How to upload .img maps directly to the memory card

[+cattivikkio]

Hello all,

I have bought my first GPS ever about one month ago, an etrex Legend HCx.

I use it primarily for geocaching and I discovered some free topo maps available for my country which I want now to upload onto my microSD memory card.

I have a gmapsupp.img file which, as far as I know, I am supposed to copy onto the microSD (via USB mass storage mode). The problem is that after I do that, the map is completely invisible to the GPS unit. Even if I go under Setup-> Map Setup-> Info, I do not see a list of maps to choose from.

When I mount the unit as USB mass storage, the only thing I see is the .gpx file that holds my saved tracks and the newly uploaded gmapsupp.img file. they both appear under the root of the memory card.

Do I need to place the map ina special directory? I have read discording hints about creating a subdirectory called /garmin and putting the map under that.

Does anyone know how I am supposed to copy the map to the memory card?

 

Thanks all in advance

/andrea

[+splashy]

Gps-SD\Garmin folder

Just transfer the gmapsupp.img with windows explorer.

 

Remember Mapsource makes maps called gmapsupp, there might be a map with that name on your gps, be sure not to overwrite that data.

Edited July 27, 2010 by splashy

[+MikeRBiker]

Hello all,

I have bought my first GPS ever about one month ago, an etrex Legend HCx.

I use it primarily for geocaching and I discovered some free topo maps available for my country which I want now to upload onto my microSD memory card.

I have a gmapsupp.img file which, as far as I know, I am supposed to copy onto the microSD (via USB mass storage mode). The problem is that after I do that, the map is completely invisible to the GPS unit. Even if I go under Setup-> Map Setup-> Info, I do not see a list of maps to choose from.

When I mount the unit as USB mass storage, the only thing I see is the .gpx file that holds my saved tracks and the newly uploaded gmapsupp.img file. they both appear under the root of the memory card.

Do I need to place the map ina special directory? I have read discording hints about creating a subdirectory called /garmin and putting the map under that.

Does anyone know how I am supposed to copy the map to the memory card?

 

Thanks all in advance

/andrea

 

Yes, I just did exactly the same with my new Legend Hcx and wondered why the unit did not read the new map from the card root directory. You must create a folder called garmin on the SD card and put the gmapsupp.img file into it.