Just did this myself. Im not very tech savvy so it was a pretty big undertaking for me. Thank you for sharing! I had watched other videos that were much more complicated and I could not get it to work right. Your method of direction is very step based and helped me make sure each part of the process was done right, thank you!
Thank you for this post! Genius that I am, I ordered a Zumo XT from a bike shop in England to be shipped to me in America. I didn't even take into consideration that the maps would reflect this. I almost returned the unit until I found this video. (liked and subscribed)
My Garmin folder didn't have a "maps" folder. So, defeatedly I just created one. Figured no way that would work. But it did! Thanks for the video. Doing the west coast right now. zzzzz
I should've start right from here! Terabytes of nonsense on Garmin stuff on the web and (most probably) the only video that really helps to create Garmin maps. Huge thanks, sat103! No, I'm not saying that all those steps are total darkness for me, I have them this or other way on my computer, but when you do it once in 2 years you're forgetting even where those wise advises are on your PC😀
If anyone is wondering, I managed to get the German maps working on my Garmin DriveSmart 55 just fine. Only issue I ran into was having to create my own "maps" folder within basecamp, but creating your own works just fine and is still recognizable.
Hi, I have an AVIS DS 50 LMT that won’t update past 2016 with Garmin Express (not sure why/it should be lifetime map updates). If using Basecamp, if I wanted to install one state or a small area of the United States into my Garmin’s internal memory that’s free instead of using an external SD card can I do that? Also, if later I decide I want to uninstall it from the Garmin (to free up space on the Garmin) is that possible? P.S. I don’t see any of the .img map files on the Garmin when I look at it in the Windows Explorer. Are they deeply hidden? Thank you in advance!
Hmm. Funny. I found the folder you showed us in the video. That folder has all my Garmin City Navigator North America NT going all the way back to the 2018.10 map. But I also found another specific folder at C:\Garmin\Maps\OSM generic routable where my last OSM map was dowloaded into Basecamp in 2019-10. I guess I'll put my OpenMapChest map into here too.
If you installed maps using Garmin Express in the past, that software has a nasty habit of never removing the old maps (even if you uninstalled from Windows Add/Remove), potentially taking up many gigabytes of space on your PC. There is a cleanup method listed here www.poi-factory.com/node/45648?page=2#comment-418223
@@sat103 Putting the OpenMapChest file into the C:\ProgramData\Garmin\Maps works. It failed when I put it into the other folder I found with the previous OSM folder.
@sat103. great video, however when trying to create a new map in basecamp (11:46 into your video) I dont see my map selection (OMC EUROPE) on the bottom, I only have my original Garmin America maps? any ideas?
Maybe. I'm not sure as I have no experience with that particular system. It depends if you can access the infotainment file system and get to the map IMG files. If you can access the files and back them up, you should be able to - in theory - replace the IMG with one of the same file name and it should work. But again, I have no experience with that system so I'm not sure. Proceed at your own risk.
I tried this out and had no luck. I downloaded the .zip and put the folder both into the Maps folder itself, and the InstallMaps folder, and no dice. Do you have any advice? Super helpful otherwise, used this for other maps before.
If the OSM map data does not show in BaseCamp, an alternate location to extract the ZIP is the Global Map folder. This folder can be seen in BaseCamp from Maps > Manage Map Products. The Global Map folder is ordinarily C:\Progam Files (x86)\Garmin\BaseCamp\Maps but you will have to check Manage Map Products from within Basecamp to be certain.
If it can successfully connect to the Garmin Express software with a USB cable so it has the latest system software, and it has a 32GB microSD memory card installed, it should work. This is a guess because I have no experience with that model, but it has been reported by others that Garmin Express will recognize it. The V is a model from 2013 www.press.bmwgroup.com/usa/article/detail/T0147185EN_US/bmw-motorrad-introduces-the-navigator-v This means the V should, in theory, operate similar to nuvi models made during that time. The manual states it will support microSD (up to 32GB and no more than that), so again, it should work static.garmin.com/pumac/BMW_Nav_V_OM_EN.pdf
Thanks for your excellent tutorial . I have successfully downloaded OpenMapChest Western Europe to Basecamp. However when I try to Install this map onto my SD card I get an error message saying.. "No unlocked maps were found for this device". I am at a loss as how to proceed. Any guidance you can offer will be much appreciated. Thanks
This might be an easy answer. If you have old Garmin maps installed on your computer, you may have selected an old Garmin map instead of OpenMapChest when you used MapInstall to generate the map data. Doing that would have created a locked map on the SD card. I would try MapInstall again, examine the drop-down menu at the bottom, confirm OpenMapChest is selected and generate another map. The not-so easy answer depends on the age of your Garmin navigator. Some older models require the map to be in a folder called Map instead of Garmin on the SD card. Generate the map first with MapInstall, open the SD card on your computer, rename the Garmin folder to Map, leave gmapsupp.img as is within the folder. One of those two solutions will hopefully work.
@@jz343 He did. We had a conversation in email and he realized he put the map image in the incorrect folder, moved it to the correct folder, and it worked.
Thanks for the video. I followed all the steps and installed Western Europe map with 3 parts. I put the memory in my car but I got an error: "no memory card containing navigation software inserted." what's wrong? Mercedes A180 2017, and my memory has these files: Id.txt Garmin/ - gmapsup1.img - gmapsup2.img - gmapsupp.img
Can i pay you to install the usa maps on a few garmin 67i? I can send you them 1 at a time. Im sure we can work out a price that yur hapy with. I want to give my family a few of these in case of a grid down scenario. Please contact me if your interested. Thank you
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Just did this myself. Im not very tech savvy so it was a pretty big undertaking for me. Thank you for sharing! I had watched other videos that were much more complicated and I could not get it to work right. Your method of direction is very step based and helped me make sure each part of the process was done right, thank you!
Been working on maps since 10:30am. Ran into the 4 gig limit on Basecamp. Really appreciate this video. It's now 7:30pm. Which I ran across it at 11.
This is amazing, I love how "foolproof" your style of teaching is. Thank you for the amazing information and video!
Thank you for this post!
Genius that I am, I ordered a Zumo XT from a bike shop in England to be shipped to me in America. I didn't even take into consideration that the maps would reflect this. I almost returned the unit until I found this video. (liked and subscribed)
Thank you for taking the time to film and post this
Thank you for such a valuable information. This resolved my problem I was trying to troubleshoot from last night
Thanks bud, this was very helpful Much appreciated.
My Garmin folder didn't have a "maps" folder. So, defeatedly I just created one. Figured no way that would work. But it did! Thanks for the video. Doing the west coast right now. zzzzz
I should've start right from here! Terabytes of nonsense on Garmin stuff on the web and (most probably) the only video that really helps to create Garmin maps. Huge thanks, sat103! No, I'm not saying that all those steps are total darkness for me, I have them this or other way on my computer, but when you do it once in 2 years you're forgetting even where those wise advises are on your PC😀
Thank you very much! You really helped me!
Great Job, Thanks!
If anyone is wondering, I managed to get the German maps working on my Garmin DriveSmart 55 just fine. Only issue I ran into was having to create my own "maps" folder within basecamp, but creating your own works just fine and is still recognizable.
Video in great detail (thanks)
Thank you, sir. Your video was very helpful. I liked and subscribed.
Thank you bro you saved me❤
Hi, I have an AVIS DS 50 LMT that won’t update past 2016 with Garmin Express (not sure why/it should be lifetime map updates). If using Basecamp, if I wanted to install one state or a small area of the United States into my Garmin’s internal memory that’s free instead of using an external SD card can I do that? Also, if later I decide I want to uninstall it from the Garmin (to free up space on the Garmin) is that possible? P.S. I don’t see any of the .img map files on the Garmin when I look at it in the Windows Explorer. Are they deeply hidden? Thank you in advance!
😀it works! thank you
Awesome, thank you!
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Hmm. Funny. I found the folder you showed us in the video. That folder has all my Garmin City Navigator North America NT going all the way back to the 2018.10 map.
But I also found another specific folder at C:\Garmin\Maps\OSM generic routable where my last OSM map was dowloaded into Basecamp in 2019-10.
I guess I'll put my OpenMapChest map into here too.
If you installed maps using Garmin Express in the past, that software has a nasty habit of never removing the old maps (even if you uninstalled from Windows Add/Remove), potentially taking up many gigabytes of space on your PC. There is a cleanup method listed here www.poi-factory.com/node/45648?page=2#comment-418223
@@sat103 Putting the OpenMapChest file into the C:\ProgramData\Garmin\Maps works. It failed when I put it into the other folder I found with the previous OSM folder.
@sat103. great video, however when trying to create a new map in basecamp (11:46 into your video) I dont see my map selection (OMC EUROPE) on the bottom, I only have my original Garmin America maps? any ideas?
Nevermind, I added the maps in the program files x86, and should have in program data / garmin.
Do you think this would work with the suzuki infotainment which uses the garmin maps? They are currently wanting £70 for out of date maps
Maybe. I'm not sure as I have no experience with that particular system. It depends if you can access the infotainment file system and get to the map IMG files. If you can access the files and back them up, you should be able to - in theory - replace the IMG with one of the same file name and it should work. But again, I have no experience with that system so I'm not sure. Proceed at your own risk.
How does this map compare with the garmin one in terms of details, offroad for motorcycle, hiking, etc?
The better type of map to use for the off-road stuff is topographical, see this video I made about it ruclips.net/video/7nm-T8xYZVU/видео.html
I tried this out and had no luck. I downloaded the .zip and put the folder both into the Maps folder itself, and the InstallMaps folder, and no dice. Do you have any advice? Super helpful otherwise, used this for other maps before.
If the OSM map data does not show in BaseCamp, an alternate location to extract the ZIP is the Global Map folder. This folder can be seen in BaseCamp from Maps > Manage Map Products. The Global Map folder is ordinarily C:\Progam Files (x86)\Garmin\BaseCamp\Maps but you will have to check Manage Map Products from within Basecamp to be certain.
I wanted to install western europe map but there is none .img file just some folders with diffrent files. What should I do ?
Install to BaseCamp and then to memory card just as it shows in this video using the Western Europe data instead of United States.
@@sat103 Thank you very much
Garmin nuvi 3490 can u pleas tell me how to download Asian map on it
Does this work with the BMW Navigator V by Garmin?
If it can successfully connect to the Garmin Express software with a USB cable so it has the latest system software, and it has a 32GB microSD memory card installed, it should work. This is a guess because I have no experience with that model, but it has been reported by others that Garmin Express will recognize it.
The V is a model from 2013 www.press.bmwgroup.com/usa/article/detail/T0147185EN_US/bmw-motorrad-introduces-the-navigator-v
This means the V should, in theory, operate similar to nuvi models made during that time. The manual states it will support microSD (up to 32GB and no more than that), so again, it should work static.garmin.com/pumac/BMW_Nav_V_OM_EN.pdf
@@sat103 Thank you so much for a detailed response. I’ll try your tutorial.
Thanks for your excellent tutorial . I have successfully downloaded OpenMapChest Western Europe to Basecamp. However when I try to Install this map onto my SD card I get an error message saying.. "No unlocked maps were found for this device". I am at a loss as how to proceed. Any guidance you can offer will be much appreciated. Thanks
This might be an easy answer. If you have old Garmin maps installed on your computer, you may have selected an old Garmin map instead of OpenMapChest when you used MapInstall to generate the map data. Doing that would have created a locked map on the SD card. I would try MapInstall again, examine the drop-down menu at the bottom, confirm OpenMapChest is selected and generate another map.
The not-so easy answer depends on the age of your Garmin navigator. Some older models require the map to be in a folder called Map instead of Garmin on the SD card. Generate the map first with MapInstall, open the SD card on your computer, rename the Garmin folder to Map, leave gmapsupp.img as is within the folder.
One of those two solutions will hopefully work.
Did you resolve this issue? I'm having the same one.
@@jz343 He did. We had a conversation in email and he realized he put the map image in the incorrect folder, moved it to the correct folder, and it worked.
@@sat103 thank you very much, I'll give it a try.
@@sat103 thank you very much for replying, I got it sorted. 😊
I am trying installing the map on the SD CARD but it says there are no Unlocked Maps for this device.
Hi I've got the same message, did you solve this problem or I have to dig. I'll be very grateful if you will share your experience. Thanks.
Did you resolve this, I have the same problem. I haven't been able to any resolution from my searching the internet :)
i downloaded file from openmapchest but the downloaded file is on disc image file.
Will this work for GARMIN GPSMAP 64st?
No. You need topographical maps for use in the 64st because that's what it was designed for. See this video ruclips.net/video/7nm-T8xYZVU/видео.html
Does this work on the xt as well?
If you mean the zumo XT, yes it should.
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will this work on drivesmart?
Did you get it to work?
Thanks didnt want to pay 80$
at this point I am ready to hire a local to just point.
Thanks for the video. I followed all the steps and installed Western Europe map with 3 parts. I put the memory in my car but I got an error: "no memory card containing navigation software inserted." what's wrong?
Mercedes A180 2017, and my memory has these files:
Id.txt
Garmin/
- gmapsup1.img
- gmapsup2.img
- gmapsupp.img
Can i pay you to install the usa maps on a few garmin 67i? I can send you them 1 at a time. Im sure we can work out a price that yur hapy with. I want to give my family a few of these in case of a grid down scenario. Please contact me if your interested. Thank you
Do you mean the GPSMAP 67i or the nuvi 67?