Garmin UK ITT Maps - Any interest?

[danielgroves]

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

I've just mirrored this here; I'll leave it up unless Dave asks me to kill it or the bandwidth use gets a bit ridiculous. That shouldn't be a problem though, this box has loads: http://cloud.danielgroves.net/Ua6XFyFEQ6/

[Dave Barter]

Thanks Daniel. No problem sharing any of this please go ahead

[paramart]

got the maps on basecamp and now on sd card in my 800 unit, now I,m not the sharpest tool in the draw when it comes to pc's, I can see all the routes on b/camp and on my unit the EWE one runs by me,i can see it but how do I select it as a route, or any of the others,

[ScotRoutes]

You can't select that as a route to follow, what you seeing there is just a map of the route. You have a couple of options

1/ just ride with the map on display and make sure the wee pointer showing your position stays on the route

2/ find a gpx file of the route and select that in the Where To menu

[paramart]

thanks,

[Zippy]

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!

So I've just had a look on my etrex; I have the following on my microSD card:

"GBDiscoverer50K_All.img"
"gmapsuppukbpv1.img"

no subdirectories or anything, just those and I can just switch maps by enabling and disabling them on the "map setup" menu -> along with track north options etc. etc.

[robbie]

Guys I am having trouble with this. the download shows on my sd card on the computer but I can find no trace of it when I put the card in the garmin.
Any ideas?
Cheers

[Blackhound]

Having the same issue as robbie up there. It does not appear on the 'select map' section. I tried to put these maps on my current sd card (an ioffer one) but there was insufficient space so transferred to a larger memory card.

[Dave Barter]

Have you dropped them into the Garmin directory on sd card?

[paramart]

I put the sd card in the garmin unit and transferred the maps to it, it automatically put the garmin stuff on the card and it works ok,

[robbie]

I have purchased a new sd card to put the new map on as insufficient space on the current one. so sd card is blank, I have tried dragging the file into on the card when it is in the card reader, File appears on there but cant find it when I put sd in garmin, I have also tried dragging it into the garmin itself when conected by usb, Just keeps saying insufficient space like it wont let it select sd card? I'm a bit lost now tbh
Cheers

[Dave Barter]

Robbie, you need to erase the card. Then create a directory called Garmin on the card. Then drag the map file to this directory, then it will work

Dave

[robbie]

Dave how do I create the directory on the card?
Thanks for the help btw

[ScotRoutes]

Dave how do I create the directory on the card?
Thanks for the help btw

A Directory looks like a Folder in Windows Explorer. So, if you're using Windows, open up the SD Card in File Manager/Explorer or whatever your version is called and either click "New Folder" on the menu bar or Right-Click with your Mouse and select New...Folder. Call it "Garmin".

[robbie]

Thanks for helping this computer spazzie guys
Got it sorted cheers

[dlovett]

Hello Dave, has there been any updates done since the v1.1? IT's great and I use it all the time.

Cheers
Duncan

[Dave Barter]

No but I will get one done soon thanks for the reminder

[Mike]

Good skills dave

[jamesatthelodge]

sounds great i would love a copy please james

[danielgroves]

sounds great i would love a copy please james

You can still download these with the links higher up in the thread.

Windows exe: http://cloud.danielgroves.net/Ua6XFyFEQ6/

Garmin files: http://cloud.danielgroves.net/Jr3mzkfNj/

I don't use Windows, so if you want to use the exe option someone else will have to walk you through that one, otherwise with the Garmin files just copy the file onto your GPS at the root, or onto the SD card.

[dlovett]

Is there an easy way of converting either the windows or garmin version to work with Basecamp on a mac?

Cheers

d

[Dave Barter]

You cannot convert them. But you can use this little hack which works for me:-

You create a virtual gamin on your desktop using this

http://www.javawa.nl/virtualdevice.html

Then copy the img file to the Garmin directory of this device, jobs-a-gooden

[dlovett]

Yep Thanks Dave, I currently do it that way to avoid having to plug the garmin in each time.

Cheers

d

You cannot convert them. But you can use this little hack which works for me:-

You create a virtual gamin on your desktop using this

http://www.javawa.nl/virtualdevice.html

Then copy the img file to the Garmin directory of this device, jobs-a-gooden

[GregMay]

Hmmm reminds me to take off the US maps and put UK maps on my eTrex for BB200. Well played folks.