Radio Shack has the 16gig on sale for around $50. I've seen them for around $30 on Amazon with free shipping.
Oregon 450 sale at REI
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Radio Shack has the 16gig on sale for around $50. I've seen them for around $30 on Amazon with free shipping.
Looks like you figured it out. But if anyone else wants to know, the trick is that you need to create the same folders on the memory card as internal memory. The unit will then see maps in both places. So first you would create a Garmin folder in the root directory of the card. Then you would create a BirdsEye folder and a CustomMaps Folder (if desired) inside the Garmin folder.
A quick question regarding waypoints. I don't have the 450 with me and the online manual does not show the info. Does anyone know if the time is recorded when a WP is taken and is it viewable afterwards? I see that you can add a comment to a WP, but if the time is captured it would make what I need to do much simpler and accurate. I am headed up to Steamtown this weekend and will be taken the ride on the foliage steam train. I want to WP each road crossing it passes and check the time between them so I can go back the next day to photograph the train as it passes. Thanks.
The time is not shown in the info on the GPS. I suspect that you can view that data on your computer with BaseCamp or Mapsource however. Never really felt the need to do so myself, so I'm not sure. But it would be simple enough to figure out yourself with a quick test.
The tracklog would also capture the time and location of everywhere you went. So you could load both the track and waypoints on your computer, then check the time by looking at the track points in the same location as the waypoint.
The tracklog would also capture the time and location of everywhere you went. So you could load both the track and waypoints on your computer, then check the time by looking at the track points in the same location as the waypoint.
Thanks Boyd. I won't have a computer with me. I'll just enter the time in the WP comment area; that should be close enough to check where I need to be and when. I'm kind of surprised the time isn't available on the unit itself.
You got me wondering about this, so I just looked at my big waypoint collection in Mapsource. Surprisingly, when you view waypoint properties, there's no field for date/time. However, under the waypoint tab on the left pane of the browser, there's a column for modification date. Most of these are blank, however the ones I recently recorded on my Oregon (as opposed to waypoints from a variety of other sources) do show a date/time stamp which appears to be accurate (as well as I can recall from my hike last August 
) If you click on the heading of the "date modified" column, you can sort in either ascending or descending order.
But I stand corrected about accessing it on the unit! Go to the waypoint manager and select a point. Press Change Comment. The default is the date and time recorded. But the problem is, you can only see something like this
24-JUL-10
But tap the text box and now press the arrow key --> to scroll to the right and see the full timestamp. Curiously, it doesn't show the year (maybe only because it was 2010?)
24-JUL-10-4:44:59-PM--------
Kind of awkward, but the info is actually all there. Ya learn something everyday.
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Looking a little more closely in Mapsource... the date/timestamp is also visible in comment box under waypoint properties for locations I saved with my Oregon. Locations saved on my Nuvi either have a blank comment field or contain the street address if it was created from an address search.
) If you click on the heading of the "date modified" column, you can sort in either ascending or descending order.But I stand corrected about accessing it on the unit! Go to the waypoint manager and select a point. Press Change Comment. The default is the date and time recorded. But the problem is, you can only see something like this
24-JUL-10
But tap the text box and now press the arrow key --> to scroll to the right and see the full timestamp. Curiously, it doesn't show the year (maybe only because it was 2010?)
24-JUL-10-4:44:59-PM--------
Kind of awkward, but the info is actually all there. Ya learn something everyday.
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Looking a little more closely in Mapsource... the date/timestamp is also visible in comment box under waypoint properties for locations I saved with my Oregon. Locations saved on my Nuvi either have a blank comment field or contain the street address if it was created from an address search.
Thanks again!
I'll take a look as soon as my son returns with MY unit He is in Worthington with some friends camping. Doesn't seem too awkward for my purpose, as I don't need the info an a demand basis, just to check the times at various RR crossings so I can be there around when the train rolls thru. Not really what a GPS is for, but it appears it will fill my need. I Appreciate your taking the time to look into this. 
I'll take a look as soon as my son returns with MY unit
He is in Worthington with some friends camping. Doesn't seem too awkward for my purpose, as I don't need the info an a demand basis, just to check the times at various RR crossings so I can be there around when the train rolls thru. Not really what a GPS is for, but it appears it will fill my need. I Appreciate your taking the time to look into this.
A GPX file is basically a text document, so by using Notepad or any other text editor you can open the GPX file and see the times. So if you have a GPX file in your computer launch NotePad and make sure you choose "All Files" in the directory and choose the GPX file and you will see the times.
If anyone has a Mac, TextEdit is a master at this. I do all of my altering of GPX files manually using TextEdit. Below is a sample and that is what you will see using NotePad also. If you file comes from USAPhotoMaps is will be cluttered with other useless info also.
Guy
If anyone has a Mac, TextEdit is a master at this. I do all of my altering of GPX files manually using TextEdit. Below is a sample and that is what you will see using NotePad also. If you file comes from USAPhotoMaps is will be cluttered with other useless info also.
Guy
I'm here in Scranton and have been playing with the 450 and WP's. The time is recorded and can be viewed with the WP manager; the time appears under the WP name. The place I'm staying has a computer available in their business room, but it does not allow downloading any software like Base Camp. It looks like I won't need it anyway. 
Well the REI sale on the Oregon 450 is long over, but you will find it for $250 again today at Cabela's. They also have a Dakota 20 bundle that includes US Topo 100k for $250.
http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/brow...05682680?WTz_l=Home;cat105591780;cat105681780
Don't know how long the sale lasts, but this is the lowest price we've seen on the Oregon 450 since the holidays.
http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/brow...05682680?WTz_l=Home;cat105591780;cat105681780
Don't know how long the sale lasts, but this is the lowest price we've seen on the Oregon 450 since the holidays.
Well, I have had my Oregon for quite a while and really enjoy using it; however, I still have some serious issues with it. There is no doubt that for locating something with precision accuracy my 60CSX is much much better. With the Oregon the distance in feet just stays the same when trying to zone in on a stone. If it tells me I am within 7 feet I can walk 20 feet and it still says 7, and the arrow is pointing dead ahead. With my 60CSX I can move a few feet each way and it will constantly let me know if I am moving towards or away from a location making this the best GPS for stone searching. Today, Jessica and I struck out because I was not able to pin the location down where I needed to be. I now will have to take both GPS units with me so that I have the map in the Oregon and the precision of the 60CSX.
Guy
Guy
Garmin just announced a $50 rebate on your choice of the Oregon 450, 450t, 550 or 550t. Offer is good through the end of September, details are here: http://garmin.blogs.com/files/oregon_rebate-1.pdf
Shop around and you should be able to get an Oregon 450 for about $250 with this rebate.
Shop around and you should be able to get an Oregon 450 for about $250 with this rebate.
Just read that REI will once again have the Oregon 450 on sale for $250 from Aug 26-Sep 6. Sorry, can't find a link online but evidently it's listed in their sale flier (haven't gotten mine yet). This would be an all-time low for the Oregon, since the above-mentioned rebate is still in effect, lowering your final price to $200.
[edit]Here's a link to the flier - the Oregon is listed on page 5: http://catalogs.rei.com/WebProject....0456937&cm_mmc=CJ-_-Aff-_-4485850-_-10456937#
[edit]Here's a link to the flier - the Oregon is listed on page 5: http://catalogs.rei.com/WebProject....0456937&cm_mmc=CJ-_-Aff-_-4485850-_-10456937#
I sort of doubt it. REI has had the same sale for $250 on the Oregon for the past 3 years, but the difference is that Garmin is now offering a $50 rebate as well. Garmin just introduced the Montana series which is their new handheld "flagship" line. At the beginning of the month they also announced a new series of eTrex models, new Astro and Rino models as well. Today they also did a major update/reorganization to the Nuvi line: http://www8.garmin.com/move/lineup.html