Installing maps on Garmin. Installing official maps on the navigator

Useful programs

The Navigator is a fairly easy-to-use piece of equipment designed to make it easier to navigate the terrain. Most devices come with installed package programs and maps. But the basic version does not always contain the necessary set, so you should know how to download maps to a USB flash drive for the navigator, how to update them from the Internet, and that you can purchase licensed navigation programs from the manufacturer.


What are the versions for the navigator.

  • Official where the installation of the license for search engines Garmin, Navitel and Autosputnik is a fairly simple process, but it is paid. And on the developers' websites there are detailed instructions on how to download a navigator to a USB flash drive in a car and how to update existing search programs.
  • Unofficial, where the whole difficulty lies in the absence technical support and updates. These charts are created by the GPS users themselves on the basis of existing ones, so they can be downloaded completely free of charge. The atlas format should be suitable for a specific navigation program that can support such an addition. Today, maps from the OpenStreetMap|1 portal are popular.

The most common version of navigation equipment is the Navitel program, on the example of which you can use the installation and update system search programs for other navigation devices.


IMPORTANT. Before downloading Navitel maps to a USB flash drive, you need to understand that these are unofficial navigation programs and this is all done at your own peril and risk. And before installing them, you need to make a backup copy of all data from the navigator to the PC, for greater security.

How to update Navitel data

There are several ways to update Navitel on a memory card: using the official website, using the Navitel Navigator Updater software or in software the device itself.

Alternative update

With free access to the Internet, you can select the “My Navitel” item in the navigator menu, find the “My Products” tab and select the one that has a new version. When you click on this atlas, the system will offer to update it.

Update from the official site

  1. Register on the Navitel.ru website and enter your personal account.
  2. Connect a gadget or removable device and click the "Add" button.
  3. Before downloading the Navitel map to a memory card, you need to make a copy of the contents of the flash drive.
  4. Purge an existing update package from hardware memory or removable storage.
  5. Download and extract the new data archive, and copy the contents to the update folder.

Update using the program

  1. Download and install the Navitel Navigator Updater utility on your PC.
  2. Follow the step by step instructions provided by the installation wizard.
  3. The application itself will check for updates via the Internet and offer to install them.
  4. After full initiation, the program will open the latest version of the navigation system.

IMPORTANT. After the updated package is installed, you must reboot the device, otherwise the incorrect operation of the programs will fail in the schematic display.

Using Yandex.Map

Currently, any Android can act as a navigation system, which is very convenient. One device can be a phone, a computer, and a navigator. To do this, download the Yandex.Maps application. It is better if you download the Yandex navigator to a memory card, since it needs a lot of space, which is not always enough in the built-in memory of the devices used, and an 8 GB flash drive is quite suitable.

The application supports maps of Russia and neighboring countries. There is a search for objects (restaurants, gas stations, etc.), night mode, events on the roads, voice prompt etc. The main disadvantage of this navigator is the inability of the application to work without an Internet connection.

The process of installing Yandex.Map on Android system, be it a phone, tablet or navigator, is quite simple:

If this is a navigator with a Windows CE operating system, then you must:

  • Download the YandexMap-wince archive to your computer.
  • Unzip it and send all the files to the gadget or save it to a flash drive.

Some manufacturers of navigation equipment have made it possible for their customers to use several search engines at once using the so-called alternative shell, which is copied to removable media. This enables a person to use the advanced search for the desired object in the shortest possible time.

As a rule, most navigators come with pre-installed maps and a navigation program that plots a route using these maps. The navigation program works with certain maps created specifically for it. So, for example, there is a navigation program "Navitel-Navigator", which works with "Navitel" maps. It will not work with Garmin maps and vice versa.

The basic set of maps in the navigator does not always contain maps of all required regions. Sometimes there is a need for additional cards. How to install a map in the navigator? There are two ways: to purchase the necessary licensed cards, to download free cards from the Internet.

Installing official maps on the navigator

Installing official licensed maps is not a difficult process, just like updating maps in the navigator, and each developer has on his site detailed instructions on this topic:

Installing unofficial maps

The difficulty in using unofficial maps lies in the lack of any technical support and updates. Where do they come from? They are made by the same users of navigators as you, based on already existing geographical maps of various regions.

To add such a map to your navigator, you also need to make sure that the map format is suitable for your navigation program, and that the navigation program supports adding its own maps. Where to get cards? Maps created using the OpenStreetMap|41 resource are very popular.

Important note

By installing unofficial maps on your navigator, you do so at your own risk. Before installation, it is recommended to make a backup copy of the data from the navigator to a computer. To be completely confident in the functionality and safety of the software, purchase official cards.

How to install or update maps in the Navitel navigator

Step-by-step instructions on how to install the Navitel gps-map on the navigator. To get started, download Navitel maps based on OpenStreetMap:

    Connect your navigator to your computer. If the Navitel program is located on a separate flash drive, then remove it from the navigator and open it on a computer. In the future, we will assume that we are working with a flash card.

    At the root of the flash card, create a separate folder for third-party maps, such as UserMaps. Do not touch other folders and do not save anything in them to avoid possible conflicts between official and third-party maps.

    In the UserMaps folder, create a folder for the map of the region you want to add to the atlas, for example Region1.

    Copy the new map files to the Region1 folder

    Insert flash card into navigator

    In the Navitel-Navigator program, select the "Open Atlas" menu item and click on the folder icon at the bottom of the window to create a new atlas.

    In the window that appears, find the Region1 folder, where new maps are stored, click on it and select the "Create Atlas" command

    We are waiting for the indexing to end and the atlas to be created. Click the checkmark button.

    Now you can use new map by selecting the corresponding atlas in the list of atlases.

How to Download Maps to Your Garmin Navigator

Free Garmin maps based on OpenStreetMap can be installed using MapSource. The following describes how to load maps into the navigator using it:

    Download the MapSource program to your computer from the official Garmin.com website from the Support->Software section and then Mapping Programs.

    Unzip the archive into a separate folder and run the MSMAIN.msi file from it and only then Setup.exe. Wait for the program to finish installing. Since there are no Garmin maps on your computer yet, there is no point in running the MapSource program yet.

    Download required Garmin maps

    Unpack archives with maps into separate folders

    Run the INSTALL file for each card so that the computer registry receives necessary information about cards.

    Launch the MapSource program. Now the program can detect the maps installed on the computer through the menu Tools->Manage cartographic products.

    A list of available cards should appear in the upper left corner of the program (1). With its help or via the View->Switch to product menu, select one of the cards, it will appear in the field (3).

    Using the button (4) click on the map (3) and it will appear in the window (2). Do this with all the necessary cards.

    Press the button (5) to send maps to the device. The specified cards will be issued in a file with IMG extension and transferred to the Garmin device, which must be previously connected.

Since when loading maps will be generated new file gmapsupp.img, then original file will be overwritten, so if your device had pre-installed maps in the gmapsupp.img file, then before downloading the maps to the navigator, you should rename it to one of the allowed names, for example, gmapprom.img.

Installing Autosatellite maps

You can add amateur maps for Autosputnik based on OpenStreetMap to the program, just like the official ones, skipping only the registration step. Just copy them to the Maps folder after unpacking them.

How to upload other maps to the navigator

It happens that after the purchase, the client decides that the navigation program or maps do not meet his requirements, and decides to change them. We have already said that each navigation program only works with maps designed specifically for it. Is it possible to completely replace the navigation software in car navigator? The answer, which suggests itself, is "yes", but there are exceptions.

Position Garmin

In particular, Garmin navigators that come preloaded with Garmin software do not support the installation of any third party software. Also, the Garmin navigation program is not distributed separately from the device itself for installation on navigators of other companies. The exception is the PC navigation software package. Transferring software and cards from one device to another is excluded, since license key tied tightly to serial number devices.

Position Navitel

A similar policy is used by ZAO CNT, the developer of the Navitel software. The car version of the program is available only as part of the navigator at the time of purchase and cannot be purchased separately. Therefore, if you have a navigator with Autosputnik or any other product, then if you wish to switch to Navitel, you will have to buy another navigator with Navitel in the kit. A hard license also excludes the transfer of the program and maps from one device to another when replacing a device. To use Navitel, but not buy a new navigator, you can purchase a version for PDAs and mobile devices with a less stringent license.

Position Autosatellite

Autosputnik turned out to be the most democratic in terms of replacing and transferring cards. Once you have purchased a license for the Autosputnik 5 program, you can use it even if you change the device to another one. You just need to go through the re-registration procedure on the manufacturer's website. Moreover, the Autosputnik program always comes as a bonus to all purchased cards. The only limitation may be the navigator model, the devices supported by Autosputnik are listed on the site. The price of the product is also attractive within 1000 rubles, which is two or even three times less than Navitel. With this approach, it is not a pity to buy an Autosputnik and, in which case, painlessly refuse it.

Multiple programs on one device

Some manufacturers of navigators went to meet their customers and gave them the opportunity to use several navigation systems instead of one using the so-called alternative shell.

The alternate shell is copied to internal memory or a flash card inserted into the navigator, and, as it were, “pretends to be” a pre-installed navigation program, starting instead of it. IN separate file settings of the alternative shell, the paths to the files of the available navigation programs, which can be called through the menu of the shell itself.

One of these shells for their navigators is offered by the X-device company, you can find out about setting up and installing this component on their forum. Lexand also provided the ability to use several navigation programs, the shell can be found here.

The question of how to load a map into a navigator may be irrelevant in certain cases. For example, if your device is already purchased with a navigation program. It plots a route according to maps pre-installed by the manufacturer. The basic set depends on which navigator you have. That is, maps designed to work with Navitel will not work with Garmin, and vice versa.

With all of the above, speaking of basic set, one should understand some of its specifics. It may not contain maps of some regions required by the user. Then, of course, you should know how to download maps to the navigator additionally. This can be done in several ways. One of these ways is to purchase licensed cards, or you can download them for free from the Internet.

Unofficial maps of different regions are mainly developed on the basis of existing ones. They are made by advanced users of navigators and, as a rule, the installation of unofficial maps goes without technical support and updates. In addition, they must be readable by your navigation program, fit it in format.

How to load maps into the navigator, where is it better to take them from. A good resource with which they are created is "OpenStreetMap". The following important note should be taken into account: installing unofficial maps on your navigator is associated with a certain degree of risk. Accordingly, care must first be taken to create backups all available data on your personal computer. Confidence that the software is operable and will not negatively affect the device can be obtained by purchasing and installing official cards.

How to load maps into the navigator, let's take a step-by-step look at an example:

Step one: We connect the device to our personal computer. If the program proposed as an example is found on a flash card, it should be extracted from the navigator and opened on a PC. We will work with her.

Step two: On the flash card, you need to create (in the root) special folder, which will host third-party maps for the navigator. You can call it traditionally UserMaps.

Step three: In the created folder "UserMaps" you need to create a subfolder. It will contain a map of the corresponding region. It can be given the name "Region".

Step four: The required map files are copied to the newly created this folder"Region".

Step five: The flash card must be returned to the navigator and open the Navitel program on it. As a result of the performed manipulations, a menu will appear.

Step six: In the menu that appears, in the Navitel program proposed for example, we are interested in the item that allows you to create a new atlas. At the bottom of the window we find the icon with the image of the folder and click on it right click mice.

Step seven: After following the previous recommendations, you will see a new window. You will need to find the "Region" folder if you gave it that name. It's about the folder in which the new maps are saved. We click on it, and then you should select the command with which the atlas is created - "Create Atlas". Its creation will be performed automatically, and you just have to click the checkmark button. Practically that's all. Choose the required atlas from the list and use the new maps!

How to load maps into the navigator using the example of free "Garmin" (Garmin):

  • The "MapSource" program must be downloaded and installed on the PC from Garmin.com.
  • You need to download the necessary "Garmin" maps and place (unpack) them into special folders.
  • Each card must be installed separately using setup file"Install".
  • "MapSource" is launched, in which previously installed maps are found.
  • The available ones are visible at the top left. All necessary ones are selected in turn and sent to the Garmin device. Accordingly, it must be connected in advance.

Thus, we considered installing a number of maps in the navigator that are popular today.

[b]6.3 Connecting "open" maps to MapSource

By "open" cards, I mean cards that are in open access that do not require the entry of license codes for their use.
Each such map must include 3 files:

Table 4.3.3. Files with vector maps.

ATTENTION: If you only have the "12345678.img" file, then you will have to convert the "Map.img" and "Map.tdb" files manually. This process is described in section "6.8 Creating "Map.img" and "Map.tdb" files"

Maps in MapSource are connected for some reason through one place. If we omit the traditional Russian interpretation of this place as uncultured, then we will call it a bourgeois interpretation. It's called a registry. Each card must be registered in the Windows registry. You can do this:
* manually via regedit;
* by creating and running the *.reg registry file;
* using the program RegMap.
Each of these methods has its own advantages and disadvantages:
* Manually changing the registry, in my opinion, is complicated and dreary, each card must be registered individually, but, having screwed up, you will know exactly where and what to delete in order to return to the starting point.
* Creating a registry file is faster than picking the registry, in addition, there is always a file that can be quickly adapted to another card, but in order to fix your jambs, you will have to look for where your file managed to add incorrect data.
* RegMap program, the easiest and easy way, however, firstly, it requires the presence of this program, and secondly, according to rumors, it does not work with all versions of MapCource.

So let's get started:

Connection with manual registry change:
1. Exit the MapSource program (if it was loaded).

3. Open the registry. To do this, in the "Start / Run" Windows, type regedit and "OK".
4. Open the path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GARMIN\MapSource\Product.
5. Create a section in the open path with the name of the map (in this example the section will be called "Yaroslavl region)".
6. Create the following "string parameters" in the section:

|Table 4.3.4. String parameters to be created.|

Please note that for browse and index files, the path is written with the name and extension of the file, and for the map, only the path in which the file is located is written.
The result is the following garbage Fig.6.2:
7. Close the registry.
8. Open MapSource. If you did everything correctly, then after opening the program, the map will either load immediately, or it must be turned on. Refer to "6.4 Viewing Connected Maps" for how to turn on the map. Well, if an error pops up, then it means that you screwed up something when connecting. See "6.6 Errors when connecting cards".

Figure 6.2. Changed registry with added maps of the Yaroslavl region

Connecting with changing the registry through the file "*.reg"

2. Create a folder on your hard drive where you will store the connected map, and place the files "12345678.img", "Map.img" and "Map.tdb" into it. (In our example, we will create the folder "C:\Garmin\Maps\Yaroslavl Region" in which the files "10000076.img", "Yaroslavsk_obl.img" and "Yaroslavsk_obl.TDB" are located)
3. Create (best in the folder with plug-in cards) Text Document. We give it the name of the map and the extension ".reg".
ATTENTION: it must be a text document (for Notepad) and not Microsoft Document office Word.
4. Open the created file with notepad and enter the following basic information into it (you can simply “copy-paste” from the frame):

"bmap"=""
"tdb"=""
"loc"=""

5. Add the data and paths of our maps to the basic information:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

"Bmap"="C:\\Garmin\\Maps\\Yaroslavl Oblast\\Yaroslavsk_obl.img"
"Tdb"="C:\\Garmin\\Maps\\Yaroslavl Oblast\\Yaroslavsk_obl.tdb"
"Loc"="C:\\Garmin\\Maps\\Yaroslavl Region\\"

Explanations of input parameters are given in Table 4.3.5. Changeable parameters are highlighted in bold.

[Table 4.3.4. File options.]

Note:
for browse and index files, the path is written with the name and extension of the file, and for the map, only the path along which the file lies is written;
file paths use "\\" instead of "\"

6. Save the file.
7. Run the file by double-clicking or pressing the "Enter" button. We confirm that we want to add information to the registry.
8. Open MapSource. If you did everything correctly, then after opening the program, the map will either load immediately, or it must be turned on. Refer to "4.3.4 View Connected Maps" to enable the map. Well, if an error pops up, it means that you screwed up something when connecting. See "4.3.6 Errors When Connecting Cards".

Connection using the RegMap program.

1. Exit the MapSource program (if it was loaded).
2. Create a folder on your hard drive where you will store the connected map, and place the files "12345678.img", "Map.img" and "Map.tdb" into it. (In our example, we will create the folder "C:\Garmin\Maps\Yaroslavl Region" in which the files "10000076.img", "Yaroslavsk_obl.img" and "Yaroslavsk_obl.TDB" are located).
3. Run the RegMap program. To make it clearer, switch to Russian (in the upper right corner of the window).
4. At the top of the window is a standard disk tree. Open the directory in which the map is located. If a map is found in the directory, it will be displayed in the "Found maps" window (lower left window).
5. Select the card with the cursor and click on the button "Register selected". After successful connection, the name of the card will be displayed in the "Registered Cards" window (lower right window) Fig.6.3.


Rice. 6.3. Connecting maps using the RegMap program.

6.4 Connecting "closed" maps to MapSource

By "closed" cards, I mean commercial cards, to download which you need to enter an unlock code into the navigator, for which manufacturers demand money.
Such cards are usually supplied in the form EXE files, which, when launched, are independently registered in MapSource, and then tediously require unlocking every time they are launched. Without unlocking, they can neither be viewed nor downloaded to the navigator. More precisely, they cannot be loaded into the navigator. You can still view them. To do this, in the field "Enter the 25-character unlock code (with or without dashes)" (see further instructions for unlocking), you must enter the word DEMO instead of the unlock code. However, this only allows you to evaluate the quality of the card before buying and lick (or not lick, depending on your expectations) if buying a card is not in your plans.
Unlocking such maps is carried out in the following way (the instruction is taken from the site "GPSMAP maps with routing" "http://www.gpsmap.ru/unlock/dwnl.php"):

1. Get 25 digit code(you can skip this step if you only want to view the map without downloading it to the navigator).
2. Select Utilities from the menu.
3. In the menu that appears, select "Unblock card…".
4. In the window that appears, select the "Next" item.


5. Select "Yes, I have a 25-character unlock code."


6. Select the item “I have a 25-character Unlock code. I will type it in"


7. In the "Enter the 25-character unlock code (with or without dashes)" field, enter the 25-digit code received in step 1 to unlock the card or "DEMO" to preview the card (if you do not have a code).


8. Select the item "No, I will register later".


9. Click on the "Yes" button


10. Select the item "No, I am done".


11. Click the "Finish" button. All cards are connected.

6.5 View connected maps

So, you have connected the required cards. Now I want to see them.
A feature of the MapSource program is that maps connected to it can only be viewed one by one. Those. not all cards connected to the program are displayed on the screen, but only one of them of your choice.
In order to view a previously connected map, you need to switch to it. Why enter the list of connected maps "Overview / Go to maps" (Figure 6.4). The list displays all maps connected to MapSource. In this example, the following maps are connected to MapSource:
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Fig.6.4 Switching to the map.

Well, then everything is simple: click on the map and enjoy.
True, there is one caveat: the Map may not appear on the screen. The fact is that whatever is loaded, MapSource shows the whole world and your map can get a little lost on it. To find it, go to the largest possible scale (3000 km) using the "30 km" drop-down list, while somewhere on the screen you will see "dirt" - this is our map. And then zoom in on this piece using the scale and move buttons.

Now a little about the intricacies of viewing maps. Navigator maps are usually drawn at several scales. This is done so that at a large scale the screen is not clogged with a bunch of detailed data. On the navigator, this justifies itself, but in the program it is not always convenient. For example: you are looking for some insignificant relief element, which is visible only on a scale of 500 meters. You enlarged the screen in order to find it, but the nearest landmarks went off the screen. In order to avoid this, it is possible to adjust the level of detail in the program. This is done using the drop-down window for selecting the level of detail "Highest", or through the "Overview/Detail of the map". Set the level to “Highest” and already at a scale of 3 km you see the maximum detail.

6.6 Errors that occur when connecting cards

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ATTENTION: When loading maps into the navigator, all previously stored maps are automatically deleted. Therefore, before downloading maps, check if there are maps in the navigator that you need, but are missing in the new download.

1. Connect to MapSource all the maps that need to be loaded into the navigator (paragraphs 6.2, 6.3)
2. Turn on the data tabs (if they are turned off) and go to them in the "maps" tab. Data bookmarks are enabled using Browse/Show Data Bookmarks.
3. Using the "Browse / Go to maps" switch to the map you want to download.
4. After switching to the product, display the map on the screen, select the tool from the toolbar
and click it on the selected map. The map changes from white to pink and its name is added to the Maps tab of the data tabs (Figure 6.5).


Rice. 6.5. A map of the Yaroslavl region has been selected for loading into GPS.

5. Repeat steps 3-4 for all the maps that you want to load into the navigator. The list of selected cards will be displayed in the "Cards" tab. Figure 6.5 shows that the following maps are selected for downloading to the navigator: the Republic of Komi, Moscow and the Yaroslavl region. Check that the list contains all the maps you want to download. You can't load one card at a time (see the warning at the beginning of the chapter) and if you forgot a card, you will have to re-create the entire list. In addition, the tab displays the total volume of the created set of cards. Make sure that the volume of maps is no more than the amount of memory in the navigator.
6. Connect your navigator to your computer.
7. Enable the data transfer dialog in the navigator by clicking on the icon
or select "Transfer/Write to device..." from the drop-down menu.
8. In the menu that appears (Figure 6.6), make sure that the program has found the navigator (its name will appear in the Device field). If the device is not found, try to find it using the "Find" button or reconnect the navigator.
9. Select the objects you want to send to the navigator (maps, routes, waypoints, tracks) and click on Send. The data will be loaded into the navigator.


Fig.6.6. Menu for sending data to the navigator.

6.8 Creating "Map.img" and "Map.tdb" files

(Instruction taken from the forum "www.gpsforum.ru".
Author - RadChand "http://www.gpsforum.ru/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3056")

Personally, I could not create these files according to the instructions given. But I'll still give instructions, suddenly you succeed ...

1. Open the *.IMG file with GPSMapEdit.
2. Go to "File / Map Properties" and set in the "Type set: Garmin" field, after which in the "ID" field we type a unique 8-digit map code (the code should consist only of numbers).
3. Save the map in Polish format: “File/Save Map As…/File type: Polish format (*.mp; *.txt)” (eg Moscow.mp).
4. Check the absence of elements with code Code=0x0000. To do this, select the arrow "Select object" in the menu quick access or via "Tools/Select object". Then we open a window with the types used "Edit / Select / By Type ...". The window lists the types of elements used in the map. We make sure that the field does not have a type with the code 0x0000. If there is no such type, then go to the next paragraph. If there is such a type, select its type. Let's see which elements stand out. After that, press the “arrow menu” button on the keyboard (usually located between the right Alt and Ctrl) and in the opened context menu choose “Modify/Type…” and assign the selected elements a similar type, but with a code different from 0x0000. After that, we once again check the absence of elements with the code 0x0000 on the map.
5. Using the cGPSmapper program, we convert the file from the Polish format to Garmin. Why in command line we type "cGPSmapper ac Moscow.mp". As a result of this operation, a file with the name corresponding to the ID entered in paragraph 2 and the IMG extension should be obtained.
6. Create in the directory with the map text file(file for Notepad, not Word) with *.txt extension (for example, Moscow.txt) with the following content:


filename=
MapVersion=
ProductCode=

Levels=
Level0=
Level1=
Zoom0=
Zoom1=

MapsourceName=
MapSetName=
CDSetName=
Copy1=
Copy2=


img=

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7. Run the cpreview program (included with cGPSmapper), indicating to it the file "Moscow.txt" received in step 6: "cpreview Moscow.txt". The result is 4 files "Moscow.MDX", "Moscow.mp", "Moscow.reg", "Moscow.TDB".
8. Run the cGPSmapper program, specifying the "Moscow.mp" file obtained in step 7: "cgpsmapper Moscow.mp". As a result of this operation, the required files will be obtained (2 “*.img” files and 1 “*.tdb” file).

This method works for all versions Garmin navigators, except for PC versions of the system, in the latter case, failures are possible. First you need to unlock the navigator. To do this, you need to find out your device ID. Simply turn on your Garmin, select Tools, then go to Settings, and then select System. The upper field will indicate the ID and a multi-digit number. Copy it to a computer (for example, to a notepad).

  1. Then download Keygen 1.5 unlocker for Garmin)
  2. After downloading the application, open it and enter your ID in the upper field (numbers only). Depending on the operating system enter your operating system type - Garmin Mobile XT or Garmin, then click Generate.
  3. Copy the code to the field Your software unlock code
  4. In the folder window settings, set the display of file extensions, this will come in handy in the future.
  5. Then open notepad and paste the resulting code into the program window. Save the resulting file as sw.unl. If the file is created as sw.unl.txt just delete (F2) the excess.

The resulting file must be uploaded to the Garmin folder. (folder X:/Garmin/)
Disable and re-enable Garmin. Now we are ready to install the maps.

Installing maps on Garmin

The navigator itself is capable of working with four navigation charts. Each card should be renamed according to the principle:

  • Gmapbmap.img - usually the basemap.
  • Gmapsupp.img is your map,
  • Gmapsup2.img is your second map
  • Gmapprom.img - your third map

We will install one card in the review. To get started, connect your Garmin in data mode. Maps can be freely distributed in the form of several options:

  1. As an EXE file
  2. In the form of an IMG file with a FID number.
  3. In the form of an IMG - file already cured by a universal code. The map should be renamed according to the principle described above.
  • Installing EXE Cards

Typically, maps are automatically installed in the C:\Program Files\Garmin folder. By default, it may contain REG files, which must also be manually transferred to this folder on the device and run the REG file. Running the registry file is necessary to recognize the map in the system using the MapSource program. In any case - whether it's a self-extracting archive or a group of files - you need to transfer it and open the REG file on the device.

  • Installation of IMG cards with FID number.

For cards with the IMG extension, you should find out its FID number. Usually it is indicated in the name of the map on file hosting. You should create an unlock for this card. Rename the map according to the principle described above. Gmapsupp.img must be mandatory, then if you need the second - Gmapsup2.img, the third - Gmapprom.img. Save all the FID numbers of the cards you wish to work with

  1. Run KeyGen (in the downloaded archive).
  2. Select item
  3. In the upper field, enter your FID - cards.
  4. Press the bottom Generate button.
  5. We save the resulting code to a file in Notepad, naming the file for maps Gmapsupp.img and GMAPSUPP.UNL if it turned out GMAPSUPP.UNL.TXT - rename and remove .TXT). If you do it for the second map, then accordingly there should be Gmapsup2.img Gmapsup2.UNL pairs, for the third map - Gmapprom.img Gmapprom.UNL pairs

Import the received maps to the Garmin directory on the device

Configuring and resizing maps on a Garmin navigator.

Then fire up Garmin, open the MapSource app until we see a list of the maps we have installed. We launch the desired map, then use the zoom function (ZOOM) until we see the map in full screen of the device. Then we click on the Map Tool, select those parts of the map that we need (usually this is done in order to save space). The selected places turn pink. Then we press the Send to Device item, with the navigator connected to the PC. In this case, the device replaces GMAPSUPP.UNL, so for the changed map you will need to generate a new UNL or rename your main map.

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