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Occasionally, installing a mapset will cause problems with MapSource starting up usually, uninstalling the mapset with MapSet Toolkit will fix that problem. You can also use the “Uninstall Mapset” section to remove mapsets from MapSource as well. I can now select this dataset along with any others I might want, and upload it to my Garmin.

If I now open Mapsource, the dropdown at the upper left has a selection for “London” selecting it brings up the OpenStreetMap data: The program screen after all these operations looks like this: In the “Uninstall Mapset” section, there’s now a new listing for the added map. Clicked “Start”, and shortly thereafter got a message box saying “Convert termined” (sic).ġ2. I’ve found that for some mapsets, leaving this box unchecked will result in a crash of cgpsmapper, and a failure of the installation in that case, check the box and try again.ġ1. Checking “Blank overview maps” will eliminate the map preview in MapSource. Checked the box marked “Install in MapSource”. The “Convert (Product>Families)” section was left blank more information about Family ID and TYP files is available in the cgpsmapper manual.ġ0. At lower left, chose the directory where cgpsmapper.exe is located (usually the C:\Program Files\cGPSmapper directory), and selected the cgpsmapper.exe fileĩ. You can enter copyright info if appropriate, but it’s not required hereĨ. Chose a 4-digit “Product Code” number (“8765” in this example) the only limitation is that it not conflict with any other product codes (which are displayed in the “Uninstall Mapset” box at the right).ħ. Assigned a name to the mapset, “London”Ħ. img file as the “Mapset directory” to be usedĥ. img files as part of a single set of files.Ĥ.Chose the same directory that contained the. Highlighted that file, and “Add”ed it to the selected IMG files. In Mapset Toolkit, chose that file with “Select IMG files”.ģ. If you rename the file with a non-numerical name, it won’t show up.Ģ. Note: MapSet Toolkit will only recognize. Created a subdirectory in my C:\Garmin directory called “London”, and copied my “63240001.img” file there. I then used the following steps to add the. Using the process in the previous post, I downloaded some street data for London, and converted it to a Garmin.

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The best program I’ve found to do this is MapSet Toolkit you’ll also need the map compiling program cgpsmapper, free for creating basic maps for personal use.

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But it’s more convenient to use the MapSource software that comes with most Garmin GPS units to do this, since you can preview the map data in that program, and create/upload multiple maps and mapsets easily.

img map file, which can be directly uploaded to a Garmin GPS unit using SendMap or MapUpload software. In the last post, OpenStreetMap data was converted to a Garmin.

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Also, if you have problems with installing a mapset, try right-clicking on the program and choosing “Run As Administrator” Windows crappy security system sometimes blocks programs from modifying the Windows registry, which MapSet Toolkit needs to do to install a mapset. If you have a problem with these, try using older versions of both programs, available at this link. 8/29/09: Some have reported issues with the latest versions of both cgpsmapper (0098c) and MapSet Toolkit (1.62).