Chris CA
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It was the title of the thread that was edited, not the post itself.
If you were responding to me, what's your point?
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Probably because a helpful moderator edited away the inappropriate name calling.
If so, then the "helpful" moderator should have also added "post edited by moderator" or something similar, regardles of what was edited.
If the post is not what the original poster wrote, then it should state something to that effect..
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That sound pretty normal.
So it's normal for a working gmapsupp.img file to not work on an SD card?
Didn't see any mention of the Software version you are running on the Colorado. might be an issue there.2.9.
Sounds like you have a way to get the maps installed on your computer and sent via MapManager to your GPS. Is there some other reason you feel the need to turn a screw with a hammer?I don't understand.
MapManager only installs the maps into RoadTrip.
MapInstall only takes the RoadTrip maps and install them onto the GPS.
Am I missing something?
So there is nothing I can do to get any .img file working on my Colorado/Mac unless the .img file is created and installed with MapInstall?
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That sound pretty normal.
So it's normal for a working gmapsupp.img file to not work on an SD card?
Didn't see any mention of the Software version you are running on the Colorado. might be an issue there.2.9.
So there is nothing I can do to get any .img file working on my Colorado/Mac unless the .img file is created and installed with MapInstall?
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What gpsfiledepot map did you download?
Did you download the Windows or Macintosh version?
Neither. I downloaded the Garmin version gmapsupp.img.
I have created gmapsupp.img files with mkgmap. Those don't work.
Did you install that map on you computer? Does it show up in RoadTrip?Can't. It's a gmapsupp.img file. It is not a .gmapi file which is loaded into Roadtrip.
Cloudmade has several file formats available for download. Did you get the correct one?Yes. It extracts as a gmapsupp.img file
How are you running mkgmap? What command have you used?If I create a gmapsupp.img file from osm data using the --gmapsupp option, it creates the file fine but will not do anything on the GPS. If I use the --tdb option then use Gmapibuilder to create a Macintosh .gmapi installer file, it installs with RoadTrip fine using MapManager. MapInstall works to get it onto the GPS.
If I use java -jar mkgmap.jar --gmapsupp 1.img 2.img, with 1.img being the original gmapsuipp.img rename to 1.img, the resulting gmapsupp.img does not work on the GPS.
Are you just renaming a numbered.img file to gmapsupp.img and copying that to one of the Garmin drives?Yes, I have tried renaming a numbered file as well as using a regular gmapsupp.img.
If I copy the original gmapsupp.img file from the GPS to the SD card (into the Garmin\ folder), then rename the original gmapsupp.img file to something else, the only map that shows and is slectable is the basemap.
After replacing the gmapsupp.img on a Garmin drive with another gmapsupp.img file are you emptying the trash on your Macintosh?Yes.
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Are you tuning the maps on? From the map screen, left button, then bottom choice.
That's the problem. They do not show up there at all.
The only ones that do show up are the maps (which are .gmapi files) I installed using MapInstall.
If I replace the gmapsupp.img on the GPS with another gmapsupp.img, the only map choice is the basemap.
If I replace the gmapbmap.img (basemap) or add a gmapprom.img on the GPS with one of these downloaded maps, it does not show up on the GPS to select.
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On the internal memory you can have:
gmapsupp.img
gmapbmap.img
gmapoem.img
gmapprom.img
On sd card, you can only use:
gmapsupp.img
Hopefully we get a firmware like the Oregon, that reads any img files.
Firmware beta 2.94 adds this as well as waypoint averaging.
See this -> http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=225411
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http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/tutorials/how-...n-gps-unit/#macI have a Mac so no Mapsource.
Yes, I use that but it doesn not help if I only have a .img file. It adds maps already installed into Roadtrip.
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Just which plug-ins are necessary to get a Garmin 60CSx up and running including the USB commection?
See this page -> http://www8.garmin.com/macosx/
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I have a Mac so no Mapsource.
I suspect, but don't know for sure, something wrong with the gmapsupp.img file.
That was my thought but I can copy the gmapsupp.img file from the GPS to the card, rename the gmapsupp.img on the GPS and it will not work.
I suspect, but don't know for sure, something wrong with the gmapsupp.img file.It's not one file in particular. It is any gmapspp.img file at all.
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I have a Colorado 300.
I have tried to get various maps (.img files) on to the unit. I have put them onto an SD card and also onto the unit directly but I cannt get them to show up to turn them on/off on the GPS.
Yes, I am putting the gmapsupp.img into the \Garmin\ folder on the card and also on the unit directly.
I have also tried them with gmapbmap.img and gmapprom.img.
I have created gmapsupp.img files with mkgmap and also downloaded maps from different places (Cloudmade & gpsfiledepot.com, and others).
Nothing seems to happen.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Chris
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Before you reinstall the firmware, initialize it.
Make sure it is set to your location.
If your position is more than 500 miles off (you are in California but tell it you are in Florida?!?), it will take forever to find your current location (if ever).
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I continually get comments about placement of my caches. "Your cache is near a lake and I saw a gator in there once, You should remove it so small children don't get eaten"
You should place the cache right at the edge of the shore with instructions that the Geocacher should cover his/her hand with bacon grease and briskly move it through the water to locate the cache.
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How do you get French people to visit your caches?
Do NOT put underarm deodorant in it...
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I had logged a couple of DNFs after looking two or three times.
Come to find out they were muggled so I went back & changed my DNF to a note (and explained it).
I'll go back sometime to try again and enter a find it I actually do.
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I accidentally ordered Mapsend Top USA instead of Topo 3D. So I figured I'll use it until the new comes since I'm so anxious and I'll just upgrade for $99 which is expensive but worth being able to get some street maps on this thing TONIGHT, right?
You can get it for ~$70 (just look at Froogle.com) as opposed to an upgrade from Magellan for $99...
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Can Garmins load both City and Topo maps at the same time
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If the user wants both a topo map and also a routable road map, the yes, the user needs to.
??? I don't understand.
If City Navigator takes you to the cache via the "dirt road"/"flat forest road ", why are you hiking up a steep road?
Routing is via one map only, not both (at the same time).
Route to the general area with City Navigator, then change to the Topo map and route to the cache to see if the road is steep.