It's possible that something went wrong silently. Could you browse to the root of your Windows Mobile Device and find the file installer.txt? Please email that to support.

I'm running WM2003 on an Axim X30.  I'm a registered user with BCN v2.4.1 and decided to upgrade to v2.6.7.  All went fine with the download and install except BCN still shows v2.4.1 on my PDA.  Did something go wrong or am I missing something?
Great program by the way!
Thanks,
Cal

Hi Gary,

Each tile takes up about 8K - so you could get about 120Meg. 1m gives you about 8-16 times the amount of data that 4m will, and topo only goes up to 4m. So you can save space by downloading 4m and then getting 1m on more select areas. 

An even better idea:
If you want an area that better approximates the trail, start with waypoints/tracks first.

Google for "Grand Canyon (Bright Angel Trail) GPX". You just might save yourself some time by finding a trail and waypoints. 

Download the GPX file and import it into BackCountry Navigator.

Define rectangles for the irregular area that surrounds the trail as in this part of the software tour: http://www.backcountrynavigator.com/content/view/79/46/

This is even easier and faster to do in BackCountry Navigator Desktop Edition.

There are a few steps to learn for this process, but once you've done it, you'll see how fun and easy it is. 

Nathan

Hi All,

I just downloaded BNC and I am getting acquainted with the interface.  My primary purpose for this software will be getting topo maps of my hikes and GPS track it.

Since I would like to avoid roaming charges ($30 per mb) from my cell provider, I thought I could download the maps in advance.  My problem is how best to download the maps I need.

Example: I am going to hike the Grand Canyon (Bright Angel Trail).  I found a site that gave me the LAT/LONG of the trail(http://www.lat-long.com) and I selected a 15 mile radius (1051 tiles, plus 15935 aerial tiles) @ 1m resolution.  That is obviously more than I need.

Here are my questions:

• Is there a better way to get stuff?
• Also, can I delete tiles from the database once I downloaded them?
• how do I zoom in on a part of the country and select an area?
• How big is the average tile?

 

I have an 8Gb storage card, so space is not a huge concern

Thanks
Gary Brown

I'll found out more if I can, but I have at least identified a pattern. This is happening when you've clicked on the zoomcontrol or status line.

I suspect that the map control is losing the focus to the smaller controls and doesn't seem to gain it back. It is therefore not getting the keyboard events.

I haven't found that there is anything you can do to get the focus back, but there could be something to avoid it in the software.   

I often find when using the desktop version that the map zooming shortcut keys (up arrow and down arrow) stop working.  I haven't been able to figure out a pattern of events that leads to this.  When this happens I can still zoom the map by going to Program | View | Zoom | In, but that's tedious.  I've never experienced this problem on my phone; only with the desktop version.  Is there a way to avoid this, or a way to restore the shortcut functionality when this happens (short of shutting down and restarting the program)?

Ok,

Well i just came into my office and i had tried doing this, it didnet work. Then this morning i tried it again and wouldent you know it, it worked.

Thanks,
Nathan

I am glad that the update has been helpful for Pat. I have made it available as version 2.6.7.

It may be needed for all devices with Windows Mobile 6.1.

Do you sync your Recon with your PC? If so, try doing the download while it is connected. There are some ActiveSync settings for this, but usually the defaults are okay.

Gents,

First off i am a layman as far as computer terms are concerned. I have downloaded the trial version of backcountry and i love it. I have both the TDS systems Nomad system as well as a recon with the Holux card.

Here is my question, Noone has answered my calls or emails so maybe you gents can help, My recon does not have WIFI, how do i download maps to it? Maybe a stupid question but i cannot figure this out. It was incredibly easy on the Nomad you simply click on the download tab.

Any help would greatly be appriciated.

Thanks,
Ken
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