where is my custom map, oregon 450

[+jlw82]

Just got mu oregon 450 and cant get my custom map to work. its aktivated, but i cant see it. the basema isdeactivated.

 

ideas??

 

I did the map in mobile atlas creator... it have 95 imaages and is 32m.

Edited September 20, 2010 by jlw82

[+New Jersey TJ]

First, make sure that you are running the latest official firmware for your 450. I have a an Oregon 400 and had to upgrade my firmware because older versions didn't support custom maps. I'm not sure which firmware version you need as a minimum, but you should be good to go if you upgrade to the latest official one.

 

You need to create a \Garmin\CustomMaps directory and place the maps in \CustomMaps. I place my maps in this directory on the Garmin, but my understanding is that it will work on the SD card as well so long as the folder structure is correct. Custom maps have a .kmz extension. You don't need any special tool to copy them over. Just copy the .kmz files to the \CustomMaps directory using Windows Explorer.

 

Once the maps are loaded, you should go to Setup, Map, Map Information. You'll see an entry for Custom Maps. Click on it to enable it for your current profile. All custom maps have to be enabled at the same time. I don't think there is any way to pick and chose . . . it's all or nothing.

[+jlw82]

latest firmware.

 

i see the custom map in the oregon 450, but when I activate it, its empty.

 

edit. got one custom map to work. but not the other one, strange.

Edited September 20, 2010 by jlw82

[+ecanderson]

latest firmware.

 

i see the custom map in the oregon 450, but when I activate it, its empty.

When you say "empty" do you mean you see the "empty space" grid pattern that Garmin uses to indicate unmapped space? If you attempt to zoom down towards the center of where the map should be, what do you see?

[+jlw82]

got one map to work. but not the custom map on 36mb. maybe a size limit?

[+ecanderson]

got one map to work. but not the custom map on 36mb. maybe a size limit?

That is possible. The maximum tile size should be 1000x1000 pixels, and the maximum tile count should be 100 or less. Did you accidentally take more than 100 tiles in that map?

[+jlw82]

no, it have 96 tiles in total. i will look more into it later.

[+jlw82]

it seemed it was just that file that did't work.

 

thanks for all the help.