OpenStreetMap
I just bought a Garmin GPS 60Csx and would like to copy a part of Turkey onto my GPS. I tried several times but with no success.
Who explains me in details (step by step) , what I have to do. I have no experience in unpacking files asw.
Thanks in advance for the kind person who will help me and best regards.
Ernst
Discussion
Comment from Gnonthgol on 26 January 2010 at 17:52
1. Download the right gmapsup.img file http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download
2. Connect your GPS and put it in mass storage mode http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Mass_Storage_Mode
3. Rename/move the exsisting gmapsup.img file on the device as backup
4. Copy the new gmapsup.img file to your device where your old file was before you renamed it
The file layout on the device is just like before you started, but the gmapsup.img file contains the osm map. The name of the file is important.
Comment from Gregory Williams on 26 January 2010 at 18:57
As Gnonthgol's comment, but it's gmapsupp.img instead of gmapsup.img.
Comment from Baloo Uriza on 26 January 2010 at 22:55
There's always the easy way: Get yourself a premade gmapsupp.img from http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php
Comment from wieland on 27 January 2010 at 08:16
But an easy start with mkgmap is needed too.
My first try is not visible on my Garmin.
I did:
1. download a small area with josm
2. save it as data.osm
3. java -ea -jar ..\mkgmap-r1512\mkgmap.jar --description='Openstreetmap Test' --gmapsupp data.osm
4. copy /Y gmapsupp.img g:\Garmin
Any clue what is wrong?
Comment from wilpin on 27 January 2010 at 16:38
I had similar problems when I started some time ago;
http://www.pinns.co.uk/devon/osm.html
I take no credit for this but hope it helps.
Comment from Anna_AG on 2 February 2010 at 17:37
Cloudmade maps are another option
Backup the original gmapsupp.img file ( or simply rename it to eg gmapsup_orig.img)
download the gmapsupp.img files for which ever country you need. Copy to the SD card to the folder 'garmin', if it doesn't exist create it
Cloudmade maps from OSM for nearly every country are available here
http://downloads.cloudmade.com/