps
Arizona, *4 California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,
Washington
Maps2 Midwest: 10 maps
Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, *2 Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Wyoming
Maps3 South Central: 9 maps
Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, *4 Texas
Maps4 Central East: 12 maps
*2 Illinois, Indiana, *2 Michigan, *2 Ohio, *2 Pennsylvania, Virginia, West
Virginia, Wisconsin
Maps5 Southeast: 8 maps
Alabama, *2 Florida, *2 Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Maps6 Northeast: 12 maps
Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, *2 New York, Rhode Island, Vermont
Maps7 Offshore: 4 maps
Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico
At 10:50 AM 7/1/2004, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>
> Since I'm traveling tomorrow, I decided to load a bunch of maps
>onto my 5GB Toshiba Microdrive today. Naturally, I'm having a problem.
>I loaded 19 maps onto my microdrive, but only 12 were being seen. I
>deleted two of the ones being seen, and I still saw 12 maps (including
>two that I hadn't seen before).
>
> I've been using a laptop to copy map files from CD-ROM to PCMCIA
>card and made a few mistakes along the way. Hence I wound up copying
>folders then moving the files from the folders up into the main
>directory and deleteing folders. Has anyone seen anything like this?
>I'd really like to be able to load a bunch of maps on my card and have
>never heard of this sort of limitation before. What might I be doing
>wrong and how can I correct it?
>
>John
>
>
>John R. Mattioli, Jr.
>Senior Software Engineer
>Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc.
Michael G. May
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