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Can't see map during MTB

TJM276

So there are several base maps that can be enabled or disabled simultaneously. For mountain biking, I would like to be able to see Trailforks, even if I am not navigating a route. On a recent ride I could not see any graphical map data, although the 530 was indeed indicating the next trail intersection. All I could see were empty quadrants where you would expect the map to be drawn. The only map I have enabled in my MTB profile is the Trailforks map. What combination of base maps should be enabled concurrently? How does the 530 determine which map it will draw? 

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    I have all the available maps enabled, whatever it came with stock.  Looks like:

    AMR Standard Basemap, NR

    Garmin Cycle Map Amer, North 2020.20

    Garmin DEM Map North America 2020.10

    Garmin Cycle Map Amer, Central 2020.20

    Trailforks 2020.20

    I live in Montana, USA.  The map always shows me trails and roads and paths when I am not navigating a course.  I hope this helps.

  • 0 in reply to ewarnerusa

    So I played around with enabling and disabling different base maps last night. Enabling everything seems to have fixed the issue, at least in my living room.

    So how is the Edge 530 handling the maps when there are 5 enabled at the same time? Does it draw them all on top of one another? Which map takes preference? Does this slow or alter the performance of the unit at all?  In what scenario would one want to disable a particular map?

    I'm kind of a nuts and bolts type of guy. I like to know how and why things are working a certain way so I can make a decision as to how I can set up my stuff to work the way I want. 

  • 0 in reply to TJM276

    I don't know!  But my thought is that I own all the maps so I want them enabled so I have full access to device capability. I'm trusting the device to know how to do this and me disabling things that come enabled by default would mess with things. Judging by the names of the maps, there isn't any redundancy so there are not instances where it is trying to show multiple versions of the same things.  

  • 0 in reply to TJM276

    The basemap is only used when zoomed out a long way when you don't need fine detail.  The DEM map is an elevation map.  It does not contain anything apart from elevation data.  The cycle maps contain the map data - roads, paths etc.  They don't overlap.  There is more than one as a single one to cover the entirety of North America would be too large. The Trailforks map only contains the Trailforks information.

    All the pre-installed maps can be active at once with no issues.

    If you use a third party map you would need to disable the cycle map that covers the same geographic area to prevent map display and navigation issues that arise from having two maps of the same type covering the same area.

  • 0 in reply to Wongataa

    This makes a lot of sense and is really helpful! Thanks!