#Accessing gps tracks on garmin 60csx install#

Menu>Menu>Tracks>Setup>Data Card setup> Check the box for 'Log Track to Data Card'. Why do some of my tracks not have elevation or timestamps?īecause some of the tracks are saved tracks. These files can be read by your computer, but the GPS itself will never display them. These files are immune from the limit of 10,000 points, the settings mentioned above and the compression of saved tracks so they always have timestamps and alttudes. Optionally, the unit may write tracks to the removable SD memory card as GPX files. Saved tracks are 'compressed' by the unit to have under 500 trackpoints and have neither elevation nor timestamps and have fewer stored trackpoints. Saved tracks are created manually by the user from the keypad. Active tracks will either overwrite the oldest points if set to wrap or will stop recording and display a message if you set it to fill. They are the most 10,000 most recently recorded position points. The Garmin GPSMap 60CSx keeps three kinds of tracks: active, saved, and stored.Īctive tracks have elevation and timestamps. By default, only 3,000 are shown but that can be changed in the Map setup/Tracks tab.Įssentially unlimited storage can be used by storing tracks on the memory card in setup. The unit stores 10,000 trackpoints internally. How much storage is available for tracks? Why isn't that information in the saved tracks?Ī track is like a trail of breadcrumbs it records where you have been. When I look at the GPS, it knows the temperature reported by my marine sensor, the heading reported by my compass, and the wather depth reported by my depthfinder. If I record my GPS tracks to the memory card as saved tracks, how many days will it hold? 7. How can I get the unit to preserve them? 6. Why do some of my tracks not have elevation or timestamps? 5. How much storage is available for tracks? 3. Why isn't that information in the saved tracks? 1. Sounds like what you need to do is bring the tracks into mapsource/easygps/whathaveyou and squirt them into the internal memory on the GPS as a saved track or active log, respecting the limits mentioned in previous posts.1. I don't recommend doing this, save that for the computer. Some file manipulation can take place from the GPS, namely deleting tracks on the external card. Really the only thing the GPS reads on that card is the mapset, /Garmin/GMAPSUPP.IMG. Neither of which is likely to happen without severe circumstances. This happens every time a point is saved, and as such the only limits to the size of that tracklog is capacity on the card and addressible file size of the file system. When a point is saved to the active track log on internal memory, the file for that day (YYYYMMDD.gpx) is opened, the line is written, and the file is closed.

Tracks on the external card are write-only. The 'External' memory, in this case the SD card. any change is backed up/copied internally and the two are compared on a regular basis for file/data integrity. This data's protected with Garmin's CDP system.

Internal memory that isn't computer-accessible, this is where waypoints/active log/routes/system settings live. I know there are limits to the number of routes that can be saved and the number of 'Via Points' used in each saved route. Routes work best as a dynamic navigation tool, ever evolving/changing. This option will use some of the Active Log capacity which can impact your ability to record a new high resolution track.

#Accessing gps tracks on garmin 60csx install#

While nice, high res tracks are usually not necessary for navigation.ģ) Rename the 2351 point file 'Active Log' before sending to the GPS where it will install into the GPS's Active Log area (10k points max). Surprising how useful and good a track filtered from 5k-10k points down to 500 can be. The solution is to (using MapSource or other):ġ) Divide the 2351 point track into 5 tracks of 500 points or less.Ģ) Filter the 2351 point track to a single track of 500 pints or fewer (save with a new name to keep both). When loading a 2351 point track for example it is loaded as a saved track and is either filtered (full length, less resolution) or truncated (shortened) to 500 or fewer points. The 'Archived Log' is a file a day as big as the card will hold which is a lot. Click to expand.If my memory is right on 60/76 units the 'Active Log' can be up tp 10,000 points, saved tracks (20) can be up to 500 points each.