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C-Maps
Is it possible to install a C-Map from the orange SD card into Expedition on the laptop?
Can it be done with a USB SD-card reader?
Does the SD card have to remain plugged into the laptop for the whole voyage? or can I simply install the C-Map into Expedition, and then stick the card back into the GPS, where I got it from?
- Nick
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Re: C-Maps
Hello,
The C-map card reader is required to read C-map charts on SD cards. The card reader is used to stop people copying SD cards.
Unfortunately, this means it will only work with the card in the SD reader.
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Okay. Great. Will any USB C-Map card reader do? Or do I need a special C-Map card reader? If so, any idea where I can get one on the West Coast USA?
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Thread Starter- hopsahl
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Re: C-Maps
I meant to say, will any USB SD Card reader do the trick, or do I need a special C-Map card reader?
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Hello,
It has to be the C-Map reader. Very few people use this option though as the CD charts are a better option.
In the US, charts are free from NOAA though.
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Thanks Nick. Got it. This is for the the Puerto Vallarta race, San Diego to PV Mexico. NOAA charts stop at the border. We have an extra C-Map card. But sounds like purchasing the C-Map DVD is the better option.
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Thread Starter- lutt
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Re: C-Maps
Hi!
I as well have a C-map card laying around, and figured that getting the card reader would suffice. However, and local vendor told me yesterday that they are out of stock, and C-Map have stopped making them.
So, my question is:
What is the *easiest* way to get C-map maps into expedition? I understand that I might be out of luck with the card I have without the reader, but I'm interested in alternative ways as well.
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Hello, I didn't know that but it doesn't surprise me.
Either MAX on CD from your local reseller or the 4D charts.
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Thanks!
For me, the simplest way ended up in the following (on a laptop without a cd-rom):
- Email CMap support to get a download link to their CDs (tip from my local reseller).
- Did the download, mounted the downloaded CD image as a virtual drive (can be done in windows 7 at least) and installed the software on the downloaded CD image.
- And finally selected the chart I wanted, bought it through the program, etc - just as I imagine it would work through having the normal physical CD.
Probably obvious for many, but it wasn't for me 