Ky Hydrographx maps on GPS.

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04-12-2009, 09:22 PM
Cane Pole

Ky Hydrographx maps on GPS.

I finally tried the gps out that I had previously loaded with Ky Hydrgraphx maps. Worked pretty darn good. The map files are large, so at higher area zooms (500 ft and above), there is somewhat of a delay, but I seldom zoom that far out. I have the maps installed on my 276c. Anyone who wants to see it work can chase me down on Ky lake.;) I will be glad to show it to you. I know the lake pretty good, so I don't do too much zooming. I zoom out to about 200 and zoom in to 20. That's a lot of zooming anyway.

There are tricks to doing this stuff. I am on a learning curve........
04-12-2009, 09:33 PM
crappiecrazy

Canepole,
How do you think it would work in this situation? Slowly Spiderrigging down a strech of ledge with the plotter screen?

Thanks,
Tom
04-12-2009, 09:37 PM
Cane Pole

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Originally Posted by crappiecrazy

Canepole,
How do you think it would work in this situation? Slowly Spiderrigging down a strech of ledge with the plotter screen?

Thanks,
Tom

what unit?
04-12-2009, 09:41 PM
crappiecrazy

The Garmin GPS that you are using. My question may not be clear.
04-12-2009, 09:59 PM
Cane Pole

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Originally Posted by crappiecrazy

The Garmin GPS that you are using. My question may not be clear.

Yes...We used it this morning to follow a ledge. I will be glad to show you, but I have to get my wife past eye surgery this month.

Do you ever fish Big Sandy area?
04-12-2009, 10:14 PM
crappiecrazy

Canepole,
I used to fish Big Sandy with Pat Hahs. I worked with him before I retired July 07. I quit fishing the big lakes when gas got so high. Big Sandy was my favorite area. I may start fishing there again. I would like to be able to use his maps with a gps instead of a gps/pda setup. I may come down and see you sometime after you have had time to work with your kyhdyromaps/gps setup. Thanks for the info!

Tom
04-12-2009, 10:27 PM
Cane Pole

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Originally Posted by crappiecrazy

Canepole,
I used to fish Big Sandy with Pat Hahs. I worked with him before I retired July 07. I quit fishing the big lakes when gas got so high. Big Sandy was my favorite area. I may start fishing there again. I would like to be able to use his maps with a gps instead of a gps/pda setup. I may come down and see you sometime after you have had time to work with your kyhdyromaps/gps setup. Thanks for the info!

Tom

Pat is a fine fellow.

I need to load and test different color/pixel values and test them out. The more pixels and color, the more the detail, but longer load times. My 276c has about a 3 x 4 screen. I can do this at home, but only in the simulator. Need the real thing to verify. I will keep you posted on progress.
04-13-2009, 06:54 PM
ricky

Cane Pole are you using topo or the side scan?
04-13-2009, 08:29 PM
Majesticman

Cane pole

I have a Magellian meridian avalible for testing. I have blood river and Johnathan Creek scans. I wonder how it will work on a Lowrance HDS 5.
04-13-2009, 08:56 PM
Cane Pole

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Originally Posted by ricky

Cane Pole are you using topo or the side scan?

Topos.
04-13-2009, 09:01 PM
Cane Pole

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Originally Posted by Majesticman

Cane pole

I have a Magellian meridian avalible for testing. I have blood river and Johnathan Creek scans. I wonder how it will work on a Lowrance HDS 5.

Will only work with Garmin. None of the other GPS Gods will help with private/individualized maps. They want yo monies for their stuff, which, ain't worth a crap in lots of areas.

I got it figured out and it is easy to implement into the Mapping Garmins.

Just a hobby for me. Fun project.
04-14-2009, 08:14 AM
smashdn

So you are telling me that since I have a mapping garmin i don't have to drop 120 bones on the (sub par if it is like the paper maps) fishing hot spots maps to use with my unit?
04-14-2009, 08:57 AM
Cane Pole

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Originally Posted by smashdn

So you are telling me that since I have a mapping garmin i don't have to drop 120 bones on the (sub par if it is like the paper maps) fishing hot spots maps to use with my unit?

Not if you make your own maps. But, the gotcha for me is the dedicated memory card. I haven't made any maps yet. I used the Ky Hrdrographx maps of Ky Lake and put them on my gps. The Ky Hydrographx maps are far more detailed than Navionics or Mapsourse Hot Spots. I have all all three.

Making maps takes time and money. So, 120 bucks is a drop in the bucket.

What I am saying is you can make your own maps if you fish an area with just blank colored areas if you so want to and you can install them in the Garmin GPS There are no shortcuts. It is only money. Crappie go for about a 1000 bucks a pound now.

I am just saying it can be done.

This can easily be done on a laptop, but it is hard to see in bright sunlight.
04-14-2009, 03:10 PM
ShilohRed

Tom just send me our GPS and let me test it out for you. LOL Glad you are getting this worked out. Now to help me get Google Earth where I can sit at home and watch people set the hook and get fish in all in real time. Now that would be something.
pete

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Originally Posted by Cane Pole

Not if you make your own maps. But, the gotcha for me is the dedicated memory card. I haven't made any maps yet. I used the Ky Hrdrographx maps of Ky Lake and put them on my gps. The Ky Hydrographx maps are far more detailed than Navionics or Mapsourse Hot Spots. I have all all three.

Making maps takes time and money. So, 120 bucks is a drop in the bucket.

What I am saying is you can make your own maps if you fish an area with just blank colored areas if you so want to and you can install them in the Garmin GPS There are no shortcuts. It is only money. Crappie go for about a 1000 bucks a pound now.

I am just saying it can be done.

This can easily be done on a laptop, but it is hard to see in bright sunlight.