Help Garmin gps hunting gps maps

[Knot Tellin]

I just purchased a new garmin 62st. I have a few questions for all you experienced users.
1. I want to purchase a map from hunting gps maps do I have to have a chip in my gps or does it have enough internal memory for the downloaded version?
2. One reason I got the 62st was it was suppose to have more memory than the 62s. But with the preloaded 100k map it doesn't have very much left. Can I take off the preloaded map and reloaded as need.

 

[Zach]

I'd just get the chip, then it can be used in other Garmin products.

 

[jones39]

I have the chip for my 62st and it works perfectly. I never tried the downloadable version. IMO alot can go wrong in the downloading process and I'm no computer expert either.

 

[WapitiBob]

You should be able to disable the 100k map. You can also move it off the garmin to a backup folder and copy it back to the garmin as needed.
If you get the d/l version you can print maps from Basecamp. You can also install that state map to your own sd card along with your other stuff like waypoints, routes, markups, etc. I personally install maps, etc to an 8 gig sd card rather than the unit internal memory.

I d/l gigs worth of stuff on a daily basis, nothin to worry about.

 

[Knot Tellin]

WapitiBob - I went directly into the 62 folder structure and copied it to my computer. There are 2 files that really have any size to them a gmapbmap.img, and a gmapprom.img. I believe these are the base maps and the 100k US topo maps.
I can disable both directly on the gps. However I can't remove them in base camp.
The only way I believe I can is if I go into the gps folder structure and delete them. I am a little nervous about doing this and cause a big problem.