Downloading data to a 522ci

I’m heading on a houseboat trip up to Voyageurs National Park. I found the park service has a download of campsites, navigation hazards, bouys, etc. I’d like to download this info onto my GPS and use it with my Lakemaster chip.

What exactly do I need to purchase to accomplish this?

Once I have these items, if any, how do I go about making this happen?

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide!!

SnowDog,
I can’t answer your question,
but
I wanted to say, Welcome to IDO, this is a Great site for good honest info.
Someone will answer your question soon.
Good luck up north.
Jack.

Thanks, Jack. I have been impressed with the overall helpfulness and character of the forums here!

I found some of my answers in a similar thread.

Looks like I need to get MapCreate and a card reader to get the job done. It appears that I can/should load the info straight onto my Lakemaster chip?

OK, I managed to answer my own question, for the most part. Here’s what I did, if anyone cares:

I bought and installed MapCreate7 on my PC. Included with my software was a card reader for MMC cards.

I pulled up my LakeMaster MN map and created a new map of Voyageurs National Park (VNP) and saved it to a new chip (also included in my MapCreate purchase)

I then went to the VNP website and right-clicked on the download link. The file on the website is an .xml file which MapCreate can’t read, so I saved it as a .gpx file by simply changing the file extension in the SaveAs box to .gpx

I then went back into MapCreate and imported the file from where I’d saved it on my hard drive. All the gps coordinates came through, but the different icons did not. I just got red dots for everything, regardless if it was marking a rock, a bouy, a campsite, or whatever.

I’ve tried a few different ways to convert the file so that the icons are retained from the original file, but have not been successful. Unless someone has a better idea, looks like I’ll be converting icons manually.

Anyway, this looks to be the most workable solution to my problem so far.