Garmin UK ITT Maps - Any interest?

[Moder-dye]

Any suggestions on how to get it on to Basecamp if you don't have a garmin to load if from would be greatly appreciated?

Cheers

[cycleofaddiction]

I think it will only work with garmins ?

[ScotRoutes]

Stick it on a USB drive and plug that in. Basecamp will see it as a removable drive and think it's a Garmin.

I have a spare USB drive with all my Garmin mapping on it and leave it permanently plugged in.

[Mike]

As above yes I just copied the maps onto a micro sd card plugged it into the comp opened base camp and happy days the programme recognised the card straight away the maps installed quickly

[Dave Barter]

Ok for the WINDOWS users out there I have made a Garmin Bascamp installer for the maps which can be downloaded from the link below. I will leave it there for a week or so then it is gone

http://www.cyclingyearrecord.co.uk/UK_BIKEPACK_V1_1.exe

[whitestone]

Dave, a quick update/feedback.

My wife used the maps last weekend on the Yorkshire Dales 200 with no major problems. The route's GPX file was downloaded and installed OK. The only problem she had was that the line of the route was hard to see after dark, it may be that the device (Garmin 800) went in to night mode or it may be that the inbuilt routes are displayed differently to ones added later to the device.

Anyway, thanks for the work you've put in to this.

[Dave Barter]

Route display is completely out of my control I'm afraid.

I am working on some improvements on the maps to come later this year including much more detail and the ability for users to edit and add features to the map via a web page. But it's all been done in limited spare time!

[whitestone]

Thought it might be a device "feature". Thanks anyway.

[ianfitz]

Dave, a quick update/feedback.

My wife used the maps last weekend on the Yorkshire Dales 200 with no major problems. The route's GPX file was downloaded and installed OK. The only problem she had was that the line of the route was hard to see after dark, it may be that the device (Garmin 800) went in to night mode or it may be that the inbuilt routes are displayed differently to ones added later to the device.

Anyway, thanks for the work you've put in to this.

Bob. My 800 was on auto which meant it was hard to see after dark. You can change that in the settings so it stays on day mode.

[whitestone]

Dave, a quick update/feedback.

My wife used the maps last weekend on the Yorkshire Dales 200 with no major problems. The route's GPX file was downloaded and installed OK. The only problem she had was that the line of the route was hard to see after dark, it may be that the device (Garmin 800) went in to night mode or it may be that the inbuilt routes are displayed differently to ones added later to the device.

Anyway, thanks for the work you've put in to this.

Bob. My 800 was on auto which meant it was hard to see after dark. You can change that in the settings so it stays on day mode.

Ta, I'll let her know.

[Richard G]

Slight thread highjack as there seems to be a lot of mapping experience here... does anyone know what this particular imagery means on the open cycle map system?



http://www.opencyclemap.org/?zoom=18&la ... yers=B0000

I thought it might be off road route related, but I checked it out in person at one place and in that case I couldn't find anything obvious.

[bryanwadd]

Forgive my newbie question, what does the ITT stand for in 'Garmin UK ITT maps'?

Thanks

[Richard G]

Independent Time Trial I'd have thought.

[bryanwadd]

Independent Time Trial I'd have thought.

Ah, I see, thanks.... like this list then?
http://selfsupporteduk.net/

[whitestone]

Independent Time Trial I'd have thought.

Ah, I see, thanks.... like this list then?
http://selfsupporteduk.net/

I think Dave picked up the GPX files from that site (or those linked from it) and converted them and added them in to the map.

[BreninBeener]

I have just put this on my Garmin 62s. Its brilliant. Thank you for your effort!

[Moder-dye]

Cheers for that :) The sd card thing didn't seem to work but the other programme for Windows did :)

[benp1]

Any tips on what to save it as so I can enasble and disable both maps on my Oregon?

I've put it on an SD card but I've lost the 1:50k os maps I had on there

Both maps are in the Garmin folder. Daves maps are called gmapsuppukbpv1 and the OS ones are called gmapsupp

Should I rename one. It would be great to have both maps as an option? Dave's maps have trumped the OS ones, but if I stick in the old SD card, without Daves map on, then they show up fine

[ScotRoutes]

Those names are OK - you don't have to change them. I have both on one SD card and just select which one I want from the Map page on the Oregon

[benp1]

That's what I was hoping it would do. I can enable or disable the base map in both cases, but it seems to only have the OS maps or Daves maps, depending on which memory card I use

Do you use another set of maps with it? Any idea where it's saved and what the file name is?

[ScotRoutes]

I just have both sets on one card, plus the base maps that are held in the unit itself

[Zippy]

I just have both sets on one card, plus the base maps that are held in the unit itself

If you're still having trouble, I'll fire mine up and have a look at what they're called etc. But I can just switch between maps.

I do need to sort out my settings for colours, as in some places (I only noticed this on the BB200), the contours get hidden at night

[Dave Barter]

I can change the contour colours for night view. I'll add that to the list

[benp1]

If you're still having trouble, I'll fire mine up and have a look at what they're called etc. But I can just switch between maps.

That would be great. It might be that mine have the right names, in which case it's a different problem, but at least I'd know!

Right now it's not a deal breaker, for the trip this weekend I'll use Dave's maps, and for the one in a couple of weeks I'll use the OS ones. But having both together would be great!

[paramart]

down loaded the link dave, basecamp detected it straight away thanks for putting it up and the effort you've put into this
just need the unit to behave properly now