How To Download Maps On Earthmate Fix

Highly detailed topographic maps of North America, color aerial imagery (US only), and detailed maps can be downloaded for viewing and use in the Earthmate app. This article walks you through download, managing, and deleting maps.

1 Some Android devices will allow SD cards to be formatted as extended storage for the mobile device. If you format an SD card as extended storage, you will not be given the option to download maps to the SD card. Your mobile device may automatically download the maps to an SD card formatted as external storage, but will not be read by the Earthmate app.

How To Download Maps On Earthmate

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I just bought an InReach Mini for communication purposes. I was also hoping to use the Earthmate app for navigation. However the map I downloaded, Topo North America, for British Columbia has no trails, even very popular ones. There are also very few backcountry roads. Even major forestry roads are not shown, Am I missing something or are these maps really that inferior to the competition?

Yes, certainly. I tried zooming right in and I tried looking at many different locations. Surprisingly, at least to me, the Open Streetmaps does show many trails in a couple of places I looked. I didn't expect that given its name. That may be the answer. Thanks Carleson.

Like the legacy iR devices (Explorer+ for example), believe Earthmate uses the old DeLorme cartography (hence the TNA name). Like most commercially available maps, coverage of trails is spotty at best. In the US, at least, you are likely to find "national trails" (for example, the Appalachian trail or the Pacific Crest trail). But coverage of local trails is usually lacking. Even when the trail is present, the locations may be outdated.

They are. For my region, and Italy in general, those maps are a joke. Where it does works best I'd say 60% coverage, and in my local area 25% at best. I now use custom maps which use OSM as the source (I'm a regular contributor as well) and I never looked back.

The primary difference between the devices is that the Explorer+ is pre-loaded with topographic maps while the SE+ has only a simple grid map (i.e. no features or contour lines, just its location plus any imported or created routes, waypoints, and breadcrumbs).

None of the preloaded or downloadable maps offer automatic routing. This is different from Garmin City Navigator and Garmin Topo 24K maps, which will give turn-by-turn directions between two points using roads or trails.

The Earthmate app is included with purchase of an inReach SE+ or Explorer+, and it can be purchased separately. In addition to the aforementioned OSM and Hunting Edition maps, additional data can be downloaded to Earthmate:

Does anybody know if Garmin is working on a (soon to be released) gen 2 explorer+?

It seems like a very nice device, but I am hoping for something with a usable GPS with Garmin maps support and hopefully a bigger internal memory or (micro)SD support.

I have the Garmin InReach SE+ and have done nothing to it at all, is there anyway to get maps onto the GPS? Do you download them somewhere and then put them on the inReach? Or is the Explorer the only one that can have topographic maps and contours?? If that is the case it seems like the SE+ is a waste of money. Its one thing to plot points but with no clarity of contour what is the point?

I just acquired a DeLorme Earthmate PN-40. It came with accessories, but no software. It has some maps in it already. The manual I found online doesn't have much detail to it. Come to find out, it was essentially non-supported by Garmin now. Probably why the price was so good!

I am not sure if Topo USA 8, 9, 10, etc., can be used with it. My understanding may be wrong, but it appears to me Topo USA is merely the software on my PC I can use to edit maps, save points, etc., and that really facilitates moving files to it. I've had significant difficulty finding a USA Topo disc, though Ebay had an unopened V9. I have Win10 and Win7 machines here. Maybe there is a freeware or a Garmin software that works even better--I've read numerous gripes about Topo USA.

I did find Garmin has some legacy maps for it online (for now). But other than some very basic state maps and public lands, that's about it. I'm not sure if I can subscribe to Garmin and load theirs--if that is some proprietary thing, etc. I wanted to load US trail data--but I kept finding it for Garmin-format GPS units. The manual does not say what types of data it can display, as far as I could tell.

3) The unit has two storage areas. One is about 6GB or so (internal) and the other is an external 2GB SD card. Can I put in a larger SD card and store lots more maps on it? Or does it need special formatting, etc.

I did some more research today and found 1) apparently new Garmin maps cannot be directly loaded on a DeLorme unit (no idea why), and 2) I don't need the Topo USA disc to do .gpx transfers (just save them through USB to my waypoints folder). Additionally, if I want basically anything new it means getting a new GPS unit and likely with a subscription on top of it.

First, yes, in my opinion, your analysis of Topo USA is correct: it's not very interesting if all you're doing is geocaching. The only time I used it was when I had to because it was the only way to download the additional maps from the DeLorne map service that was once available. For anything else -- including and especially downloading the standard maps -- I found mounting the PN-40 as USB drives much more useful. I never missed having special PC software for the PN-40.

I don't know the answer for sure, but I assume the only maps available now are the original maps on the disks. I don't expect Garmin maps to work, so, consequently, I never looked into it. I assume the old DeLorme service is gone. Not a huge loss. I only used it for the year I got it for free. It wasn't worth it to me to pay for it. I thought the default maps were good enough...except where the roads have changed, of course.

Having said all that, there are good reasons to get a new unit. In particularly, I'm really thinking more of my PN-60 that I got after a couple years of using the PN-40, so I try to put out of my mind how slow the PN-40 was, especially when loading a PQ. And definitely if you want fresh maps, and things like space views, you likely won't get them for a DeLorme these days.

All Garmin GPSr have to load all loaded data into the central internal database, otherwise the user would not have access to all data loaded on the device! This includes not only geocaches, but waypoints, tracks, routes, maps, etc. These items are all loaded to the main database only once. If any are changed between subsequent power cycles, they are updated. When applying geocache filters, only the data within the filter is used on the device.

DeLorme Publishing Company was a producer of personal satellite tracking, messaging, and navigation technology. In 2016, Garmin acquired the company's products and the DeLorme trademark. The company's main product, inReach, integrates GPS and satellite technologies.[1] inReach provides the ability to send and receive text messages anywhere in the world (including when beyond cell phone range) by using the Iridium satellite constellation. By pairing with a smart phone, navigation is possible with access to free downloadable topographic maps and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) charts. On February 11, 2016, the company announced that it had been purchased by Garmin, a multinational producer of GPS products and services.[2][3]

DeLorme combined state highway, county, and town maps as well as federal surveys to produce the Maine Atlas and Gazetteer which was printed in a large-format book with an initial printing of 10,000, which he marketed out of his car. The Gazetteer, which listed bicycle trails, canoeing and kayaking trips, and museum and historic sites, proved quite successful.

By 1995, DeLorme had 44 percent of the market share for CD maps. The same year the company partnered with the American Automobile Association (AAA) to produce the AAA Map 'n Go, the first mapping product to generate automatic routing.[citation needed] They also introduced the DeLorme GPS receiver to work with its maps.[5]

In 2004, DeLorme became the first company to sell a USB GPS device, the Earthmate GPS LT-20. At the same time, it began offering downloadable satellite and USGS 7.5-minute quads that could be overlaid on its maps using a new NetLink feature. Earlier models of Earthmate were among the first GPS receivers tethered to laptops.[citation needed]

Download maps before starting your adventure. The map layers in the Earthmate app are handy, but they need to be downloaded for specific regions while you still have wifi or cell service.

I plan on using my mini similarly to you. I have the Earthmate app mostly for the ability to send custom texts when Bluetoothed to my phone. I will use the mini to log my interval in the ext. tracking mode, then I will sync via Bluetooth each night to send texts to family and receive any messages. I have the Gaia app for backup navigation, that will be turned off unless I want to check my location against my map or some other reason. The Gaia app still sucks a lot of battery even on airplane mode with downloaded maps, so I use it to pre-plan my route at home for elevation and distances, etc.

Garmin sells two flavors of the InReach, and here's the difference. The SE has all the core functions including SOS and two-way texting. The Explorer, which costs about $50 more, adds topo maps, a built-in digital compass, barometric altimeter, and accelerometer.

Are the maps and sensors worth the extra $50? Yes, even though I rarely use them. As you read on, you'll find out that the InReach Explorer isn't really a good unit for mapping and navigation. I have other tools that I use for that. I think the extra $50 is a good investment in case of an emergency. If your main GPS fails, you have robust tools in the Explorer's topo maps, elevation, and compass. It should be enough to get you out of a jam. So I spend the extra $50 just in case. ff782bc1db